Theodor Sparkuhl

Born October 7, 1894· Hannover, Germany

† Died June 14, 1946

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Originating from Hannover, Germany, he entered cinema as a projectionist in 1911 and was trained the following year as a newsreel cameraman at the German branch of Gaumont, later documenting battles in the Middle East and Russia during World War I. After becoming a lighting director for German feature films in 1916, he shot twelve pictures with Ernst Lubitsch until the director’s 1922 move to Holl… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources