Arnold Fanck(1889-1974)
- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Arnold Fanck was born March 6, 1889, in Frankenthal, Germany. A trained
geologist, he began making documentary and action films after the end
of World War I, and his love of geology inspired him to shoot his films
in remote mountain locations. These pictures became immensely popular
with the German audiences and led to what is known as the "mountain
films", a genre that was pretty much begun by Fanck but carried on by
other German and Austrian directors. Fanck worked most notably with
Leni Riefenstahl, Georg Wilhelm Pabst and American director Tay Garnett.
