Josef Wirsching
Cinematographer, Film cinematographer
1903 – 1967
Who was Josef Wirsching?
Josef Wirsching sometimes credited as Joseph Wirsching, was a German cinematographer, who became a pioneer in cinematography who contributed to the heritage of cinema and photography in Cinema of India and its improvement into a scientific art of expression. His association with Indian cinema started in 1925, when he worked with another German, Franz Osten, in the Indo-European collaboration, The Light of Asia. Thereafter he settled in India, went on to work in over 20 films with Bombay Talkies and subsequently with Kamal Amrohi in Mahal, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi and his masterpiece Pakeezah, though he died while it was still under production.
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- Born
- Mar 22, 1903
Munich - Also known as
- Joseph Wirsching
- J. Wirs Ching
- Late Joseph Wirsching
- Spouses
- Charlotte Mϋllberger
(1929/01/28 - 1967/06/11)
- Charlotte Mϋllberger
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Munich
- Died
- Jun 11, 1967
Mumbai
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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