---
name: "Albert Schattmann"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/albert-schattmann"
fi1m_id: "albert-schattmann"
tmdb_id: 1720159
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "2 February 1891"
died: "30 December 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:48:44.423988+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Albert Schattmann

## Identity

Albert Schattmann

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/albert-schattmann
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** albert-schattmann
- **TMDB ID:** 1720159
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1720159

Cinematographer. Born 2 February 1891 in Herrnstadt. Died 30 December 1949.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 2 February 1891, Herrnstadt
- **Died:** 30 December 1949
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1720159

## Biography

Albert Schattmann was a German cinematographer. Born in Herrnstadt, he entered the film industry in 1909 and trained first as a volunteer at a film copying plant before qualifying as a cameraman at the Vitagraph production company.

He worked as chief cameraman from 1911, primarily on early comedies directed by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers. His career was interrupted by military service in 1915–16, during which he served as a war photographer on the eastern and south-eastern fronts. In 1926 he co-founded an advertising film company. Later he assisted fellow cinematographer Karl Hasselmann.

In 1936 Schattmann was one of several dozen cameramen who worked on Leni Riefenstahl’s two-part documentary *Olympia* (1938). He died in Berlin in 1949.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, dfi.dk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Fi1m 75, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations* (1938), Director of Photography — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/olympia-part-one-festival-of-the-nations.md)
- *Zweierlei Moral* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Leier und Schwert* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Baronin Kammerjungfer* (1918), Director of Photography

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