Willy Hameister

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-12-03 (49 years old)

Deathday

1938-02-13

Place of Birth

Krzypnica, Poland

Willy Hameister

Biography

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.

Production

1920

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

as Director of Photography

1926

Das Geheimnis von St. Pauli

as Director of Photography

1912

In Night and Ice

as Director of Photography

1933

Das lustige Kleeblatt

as Director of Photography

1932

Annemarie, the Bride of the Company

as Director of Photography

1928

Das Karussell des Todes

as Director of Photography

1923

The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning

as Director of Photography

1920

The Night of Queen Isabeau

as Director of Photography

1925

Die Kleine vom Bummel

as Director of Photography

1936

Wochenendzauber

as Director of Photography

1930

Die Frau ohne Nerven

as Director of Photography

1938

1938

1930

Only You

as Director of Photography

1913

Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil

as Director of Photography

1930

Wer hat Bobby gesehen?

as Director of Photography

1930

Und so ein Glück kannst du nur haben

as Director of Photography

1921

Backstairs

as Director of Photography

1921

The Island of the Lost

as Director of Photography

1926

Prinzessin Trulala

as Director of Photography

1930

Susie Cleans Up

as Director of Photography

1929

Wir halten fest und treu zusammen

as Director of Photography

1919

The Plague in Florence

as Director of Photography

1928

Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell

as Director of Photography

1932

Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier

as Director of Photography

1912

Der Triumph des Todes

as Director of Photography

1912

In der Tiefe des Schachtes

as Director of Photography

1912

Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes

as Director of Photography

1920

Die Augen der Maske

as Director of Photography

1922

Die Beute der Erinnyen

as Director of Photography

1921

Die Abenteuer der schönen Dorette

as Director of Photography

1922

Ihr Kammerdiener

as Director of Photography

1919

Lilith and Ly

as Cinematography

1933

Höllentempo

as Director of Photography

1923

Man by the Roadside

as Director of Photography

1926

Der lachende Ehemann

as Director of Photography

1920

Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire

as Director of Photography

1928

Tales from the Vienna Woods

as Director of Photography

1935

Csárdás

as Director of Photography

1919

Das ewige Rätsel

as Director of Photography

1913

Schatten der Nacht

as Director of Photography

1919

The Dance of Death

as Director of Photography

1912

The Yellow Peril

as Director of Photography

1927

The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral

as Director of Photography

1920

Das Blut der Ahnen

as Director of Photography

1934

Pipin, der Kurze

as Camera Operator

1928

Mikosch rückt ein

as Director of Photography

1931

Poor little Eva

as Director of Photography

1926

Küssen ist keine Sünd'

as Director of Photography

1935

Rozpustilá noc

as Director of Photography

1934

V cizím revíru

as Director of Photography

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