Sepp Ketterer

Sepp Ketterer

Cinematographer. Born 11 February 1899 in Feldberg. Died 11 January 1991.

CinematographerGerman-born Austrian
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Born
11 February 1899, Feldberg
Died
11 January 1991

Biography

Sepp Ketterer, born Josef Ketterer, was a German-born Austrian cinematographer. Born on 11 February 1899 in Altglashütten, Baden-Württemberg, he trained in photography after primary and trade school. An active skier and photographer, he worked as a camera assistant or subordinate cameraman from 1930, contributing to Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia (1938).

After the Second World War, Ketterer worked as chief cinematographer on numerous Austrian Heimatfilme and comedies. His credits include Der Förster vom Silberwald (1954) and other films made between the late 1940s and 1968. He died on 11 January 1991 in Vienna.

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