Biography
Franz F. Planer, A.S.C. (29 March 1894 – 10 January 1963) was an Austrian-born cinematographer born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. The Planer family were very influential, and owned large tracts of farmland, businesses, libraries, and shops in Austria-Hungary, and several properties in and around Vienna, some of which were stolen by certain low to high ranking National officers for their own families' use in the mid to late 1930s, using falsely issued papers and threats.
Planer had trained as a portrait painter, but realizing that photography was becoming very popular, and would replace the requirement for talented artists changed his career path. He changed direction into films, and thus began his career as a director of photography for films in Germany and later throughout Europe in the early 1900s until 1933,
In 1937, he left the failing Austrian film industry just before Karl Hartl took control of Wien Film (formed under German influencer Goebbels), to begin work in Hollywood. He shot over 130 movies, including Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), The Big Country (1958) and Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961).
Filmography
all 131
Movies 131
Director 43
The Children's Hour (1961)
King of Kings (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
The Unforgiven (1960)
"General Electric Theater" High Green Wall (1959)
The Nun's Story (1959)
The Big Country (1958)
Stage Struck (1958)
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
The Mountain (1956)
The Left Hand of God (1955)
Not as a Stranger (1955)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
The Caine Mutiny (1954)
The Long Wait (1954)
Bad for Each Other (1953)
Roman Holiday (1953)
99 River Street (1953)
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (1953)
Decision Before Dawn (1951)
Death of a Salesman (1951)
The Blue Veil (1951)
The Scarf (1951)
Vendetta (1950)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1950)
Three Husbands (1950)
711 Ocean Drive (1950)
Once More, My Darling (1949)
Take One False Step (1949)
Champion (1949)
Criss Cross (1949)
One Touch of Venus (1948)
Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
The Exile (1947)
The Chase (1946)
Her Sister's Secret (1946)
Snafu (1945)
I Love a Bandleader (1945)
Leave It to Blondie (1945)
Strange Affair (1944)
Secret Command (1944)
Once Upon a Time (1944)
Destroyer (1943)
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Something to Shout About (1943)
The Daring Young Man (1942)
The Spirit of Stanford (1942)
Sabotage Squad (1942)
Flight Lieutenant (1942)
Submarine Raider (1942)
The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
Canal Zone (1942)
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
Harvard Here I Come (1941)
Honolulu Lu (1941)
Sing for Your Supper (1941)
Three Girls About Town (1941)
Our Wife (1941)
Sweetheart of the Campus (1941)
Time Out for Rhythm (1941)
They Dare Not Love (1941)
Meet Boston Blackie (1941)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
Glamour for Sale (1940)
Escape to Glory (1940)
North of Shanghai (1939)
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
Girls' School (1938)
Holiday (1938)
The Rebel Son (1938)
Love in Stunt Flying (1937)
Die ganz großen Torheiten (1937)
The Charm of La Bohème (1937)
Flowers from Nice (1936)
Die Julika (1936)
The Beloved Vagabond (1936)
Children's Corner (1936)
Opernring (1936)
Le Vagabond bien-aimé (1936)
Taras Bulba (1936)
Grand Waltz Brilliant by Chopin (1936)
Casta diva (1935)
Turn of the Tide (1935)
The Divine Spark (1935)
The Dictator (1935)
Ave Maria de Schubert (1935)
So Ended a Great Love (1934)
Her Highness the Saleswoman (1934)
Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
Unfinished Symphony (1934)
La dactylo se marie (1934)
The Princess's Whim (1934)
Lover Divine (1933)
Liebelei (1933)
Eine Stadt steht kopf (1933)
The child's first right (1932)
The Black Hussar (1932)
The Prince of Arcadia (1932)
The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932)
Sailor's Song (1932)
The Duke of Reichstadt (1931)
His reason for divorce (1931)
The Eagle (1931)
No More Love (1931)
Hans in Every Street (1930)
Tattoo on the Rhine (1930)
The Road to Paradise (1930)
The Three from the Filling Station (1930)
The Son of the White Mountain (1930)
Tonight - Eventually (1930)
Die Flucht vor der Liebe (1929)
Der Narr seiner Liebe (1929)
Weib in Flammen (1928)
Wolga Wolga (1928)
Strauss, the Waltz King (1928)
Die Pflicht zu schweigen (1928)
A Daughter Of Destiny (1928)
The Green Alley (1928)
Die Ausgestoßenen (1927)
Die Achtzehnjährigen (1927)
Der große Unbekannte (1927)
Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1927)
Schatz, mach' Kasse (1926)
Schicksal (1925)
The Finances of the Grand Duke (1924)
Gehetzte Menschen (1924)
Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
Der Favorit der Königin (1922)
Der Klosterjäger (1920)
Der Ochsenkrieg (1920)
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Known ForCamera
GenderMale
Birthday1894-03-29
Deathday1963-01-10 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceKarlovy Vary, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsAustria, United States of America
Also Known AsFrank Planer, Frank F. Planer, Franz F. Planer
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