Walter Ruttmann

Directing

Born December 28, 1887 · Frankfurt-on-Main, Germany

Died July 15, 1941

Also known as Walther Ruttmann

Biography

Walter Ruttmann 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 Wochenende (Weekend) (1930) is considered a major contribution in the development of sound collages and audio plays.

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