Sepp Allgeier

Sepp Allgeier
Allgeier during an UFA expedition to Spitzbergen and Greenland. The shooting resulted in the silent movie Milak, der Grönlandjäger
Born	6 February 1895 Freiburg im Breisgau, Duchy of Baden, German Empire
Died	11 March 1968(1968-03-11) (aged 73) Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1911–1951

Josef “Sepp” Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg im Breisgau. In 1913, he filmed newsreels in the Balkans.^[1] He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Riefenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television.^[2] His son is the cinematographer Hans-Jörg Allgeier.