Helmut Ashley or Helmuth Ashley (17 September 1919 – 2 July 2021) was an Austrian cinematographer, television and film director.^[1]

Ashley turned 100 in September 2019^[2] and died in Munich in July 2021, at the age of 101.^[3][4]

Selected filmography

Film

• Duel with Death (directed by Paul May, 1949)
• White Shadows (directed by Helmut Käutner, 1951)
• All Clues Lead to Berlin (directed by František Čáp, 1952)
• Vanished Melody (1952)
• Captive Soul (directed by Hans Wolff, 1952)
• Adventure in Vienna (directed by Emil-Edwin Reinert, 1952)
• Stolen Identity (directed by Gunther von Fritsch, 1953)
• Must We Get Divorced? (directed by Hans Schweikart, 1953)
• Confession Under Four Eyes (1954)
• You Can No Longer Remain Silent (directed by Robert A. Stemmle, 1955)
• Alibi (1955)
• Stopover in Orly (1955)
• Regine (directed by Harald Braun, 1956)
• Nina (1956)
• Der Stern von Afrika (directed by Alfred Weidenmann, 1957)
• Das schwarze Schaf (1960)
• My Schoolfriend (1960)
• Mörderspiel [de] (1961)
• The Puzzle of the Red Orchid (1962)
• Mystery of the Red Jungle (1964)
• Die Rechnung – eiskalt serviert (1966)
• No Time to Die [de] (1984)

Television

• Das Kriminalmuseum (1963–1968, TV series, 13 episodes)
• Nachtzug D 106 [de] (1964)
• Oberst Wennerström (1965)
• Das Millionending (1966)
• Kidnap – Die Entführung des Lindbergh-Babys (1968)
• Kim Philby war der dritte Mann (1969)
• Der Portland-Ring (1970)
• Die Münchner Räterepublik (1971)
• The Three Faces of Tamara Bunke [de] (1971)
• Ferdinand Lassalle (1972)
• Der Kommissar (1974–1975, TV series, 4 episodes)
• Derrick (1975–1997, TV series, 46 episodes)
• Notarztwagen 7 (1976–1977, TV series, 13 episodes)
• The Old Fox (1978–2005, TV series, 55 episodes)
• Mutter, ich will nicht sterben! (1994)