Willy Reiber (20 February 1895 – 27 November 1980) was a German film director, producer and

set designer Scenic design (also known as scenography, stage design, or set design) is the creation of theatrical, as well as film or television scenery. Scenic designers come from a variety of artistic backgrounds, but in recent years, are mostly train ...

.Giesen p.223 For many years he worked for the forerunners of

Bavaria Film Bavaria Film is a German film production and distribution company. It is one of Europe's largest film production companies, with some 30 subsidiaries. History The studios were founded in 1919, when Munich-raised film producer Peter Ostermayr ...

at the

Emelka Studios Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film. History The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fir ...

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

Selected filmography

* '' The Drums of Asia'' (1921) * ''

Monna Vanna ''Monna Vanna'' (russian: Монна Ванна) is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Rachmaninoff had completed Act I in short vocal score, with piano accompaniment, and then he went to ask for permis ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Favourite of the Queen ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (German: ''Der Favorit der Königin'') is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Erich Kaiser-Titz, Hanna Ralph and Willy Kaiser-Heyl.Bock & Bergfelder p.366 It is based on a pla ...

'' (1922) * '' Trutzi from Trutzberg'' (1922) * ''

The Way to the Light ''The Way to the Light'' (german: Der Weg zum Licht) is a 1923 German silent film directed by Géza von Bolváry and Kurt Rosen. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital a ...

'' (1923) * ''

Maciste and the Chinese Chest ''Maciste and the Chinese Chest'' (german: Maciste und die chinesische Truhe) is a 1923 German silent action film directed by Carl Boese and starring Bartolomeo Pagano, Rudolf Lettinger, and Jakob Tiedtke. It was one of several German films feat ...

'' (1923) * ''

The Tragedy of a Night of Passion ''The Tragedy of a Night of Passion'' (german: Die Tragödie einer Liebesnacht) is a 1924 German silent drama film directed by Franz Osten and starring Dary Holm, John Mylong and Georg H. Schnell. It was shot at the Emelka Studios in Munich. ...

'' (1924) * ''

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...

'' (1924) * ''

Love of Life ''Love of Life'' is an American soap opera televised on CBS from September 24, 1951, to February 1, 1980. It was created by Roy Winsor, whose previous creation ''Search for Tomorrow'' premiered three weeks before ''Love of Life''; he created ''Th ...

'' (1924) * '' The Lion of Venice'' (1924) * ''

A Song from Days of Youth ''A Song from Days of Youth'' (german: Aus der Jugendzeit klingt ein Lied) is a 1925 German silent film directed by Franz Osten and starring Maria Mindzenty, John Mylong and Ferdinand Martini.Holmstrom p. 428 The film's sets were designed by the ...

'' (1925) * '' Written in the Stars'' (1925) * '' Little Inge and Her Three Fathers '' (1926) * ''

Storm Tide A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones. It is measured as the rise in water level above the n ...

'' (1927) * '' Klettermaxe'' (1927) * '' Spy of Madame Pompadour'' (1928) * '' The Gambling Den of Montmartre'' (1928) * ''

The Sun Rises ''The Sun Rises'' (Romanian: ''Răsare soarele'') is a 1954 Romanian drama film directed by Dinu Negreanu.Liehm & Liehm p.143 It was made at the recently opened Buftea Studios in Bucharest. The film is a sequel to Negreanu's 1953 film '' The Bug ...

'' (1934) * '' Men, Animals and Sensations'' (1938) * '' The Fire Devil'' (1940)

References

Bibliography

* Giesen, Rolf. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2003.

External links

* 1895 births 1980 deaths Film people from Munich {{Germany-film-bio-stub