Sepp Allgeier

Josef “Sepp” Allgeier (6 February 1895 – 11 March 1968) was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films.

He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Co. of Freiburg im Breisgau.

[1] He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films.

He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Riefenstahl, both closely associated with the genre.

During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels.