Biography
Guido Seeber (22 June 1879 in Chemnitz – 2 July 1940 in Berlin) was a German cinematographer and pioneer of early cinema.
Seeber's father, Clemens, was a photographer and therefore Seeber had experience with photography from an early age. In the summer of 1896, he saw the first films of the Lumière Brothers and became fascinated by this new technology. He bought a film camera and devoted himself to the development of cinematography and of sound films.
In 1908 he became technical manager of the film company Deutsche Bioscop and in 1909 directed his first film. His pioneering work as a cinematographer from this time on laid the foundations which other cameramen of German silent film such as Karl Freund, Fritz Arno Wagner and Carl Hoffmann were able to build.
In addition to his technical talents with the camera (he developed several special effects techniques), his use of perspective and skillful contrasts between light and dark are noteworthy. His main collaborators were the directors Urban Gad, Lupu Pick, Georg Wilhelm Pabst und Paul Wegener and among his most important accomplishments are the shots of the Doppelgänger in Wegener's Der Student von Prag (The Student of Prague) of 1913 and the moving camera shots in the films of Lupu Pick, particularly Sylvester (1923), which can be seen as anticipating the so-called "unchained camera" of Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau's The Last Laugh (1924).
Seeber created several animated works, including an advertisement entitle Kipho or Du musst zur Kipho (You Must Go to Kino-Photo) for a film and photography exhibition in Berlin in 1925.Seeber continued to work into the sound era, but his work from this period is less significant. He had suffered a stroke in 1932 and after this he largely retired from active camera operation. However, he continued to be involved in the film industry, taking over the management of UFA's animation department in 1935 and publishing several books for amateur filmmakers.
Filmography
all 87
Movies 87
Director 7
Ein Mädchen mit Prokura (1934)
Das Tankmädel (1933)
A Trip to the Country (1933)
The Isle of Lies (1932)
Storm in a Water Glass (1931)
The funny musicians (1930)
Fundvogel (1930)
The Chase After Millions (1930)
Danube Waltz (1930)
Großstadtpiraten (1930)
Die Konkurrenz platzt (1929)
Die fidele Herrenpartie (1929)
Der schwarze Domino (1929)
Großstadtjugend (1929)
Das närrische Glück (1929)
Die Zirkusprinzessin (1929)
Der Faschingsprinz (1928)
Robert und Bertram (1928)
Der Unüberwindliche (1928)
Dragonerliebchen (1928)
Schenk mir das Leben (1928)
Der Bettelstudent (1927)
Wochenendzauber (1927)
Ein Mädel aus dem Volke (1927)
Small Town Sinners (1927)
Das Heiratsnest (1927)
Ein rheinisches Mädchen beim rheinischen Wein (1927)
Tragedy of the Street (1927)
Secrets of a Soul (1926)
KIPHO (1925)
Living Buddhas (1925)
Rebus-Film Nr. 1 (1925)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1925)
Joyless Street (1925)
In the Valleys of the Southern Rhine (1925)
Countess Donelli (1924)
Garragan (1924)
The Hobgoblin (1924)
New Year's Eve (1924)
Alt Heidelberg (1923)
Wilhelm Tell (1923)
Adam und Eva (1923)
Fridericus Rex - 2. Teil: Vater und Sohn (1922)
Fridericus Rex - 1. Teil: Sturm und Drang (1922)
Tobias Buntschuh (1921)
The Wandering Image (1920)
The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920)
Das Gelübde der Keuschheit (1919)
Alraune and the Golem (1919)
Der fliegende Holländer (1918)
White Roses (1916)
The White Roses (1916)
Little Angel's Wedding (1916)
Frontstairs and Backstairs (1916)
Die Ewige Nacht (1916)
The Golem (1915)
The House Without a Door (1914)
Erlkönigs Töchter (1914)
Das Feuer (1914)
Zapata's Gang (1914)
Das Kind ruft (1914)
Kadra Sâfa (1914)
Little Angel (1914)
The Film Prima Donna (1913)
The Suffragette (1913)
The Student of Prague (1913)
Death in Seville (1913)
Die Sünden der Väter (1913)
Jugend und Tollheit (1913)
A Romany Spy (1912)
When the Mask Falls (1912)
The General's Children (1912)
Der Totentanz (1912)
Poor Jenny (1912)
Zu Tode Gehetzt (1912)
Die Macht des Goldes (1912)
Sekt-Zauber (1912)
Der Nähkasten (1912)
The Traitress (1911)
The Strange Bird (1911)
Gypsy Blood (1911)
The Great Moment (1911)
The Black Dream (1911)
The Moth (1911)
Gypsy Blood (1911)
A Match Box Mystery (1910)
King Georg of Saxony in Chemnitz on 10.9.1902 (1902)
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GenderMale
Birthday1879-06-22
Deathday1940-06-02 (60 years old)
Birth PlaceChemnitz, Germany
FatherClemens Seeber
CitizenshipsGerman Empire
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