Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) was a German adventurer, cinematographer and sculptor.
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Life

Martin Schliessler was born in 1929 in

Mannheim Mannheim (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: or ), officially the University City of Mannheim (), is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, second-largest city in Baden-Württemberg after Stuttgart, the States of Ger ...

, the son of artists Gertrud and Otto Schliessler. He was involved in the production of more than 200 nature and expedition documentaries. He was second cinematographer for the documentary ''Im Schatten des Karakorum'' (1955), which was shown at the 5th Berlin International Film Festival and there was awarded with the ''Große Bronzene Plakette (Dokumentar- und Kulturfilm)''. He later often worked in Alaska, where he filmed pipeline installations,

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, bush pilots and gold diggers.Film von Wolfram Giese und Jochen Schliesser
, phoenix.de, retrieved 26 January 2014 In 1967 he and Ray Genet tried to climb

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but had to cancel their trip shortly before reaching the mountain top. In 1974 Schliessler survived a plane crash and filmed the rescue efforts during the next days. In 1956 he married Anemone Heim, daughter of Rosel Heim (co-founder of Sans Souci Cosmetics). Martin is the father of equestrian Barbara (Schliessler) Marks (born 1958), cinematographer Tobias A. Schliessler (born 1959), film producer, painter and photographer Tina Schliessler (born 1961) and documentary filmmaker Jochen Schliessler (born 1964). Martin authored a number of books including Auf verwehten Spuren, Beruf: Abenteurer, Amerikas Indianische Seele. He moved with his family to

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, Canada in 1979. There he worked as a filmmaker and sculptor. He died after a long illness in 2008.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schliessler, Martin 1929 births 2008 deaths German cinematographers 20th-century German sculptors German male sculptors Mass media people from Mannheim Film people from Baden-Württemberg German emigrants to Canada