- Hans Heinz Theyer was born on August 5, 1910 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Symphonie in Gold (1956), Blumen aus Nizza (1936) and Hochzeit im Heu (1951). He died on October 18, 1961 in Vienna, Austria.
- He made first experiences in the film business as an assistant of the actor and director Willi Forst before he realised his first movie as a cinematographer with "Blumen aus Nizza" (1936).
- Till the end of World War II followed only few more movies where he worked behind the camera like "Nastradin Hodzha i Hitar Petar" (1939) and "Blonde Frau übern kurzen Weg" (1940). Beside it he was active as a war correspondent in the function of a photographer.
- The cinematographer Hans Heinz Theyer was born as the son of the well-known cinematographer Hans Theyer. It was obvious that Hans Heinz Theyer also chose his profession in this environment.
- He became a prisoner of the war by the Russians and was only able to return to his home in 1948.
- His first contact with the film business was not as a cinematographer but as a child actor. He took part in the movie "Gullivers Reisen" (1924).
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