Hans Schneeberger Explained

Hans Schneeberger
Birth Date:7 April 1895
Birth Place:Brandberg, Zillertal, Tyrol
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Death Place:Salzburg
Austria
Occupation:Cinematographer
Film actor
Yearsactive:1924-1964 (film)

Hans Schneeberger (7 April 1895 – 19 November 1970) was an Austrian cinematographer who worked on over eighty films during his career. During the 1920s and early 1930s Schneeberger worked frequently with the director Arnold Fanck, including films starring Leni Riefenstahl. Schneeberger also made a handful of acting appearances, including playing opposite Riefenstahl in The Great Leap (1927).[1] He filmed the famous final shot in The Third Man but was not credited.[2] Schneeberger was later employed by the largest Austrian company Wien-Film for a number of productions.

Selected filmography

Cinematographer

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Notes and References

  1. Hinton, David B. (2000) The Films of Leni Riefenstahl Scarecrow Press pg 7, 129
  2. Web site: Suton . Koraljka . Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man’: How Orson Welles Stole a Show He Was Barely In . 9 November 2019.