# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-weihmayr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:52:48.962Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-weihmayr"
name: "Franz Weihmayr"
slug: "franz-weihmayr"
description: "Franz Weihmayr was a German cinematographer who worked on over 80 films between 1924 and 1964. He was one of the leading German cinematographers of the Nazi era, working on a number of Zarah Leander films and the 1935 propaganda documentary Triumph of the Will. His marriage to Ada Tschechowa ended in divorce. After the Second World War, Weihmayr worked in West German cinema, including rubble films such as Love '47."
tagline: "German cinematographer (1903–1969)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1903-12-31"
deathDate: "1969-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.95
  momentum:             16.07692307692307
  historical:           6.338985333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005925/"
    handle:    "nm0005925"
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "フランツ・ワイマール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانز ويهماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Weihmayr"
    title: "Franz Weihmayr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Weihmayr"
    title: "Franz Weihmayr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "فرانتس وایمایر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Weihmayr"
    title: "Franz Weihmayr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1449398"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11923"
    title: "Franz Weihmayr"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump