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ARRI’s major anniversary year has only just begun. On this occasion, the company looks back at the values and principles with which this milestone was achieved – while keeping a firm eye on the future.
From Shoe Shop to Technology Company
In 1917, August Arnold and Robert Richter rented a small former shoemaker’s shop on Türkenstraße in Munich and founded a film-technology company there. The two friends began with a single product: a film-copying machine. They built it on a lathe that Robert Richter received from his parents for Christmas. Arnold and Richter put the company name together from the first two letters of their surnames: ARRI.
Before Arnold and Richter built the first camera, they worked as camera operators and film producers and rented out equipment. From the beginning, they worked closely with filmmakers. The insights they gained helped them develop products tailored entirely to requirements on set. In the present day, when technological change is taking place at breakneck speed, this philosophy is more important than ever: listening to what filmmakers really want instead of prescribing it to them.
ARRI’s 100th founding day itself is in September 2017, but numerous celebrations take place throughout
the entire anniversary year. All 1,300 ARRI employees
are involved and make them something very special. One of the largest celebrations takes place around the International Broadcast Convention IBC in Amsterdam and forms a highlight of the anniversary.
Free PDF to Download
To celebrate our 100th DP issue, we were able to conduct an interview with Franz Kraus in 2015, in which he spoke with us about the digitization process, his personal favourite ARRI camera and much more. Download the PDF here free of charge.
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