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Willy Hameister (1889-1938)

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Birthplace:
Krzypnica, Poland

Born:
December 3, 1889

Died:
February 13, 1938

Biography from TheMovieDB

Willy Hameister was born on December 3, 1889 in Kranzfeld, Landkreis Greifenhagen, Pomerania, he soon started to work for the "Deutsche Bioscop" from 1904 and filmed actual topics - a kind of news.  He switched to the film business in 1912 where he was active as a cinematographer for numerous movies. At the beginning of his film career he often worked together with the director Otto Rippert, anduring the 20s he worked besides many average movies also for some great classics, first of all "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1920). In 1938 he died at the age of only 48 after a long illness.

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Film Production

Camera Operator:
1915  Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
1934  Pipin, der Kurze

Cinematography:
1915  Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
1919  Lilith and Ly
1934  Pipin, der Kurze

Director of Photography:
1912  Der Triumph des Todes
1912  In Night and Ice
1912  In der Tiefe des Schachtes
1912  The Yellow Peril
1912  Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
1913  Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
1913  Schatten der Nacht
1915  Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
1919  Das ewige Rätsel
1919  Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 2. Teil - Hyänen der Lust
1919  Lilith and Ly
1919  The Dance of Death
1919  The Plague in Florence
1920  Das Blut der Ahnen
1920  Die Augen der Maske
1920  Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920  The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920  The Night of Queen Isabeau
1921  Backstairs
1921  Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921  Die Abenteuer der schönen Dorette
1921  The Island of the Lost
1922  Die Beute der Erinnyen
1922  Ihr Kammerdiener
1923  Man by the Roadside
1923  The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
1925  Die Kleine vom Bummel
1926  Das Geheimnis von St. Pauli
1926  Der lachende Ehemann
1926  Küssen ist keine Sünd'
1926  Prinzessin Trulala
1927  The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
1928  Das Karussell des Todes
1928  Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell
1928  Mikosch rückt ein
1928  Tales from the Vienna Woods
1929  Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
1930  Die Frau ohne Nerven
1930  Only You
1930  Susie Cleans Up
1930  Und so ein Glück kannst du nur haben
1930  Wer hat Bobby gesehen?
1931  Poor little Eva
1932  Annemarie, the Bride of the Company
1932  Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier
1933  Das lustige Kleeblatt
1933  Höllentempo
1934  Pipin, der Kurze
1934  V cizím revíru
1935  Csárdás
1935  Rozpustilá noc
1936  Wochenendzauber
1938  Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
1938  Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

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