Walter Kolm-Veltée

Walter Kolm-Veltée (1910-1999), born in Vienna, was the son of Anton Kolm and Louise Kolm-Fleck, who founded the country's first production company in 1910; his mother was one of the first women in the world to direct films. He often worked with her and with her second husband, Jakob Fleck, then directed nine films between 1933 and 1959. In 1952, he founded the country's first film school at the Vienna Academy of Music and Performing Arts, and was also one of the pioneers of Austrian television. He died in Vienna.

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• CinemaEroicaWalter Kolm-Veltée · 1949Cinema