Walter Frentz | |
Birth Date: | 1907 8, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Heilbronn, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire |
Death Place: | Überlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Serviceyears: | 1938–1945 |
Branch: | Luftwaffe |
Battles: | World War II |
Laterwork: | Film Photographer |
Walter Frentz (pronounced as /de/; 21 August 1907 – 6 July 2004) was a German cameraman, film producer and photographer, who was considerably involved in the picture propaganda of Nazi Germany.
Frentz was born at Heilbronn. During the Nazi regime in Germany, he worked as a cameraman for Leni Riefenstahl; from 1939 to 1945, he was closely associated with photographing and filming activities of higher echelons of leaders of Nazi Germany, including German dictator Adolf Hitler. He was with Hitler in the German: [[Führerbunker]]|italic=no until 24 April 1945.[1]
He died at Überlingen in 2004.