Arnold Fanck, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arnold Fanck

German film director

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1889

Place of Birth: Frankenthal, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 28-Sep-1974

Profession: screenwriter, film director, film producer, film editor

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Arnold Fanck (6 March 1889 – 28 September 1974) was a German film director and pioneer of the mountain film genre.
He is best known for the extraordinary alpine footage he captured in such films as The Holy Mountain (1926), The White Hell of Pitz Palu (1929), Storm over Mont Blanc (1930), Der weisse Rausch (1931), and S.O.S.
Eisberg (1933).
Fanck was also instrumental in launching the careers of several filmmakers during the Weimar years in Germany, including Leni Riefenstahl, Luis Trenker, and cinematographers Sepp Allgeier, Richard Angst, Hans Schneeberger, and Walter Riml.