Anton Kutter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anton Kutter

German film director

Date of Birth: 13-Jun-1903

Place of Birth: Biberach an der Riss, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 01-Feb-1985

Profession: screenwriter, inventor, film director

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Anton Kutter

  • Anton Kutter (13 June 1903, in Biberach an der Riß – 1 February 1985, in Biberach) was a German film director and screenwriter.
  • He studied mechanical engineering at Stuttgart Technical University. In 1926 Kutter went to Cologne and joined the Phototechnical Laboratory, and created his first films the same year.
  • From 1931 to 1947 he worked for the Bavaria Film in Munich.
  • In 1937 he made the science fiction movie, Weltraumschiff I startet [Space Ship I Launches], a story about a first Moon flight which he dated on 13 June 1963, his 60th birthday.
  • Kutter was awarded two golden medals at the Venice Biennale. Already at age 12, Kutter manufactured his first refracting telescope from lenses taken from a toy cinematograph.
  • Later he became known to Anton Staus (1872-1955) who introduced him to the theory of Karl Fritsch's "Brachy" telescopes.
  • He invented the Schiefspiegler telescope which is a modified Cassegrain reflector featuring superb optical definition due to an off-axis secondary mirror.
  • An obituary was published by Roger W.
  • Sinnott in Sky & Telescope.

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