Sepp Allgeier was a German cinematographer who worked on around fifty features, documentaries and short films. He began his career as an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films. He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Reifenstahl, both closely associated with the genre. He was Reifenstahl's lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels. He later worked in West German television. His son is the cinematographer Hans-Jörg Allgeier.
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