Dedo weigert wiki
Dedo Weigert is well-known because of the compact, high-power precision lamp that bears his first name – the Dedolight.
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The Owner - Dedo Weigert
Born in 1938 in Breslau. Son of Hans Weigert, university professor for history of art, and Cornelie Weigert, painter.
Education:
Traditional ‚humanistic’ school.
Latin and Ancient Greek.
Studies at Munich University, drama, psychology, German literature.
Dedo financed his studies by nightshift work in a factory and as a truck driver.
Worked in theaters as assistant director and actor.
Also as puppet player in a traveling puppet show for classical plays like Faust, Androcles and the Lion, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, etc.
Job as production manager in film production company.
Camera assistant for special projects, American Television (NBC specials).
1961 – Dedo built teleprompters.
Since 1963 – work as director of photography, mainly for NBC specials (1-hour films like the history of St.
Petersburg, a day in Irkutsk, Siberia). Shot first western-made production on Russian Cosmonauts.
1963 – First own production, documentary about the history and the
