DCS Mourns the Loss of Otto Nemenz, Founder and CEO of Prestige Camera Rental Agency Otto Nemenz International
by James Mathers | Nov 2, 2025 | News |
We are sad to report the news that Otto Nemenz, the Founder and CEO of Otto Nemenz International, has recently passed away. Founded in 1979, his company specializes in the rental and maintenance of motion picture and digital cinema cameras, lenses, and accessories.
Otto was born on November 12, 1941 in Judenburg, Styria, Austria and immigrated to Los Angeles in the early 1960s. Although still active in the business into his 80’s, he was known to spend a lot of leisure time at his second home in Hawaii.
Otto was also an accomplished Director of Photography and had a degree in engineering from the Vienna Technical Institute in Austria. He had been instrumental in the advancement of technology in the motion picture industry since 1964, and was an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers and a member of the I.A.T.S.E. Local 600.
See this interview with Otto produced by ZEISS Cinematography in 2023: https://www.zeiss.com/corporate/en/c/stories/insights/otto-nemenz.html
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