Erich Kästner
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1911 – 2005
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Who was Erich Kästner?
Erich Kurt Kästner was an German movie camera designer. He was born in Jena.
During his work for ARRI he invented the spinning mirror reflex shutter for movie cameras, which was first used in the Arriflex 35 in 1937. It allows the operator to have a viewfinder image equal to the recorded picture.
Kästner received a Gordon E. Sawyer Award in 1992 and an Oscar in 1973 and 1982. In 1994 he won the Bavarian Film Awards Honorary Award
He died in Penzberg.
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- Born
- Apr 5, 1911
Jena - Also known as
- Erich Kastner
- Nationality
- Germany
- Lived in
- Jena
- Died
- Jan 31, 2005
Penzberg
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on July 23, 2013
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