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.