---
name: "H. O. Schulze"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hugo-o-schulze"
fi1m_id: "hugo-o-schulze"
imdb_id: "nm0776564"
tmdb_id: 1770905
wikidata_id: "Q47035272"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "14 August 1905"
died: "25 July 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:02.039000+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."
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# H. O. Schulze

## Identity

H. O. Schulze

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hugo-o-schulze
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hugo-o-schulze
- **IMDb ID:** nm0776564
- **TMDB ID:** 1770905
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47035272
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47035272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1770905

Cinematographer. Born 14 August 1905 in Rüdersdorf bei Berlin. Died 25 July 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 14 August 1905, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin
- **Died:** 25 July 1993
- **Also known as:** Hugo O. Schulze, Hugo Otto Schulze, H.O. Schulze
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert Kling](https://film.one/person/albert-kling.md), [Alexander von Lagorio](https://film.one/person/alexander-von-lagorio.md), [Andor von Bàrsy](https://film.one/person/andor-von-barsy.md), [Erich Nitzschmann](https://film.one/person/erich-nitzschmann.md), [Ernst Kunstmann](https://film.one/person/ernst-kunstmann.md), [Fritz von Friedl](https://film.one/person/fritz-von-friedl.md), [Guzzi Lantschner](https://film.one/person/guzzi-lantschner.md), [Hans Karl Gottschalk](https://film.one/person/hans-karl-gottschalk.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47035272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0776564/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1770905

## Biography

H. O. Schulze, also credited as Hugo O. Schulze or Hugo Otto Schulze, was a German cinematographer and documentary film director. Born on 14 August 1905 in Kalkberge (Rüdersdorf bei Berlin), he trained in photochemistry at the Technical University of Berlin and worked at UFA.

In 1936 he was one of around four dozen cameramen on Leni Riefenstahl’s *Olympia* (1938), the two-part documentary of the Berlin Olympics. He also photographed *Der Tiger von Eschnapur* (1938) and *Das indische Grabmal* (1938), as well as earlier documentaries such as *Jugend der Welt* (1936).

After the war he continued as a cinematographer on features and directed numerous short documentaries, some of which screened at Cannes and Venice.

*Sources: de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## 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 (10)

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

- *Metall der Jahrtausende* (1958), Director
- *Feurige Hochzeit* (1952), Director of Photography
- *Es geht nicht ohne Gisela* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Rundfunk im Kriege* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Kriegslokomotiven* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty* (1938), Director of Photography
- *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)
- *Le Tigre du Bengale* (1938), Director of Photography
- *The Indian Tomb* (1938), Director of Photography
- *The Tiger of Eschnapur* (1938), Director of Photography

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