Josef Wirsching

Josef Wirsching
Born22 March 1903
Munich, German Empire
(present-day Germany)
Died11 June 1967(1967-06-11) (aged 64)
Bombay, India
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)cinematographer, film director
Known forMahal (1949), Pakeezah (1972)

Josef Wirsching (22 March 1903 – 11 June 1967) sometimes credited as Joseph Wirsching, was a German cinematographer, who became a pioneer in cinematography in India and who contributed to the heritage of Cinema of India and still photography in its improvement into a scientific art of expression. His association with Indian cinema started in 1925, when he worked with another German, Franz Osten, in the Indo-European collaboration, The Light of Asia. Thereafter he settled in India, went on to work in over 20 films with Bombay Talkies and subsequently with Kamal Amrohi in Mahal (1949),[1] Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi (1960) and his masterpiece Pakeezah (1972), though he died while it was still under production.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "Palace Of Delusion:Kamal Amrohi's Mahal is our first reincarnation thriller". Outlook. 4 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Poetry In Motion Pic". Outlook. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012.
  3. ^ Christian Rogowski (2010). The Many Faces of Weimar Cinema: Rediscovering Germany's Filmic Legacy. Camden House. p. 171. ISBN 978-1571134295.
  4. ^ "A German cinematographer's love affair with Indian cinema". BBC. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.