- Born
- Died
- Carl Drews was born on January 27, 1894 in Berlin, Germany. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Das Geheimnis der Mumie (1921), Das Handicap der Liebe (1921) and The Last Waltz (1934). He died on September 3, 1983 in Berlin, Germany.
- During World War II he only took part in few more feature movies like "Wunschonzert" (1940).
- After World War II he did not continue his career as a cinematographer for the cinema, he only shot few documentaries.
- The cinematographer Carl Drews finished an education as a film lab assistant and at the age of only 14 he already got the chance to work as an assistant for the cinematographer Franz Mletzko who shot documentaries.
- His professional development became interrupted with the conscription to the army during World War I. After the war he gained a foothold in the film business where he started as a cinematographer from 1920.
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