Werner Brandes
Werner Brandes ( * July 10, 1889 in Braunschweig, † September 30, 1968 in Los Angeles County, California ) was a German cinematographer.
Life
Since 1909 he worked for Franz Porten in the film industry as a cinematographer. Until the beginning of the First World War, he filmed several historical films, including Theodor Körner (1912 ), from Germany's glory days 1870/71 (1913) and the film of Queen Louise (1913). After the war he became " chief surgeon " of Joe May - film company. In this role he was the mistress of the world (1919 ) and responsible for the exotic two-parter The Indian Tomb ( 1921) for the recordings of the epic film series. Towards the end of the 1920s collected fire first international experience with film productions in England. Ewald André Dupont He stood for Piccadilly - Night World and Arthur Robison's The Informer, both produced in 1929 in England, behind the camera.
With Emil and the Detectives, directed by Gerhard Lamprecht fire was involved in a successful early sound film. In the 1930s, he filmed many light entertainment films (music and operetta films), but also Veit Harlan's The ruler. In 1939 Werner Brandes in Switzerland.