Biography
Alexander von Lagorio (1890–1965) was a German cinematographer and photographer. Born in Warsaw, he studied engineering in Saint Petersburg before moving to Berlin in 1920. He entered feature film work in 1928 with trick photography on Der Kampf der Tertia and later worked as a camera operator, initially alongside Curt Oertel.
His most notable contribution came from his collaboration with Leni Riefenstahl on the two-part documentary Olympia (1938), for which he served as one of the cinematographers. He also photographed the first full-length German colour feature film, Frauen sind doch bessere Diplomaten (1941). Lagorio largely withdrew from active filmmaking after the war and lectured on colour film techniques.
