Willy Hameister was born on December 3, 1889 in Kranzfeld, Landkreis Greifenhagen, Pomerania, he soon started to work for the "Deutsche Bioscop" from 1904 and filmed actual topics - a kind of news.
He switched to the film business in 1912 where he was active as a cinematographer for numerous movies. At the beginning of his film career he often worked together with the director Otto Rippert, anduring the 20s he worked besides many average movies also for some great classics, first of all "Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari" (1920). In 1938 he died at the age of only 48 after a long illness.
Known For
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(1920)
Director of Photography
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
(1938)
Director of Photography
Full Filmography
Camera
The Yellow Peril
(1912)
Director of Photography
In der Tiefe des Schachtes
(1912)
Director of Photography
Der Triumph des Todes
(1912)
Director of Photography
In Night and Ice
(1912)
Director of Photography
Vorgluten des Balkanbrandes
(1912)
Director of Photography
Schatten der Nacht
(1913)
Director of Photography
Ein Ausgestoßener: 1. Teil
(1913)
Director of Photography
Ein Ausgestoßener, 2. Teil: Der ewige Friede
(1915)
Camera Operator
Das ewige Rätsel
(1919)
Director of Photography
The Plague in Florence
(1919)
Director of Photography
Der Weg, der zur Verdammnis führt, 2. Teil - Hyänen der Lust
(1919)
Director of Photography
The Dance of Death
(1919)
Director of Photography
Genuine: The Tragedy of a Vampire
(1920)
Director of Photography
Das Blut der Ahnen
(1920)
Director of Photography
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(1920)
Director of Photography
The Night of Queen Isabeau
(1920)
Director of Photography
Die Augen der Maske
(1920)
Director of Photography
The Island of the Lost
(1921)
Director of Photography
Backstairs
(1921)
Director of Photography
Die Abenteuer der schönen Dorette
(1921)
Director of Photography
Christian Wahnschaffe II: Escape from the Golden Dungeon
(1921)
Director of Photography
Die Beute der Erinnyen
(1922)
Director of Photography
Ihr Kammerdiener
(1922)
Director of Photography
The Doll Maker of Kiang-Ning
(1923)
Director of Photography
Man by the Roadside
(1923)
Director of Photography
Die Kleine vom Bummel
(1925)
Director of Photography
Der lachende Ehemann
(1926)
Director of Photography
Küssen ist keine Sünd'
(1926)
Director of Photography
Das Geheimnis von St. Pauli
(1926)
Director of Photography
Prinzessin Trulala
(1926)
Director of Photography
The Beggar from Cologne Cathedral
(1927)
Director of Photography
Mikosch rückt ein
(1928)
Director of Photography
Die drei Frauen von Urban Hell
(1928)
Director of Photography
Tales from the Vienna Woods
(1928)
Director of Photography
Das Karussell des Todes
(1928)
Director of Photography
Wir halten fest und treu zusammen
(1929)
Director of Photography
Wer hat Bobby gesehen?
(1930)
Director of Photography
Only You
(1930)
Director of Photography
Die Frau ohne Nerven
(1930)
Director of Photography
Susanne macht Ordnung
(1930)
Director of Photography
Und so ein Glück kannst du nur haben
(1930)
Director of Photography
Poor little Eva
(1931)
Director of Photography
Zu Befehl, Herr Unteroffizier
(1932)
Director of Photography
Annemarie, the Bride of the Company
(1932)
Director of Photography
Das lustige Kleeblatt
(1933)
Director of Photography
Höllentempo
(1933)
Director of Photography
V cizím revíru
(1934)
Director of Photography
Pipin, der Kurze
(1934)
Camera Operator
Rozpustilá noc
(1935)
Director of Photography
Csárdás
(1935)
Director of Photography
Wochenendzauber
(1936)
Director of Photography
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
(1938)
Director of Photography
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
(1938)
Director of Photography