Andor von Barsy
Hungarian filmmaker
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Andor von Barsy was a Hungarian filmmaker.[1] He was born in Budapest on March 14, 1899, and died in Munich on December 24, 1965.[2][3] He worked as a cameraman and photographer for many years before working on his documentaries. He is often referred to as an influential avant-garde filmmaker because of his experimental documentary films.[4] He attended school in Germany, but most of his work centers around the Netherlands, specifically Rotterdam.[5] Hoogstraat (or "High Street"), his 1930 film is set in Rotterdam and takes the form of a city symphony film.[6] He won the 1957 German Film Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Jonas .[7]
Films
- The City That Never Rests (1928)
- The Municipal Gas Plant Rotterdam (1928)
- High Street (1930)
- Sailors’ Wives (1930)
- Pfaff Sewing Machine (1930)
- Terra Nova (1932)
- Dead Water (1934)
- Rotterdam (1934)
- Spring Song (1936)
- Olympia Part 1 & 2 (1936–38)
- Between Arrival and Departure (1938)
- Jonas (1957)
