Biography
Hans Theyer (1884–1955) was an Austrian cinematographer. From 1907, Theyer travelled around the world as a newsreel cameraman for Pathé. Theyer’s work took him as far as China, Alaska, the South Sea Islands, Africa and the Middle East. In January 1914, Theyer was employed as a cinematographer for the German Messter film studio. At the outbreak of World War I he was assigned by Messter to the German War Office to produce films on the German war effort. In January 1915, Theyer was sent to the Western Front and to occupied Belgium to record a film together with American film correspondent Albert K. Dawson.
Parts of this footage have been located in the film archives of the Library of Congress by film historians Ron van Dopperen and Cooper C. Graham while researching their book American Cinematographers in the Great War.In 1916, Theyer returned to Vienna and joined producer Alexander Kolowrat who had set up film propaganda productions for the Austrian war effort.
Filmography
all 34
Movies 34
Director 2
Nastradin Hodzha and Clever Peter (1939)
30 karatów szczęścia (1936)
Bolek i Lolek (1936)
Die Puppenfee (1936)
Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben (1936)
Singende Jugend (1936)
Silhouettes (1936)
When You're Young, the World Belongs to You (1934)
Adventure on the Lido (1933)
The Great Love (1931)
Uwiedziona (1931)
Wind from the Sea (1930)
The Volga Girl (1930)
The act of Andreas Harmer (1930)
Der Mitternachtswalzer (1929)
Erzherzog Johann (1929)
Hingabe (1929)
Modellhaus Crevette (1928)
Befehl zur Ehe (1928)
Die Frau von gestern und morgen (1928)
Huragan (1928)
Die Strecke (1927)
Die Familie ohne Moral (1927)
Die 3 Niemandskinder (1927)
The Master of Death (1926)
Der Balletterzherzog. Ein Wiener Spiel von Tanz und Liebe (1926)
Le Vertige (1926)
Franz Schuberts letzte Liebe (1926)
The Knight of the Rose (1925)
Fräulein Frau (1923)
Eine versunkene Welt (1922)
Herren der Meere (1922)
Der Henker von Sankt Marien (1920)
Die Jagd nach dem Glück (1920)
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Known ForCrew
GenderMale
Birthday1884-06-11
Deathday1955-07-18 (71 years old)
Birth PlaceVienna, Austria
ChildrenHans Heinz Theyer
CitizenshipsAustria
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