Tobias A. Schliessler
Tobias A. Schliessler (born 5 November 1958) is a German cinematographer.
Life
Schliessler was born in Baden-Baden, Germany.[1] He is the son of documentary filmmaker and artist Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) and editor Anemone Schliessler (née Heim).[1][2] His brother Jochen is a documentary filmmaker and his sister Tina a film producer, photographer and painter.
Schiessler grew up in Baden-Baden.[3] In 1979 he moved to Vancouver, Canada and later started to study film at the Simon Fraser University.[1][3] After his graduation as a cinematographer, he started to work on documentary films and advertisement spots. In the late 1980s, he started to work for Canadian television productions. In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on the production of movies like Dreamgirls, Hancock and Battleship.[1] He often works with the directors Bill Condon and Peter Berg.[4] He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[3]
Selected filmography
- 1982: Tiers: A Story of the Penitentiary (short)
- 1984: My Kind of Town
- 1986: Close to Home (documentary)
- 1988: Bombs Away (short)
- 1989: The Top of His Head
- 1989: Quarantine
- 1990: Angel Square
- 1991: Raw Deal
- 1991: South of Wawa
- 1991: Writer's Block
- 1991: Lighthouse
- 1991: John Wyre: Drawing on Sound (documentary short)
- 1992: Duplicates (TV movie)
- 1992: North of Pittsburgh
- 1993: Born to Run (TV movie)
- 1993: He's My Girl II
- 1994: Sin & Redemption (TV movie)
- 1994: Killer
- 1994: Green Dolphin Beat (TV movie)
- 1994: Double Cross
- 1994: Max
- 1995: Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh
- 1995: Dream Man
- 1995: The Omen (TV movie)
- 1996: The Limbic Region (TV movie)
- 1997: Mandela and de Klerk
- 1997: Volcano: Fire on the Mountain (TV movie)
- 1997: Free Willy 3: The Rescue
- 1998: Outrage (TV movie)
- 1998: The Long Way Home (TV movie)
- 1998: The Escape (TV movie)
- 1998: Hoods
- 1998: The Fisherman and His Wife (short)
- 1998: Legalese (TV movie)
- 1998: DayBreak (TV movie)
- 2000: The Guilty
- 2000: Bait
- 2003: The Rundown
- 2004: Friday Night Lights
- 2006: Dreamgirls
- 2008: Hancock
- 2009: The Taking of Pelham 123
- 2012: Battleship
- 2013: The Fifth Estate
- 2013: Lone Survivor
- 2015: Mr. Holmes
- 2016 : Patriots Day
- 2017: Beauty and the Beast
- 2018: A Wrinkle in Time
References
- 1 2 3 4 Tobias Schliessler, cinematographers.nl, retrieved 26 January 2014
- ↑ ONFILM Interview: Tobias Schliessler, ASC, motion.kodak.com, retrieved 26 January 2014
- 1 2 3 Interview with Tobias Schliessler, theasc.com, retrieved 26 January 2014
- ↑ 'Lone Survivor' cinematographer Tobias Schliessler aims for truth, latimes.com, retrieved 26 January 2014