László Schäffer
László Schäffer ( born July 19, 1893 in Uzhgorod, † May 28, 1979 in Los Angeles ) was a Hungarian cinematographer.
He came at a young age to Budapest and worked there as a photographer. During the First World War he became a cameraman and went in 1920 to Berlin. On the side of Fritz Arno Wagner, he turned there, the horror story castle Vogelod.
Another highlight in Schaffer's career was the use as one of several cameramen in Walter Ruttmann's experimental documentary Berlin - Symphony of a big city. In 1929, he turned with Carl Junghans socially critical strip that's life.
After the " seizure of power" of the Nazis in 1933 Jewish origins Schaeffer returned to Budapest. He stood there a few times behind the camera until he emigrated to the USA in 1939. He settled in the film capital Los Angeles, but did not receive his profession corresponding orders.