Heinrich Gärtner(1895-1962)
- Cinematographer
- Director
- Camera and Electrical Department
Begin his carrer in Berlin, first as a camera operator, then as
director of photography and as a war photographer in the First World
War. His career in Germany went up and worked specially with Richard Eichberg
and William Karfiol. But with the arrival of the nazis and with his jewish
origin, he went in Spain in 1933. That's where he worked for the rest
of his life (occasionnaly in Portugal) and even took the spanish
nationality. He became there a very influential cinematographer and
trained many of the spanish cinematographers who worked with him as
assistant cameramen like José F. Aguayo and Cecilio Paniagua.
