Cinematographer
Willy Hameister
136 years · Krzypnica, Poland · 27 films
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.
Best known for
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · Cinematography
On Plex
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Cinematography
On Mometu
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Cinematography
On Plex
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920 · Cinematography
On Plex
Backstairs
1921 · Cinematography
The Plague of Florence
1919 · Cinematography
On Darkroom
Filmography 27
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
1938 · Cinematography
On Plex
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
1938 · Cinematography
On Mometu
Csardas: Her Wildest Night
1935 · Cinematography
Rozpustilá noc
1934 · Cinematography
Annemarie, the Bride of the Company
1932 · Cinematography
Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier
1932 · Cinematography
Poor little Eva
1931 · Cinematography
Susie Cleans Up
1930 · Cinematography
Only You
1930 · Cinematography
Tales from the Vienna Woods
1928 · Cinematography
Charlott etwas verrückt
1928 · Cinematography
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
1927 · Cinematography
Der lachende Ehemann
1926 · Cinematography
Princess Trulala
1926 · Cinematography
Die Kleine vom Bummel
1925 · Cinematography
Man by the Roadside
1923 · Cinematography
Backstairs
1921 · Cinematography
The Island of the Lost
1921 · Cinematography
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
1921 · Cinematography
Das Blut der Ahnen
1920 · Cinematography
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
1920 · Cinematography
On Plex
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
1920 · Cinematography
On Plex
The Dance of Death
1919 · Cinematography
The Plague of Florence
1919 · Cinematography
On Darkroom