Person

Walter Ruttmann

Walter Ruttmann (28 December 1887 – 15 July 1941) was a German cinematographer and film director, an important German abstract experimental film maker, along with Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger. He is best known for directing the semi-documentary 'city symphony' silent film, with orchestral score by Edmund Meisel, in 1927, Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis. His audio montage Wo…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
Germany
Born
December 28th, 1887
Died
July 15th, 1941
Labels
Metamkine
Intermedium Records
Last updated: November 4th, 2014

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