Career
He began his career as a cameraman in 1911 for the Expreß Film Company of Freiburg. In 1913 he filmed newsreels in the Balkans. He then became an assistant to Arnold Fanck, a leading director of Mountain films.
He worked frequently with Luis Trenker and Leni Reifenstahl, both closely associated with the genre.
He was Reifenstahl"s lead cameraman on her 1935 propaganda film Triumph of the Will. During the Second World War, Allgeier filmed material for newsreels.
He later worked in West German television