Uta Briesewitz
Uta Briesewitz | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1967 (age 57–58) |
| Education | American Film Institute (MFA) |
| Occupation(s) | Cinematographer, television director |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German cinematographer and television director.[1] She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.
Biography
Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, Germany. She cultivated a preference for French Nouvelle Vague and Italian cinema at an early age, watching them on German television.[2] In an interview, she recounted that Francois Truffaut's Day for Night, The Story of Adele H and The Man Who Loved Women, were some of the films that made strong impressions on her as a child.[3] Later, Briesewitz considered becoming a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career.[2]
She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at AFI Conservatory.[3]
In 2007 she won a Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in the category Kodak Vision award.
Filmography
Cinematographer
Film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Getting Personal | Ron Burrus |
| Next Stop Wonderland | Brad Anderson | |
| 1999 | Love Stinks | Jeff Franklin |
| 2001 | Seven and a Match | Derek Simonds |
| Session 9 | Brad Anderson | |
| 2002 | XX/XY | Austin Chick |
| The Scoundrel's Wife | Glen Pitre | |
| 2006 | The TV Set | Jake Kasdan |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | |
| 2010 | Vanishing on 7th Street | Brad Anderson |
| 2011 | Arthur | Jason Winer |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature | Robbie Pickering |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Baby, It's You | Anne Makepeace |
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Undressed | Jamie Babbit James Brett Jonathan Buss George Verschoor Chris Slater Dale Roy Robinson | 30 episodes |
| 2000 | American Masters | Anne Makepeace | Episode "Edward Curtis: Coming to Light" |
| 2002-2004 | The Wire | 29 episodes | |
| 2004-2005 | LAX | Anthony and Joe Russo Scott Brazil Félix Enríquez Alcalá Craig Zisk | 12 episodes |
| 2006 | What About Brian | Anthony and Joe Russo Dan Lerner | Episode "Pilot" |
| Thief | Dean White John David Coles | 5 episodes | |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Mark Tinker | Episode "His Visit, Day One" |
| 2009 | United States of Tara | Craig Gillespie | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2009-2011 | Hung | 19 episodes | |
| 2012 | Ben and Kate | Jake Kasdan | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2013 | True Blood | Romeo Tirone | Episode "Life Matters" |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Lynn Shelton | Episode "Pilot" |
| Weird Loners | Jake Kasdan | Episode "Weird Pilot" | |
| Complications | Matt Nix | Episode "Pilot" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Return of the Eagle | William A. Anderson |
| 2000 | Bear Wars | |
| 2003 | Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story | Peter Levin |
| 2006 | Sixty Minute Man | Jon Avnet |
| 2007 | Life Support | Nelson George |
| 2009 | Washingtonienne | Mark Mylod |
| 2011 | Untitled Allan Loeb Project | James Steven Sadwith |
| Spring/Fall | Jake Kasdan | |
| 2013 | The List | Ruben Fleischer |
Director
Film
- American Sweatshop (2025) (Also executive producer)
Television
| Year | Title | Episode(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-2011 | Hung | "Sing It Again, Ray" or "Home Plate" |
| "Take the Cake" or "Are You Packing?" | ||
| "Money on the Floor" | ||
| 2012 | Weeds | "God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise" |
| Suburgatory | "The Wishbone" | |
| 2013-2017 | Orange Is the New Black | "Tit Punch" |
| "Don't Make Me Come Back There" | ||
| "Piece of Shit" | ||
| "Full Bush, Half Snickers" | ||
| 2014 | House of Lies | "Pushback" |
| 2014-2015 | Awkward | "Girl Rules" |
| "Over the Hump" | ||
| "Say No to the Dress" | ||
| "Reality Does Not Bite" | ||
| 2014-2016 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Two" |
| "Chapter Seventeen" | ||
| "Chapter Thirty" | ||
| "Chapter Thirty-Three" | ||
| "Chapter Thirty-Six" | ||
| 2015 | Unreal | "Mother" |
| "Wife" | ||
| Agent X | "The Sacrifice" | |
| 2015-2016 | The 100 | "Bodyguard of Lies" |
| "Stealing Fire" | ||
| 2015-2018 | Jessica Jones | "AKA I've Got the Blues" |
| "AKA Playland" | ||
| 2016 | Mad Dogs | "Hat" |
| Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | "Rule No. 36: If You Can't Stand the Heat, You're Cooked" | |
| Fear the Walking Dead | "Pablo & Jessica" | |
| 2016-2018 | This Is Us | "The Trip" |
| "That'll Be the Day" | ||
| 2017 | Lethal Weapon | "Brotherly Love" |
| Iron Fist | "Under Leaf Pluck Lotus" | |
| Black Sails | "XXXVI." | |
| The Defenders | "Take Shelter" | |
| 2017-2018 | The Deuce | "What Kind of Bad?" |
| "What Big Ideas" | ||
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | "The Wrong Man" |
| "Clash by Night" | ||
| Here and Now | "It's Coming" | |
| "If a Deer Shits in the Woods" | ||
| Westworld | "Kiksuya" | |
| 2019 | Stranger Things | "Chapter Five: The Flayed" |
| "Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum" | ||
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | "Leavetaking" |
| "Shadow's Waiting" | ||
| CSI: Vegas | "Legacy" (Also executive producer) | |
| 2023 | Black Mirror | "Mazey Day" |
| 2025 | Severance | "Attila" |
| "The After Hours" |
Ref.: [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
References
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- ^ a b "ASC Close-Up: Uta Briesewitz". American Society of Cinematographers. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
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