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Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

1939-02-21

Königs Wusterhausen, Germany

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Biography

Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein is a German cinematographer. He has collaborated with director Werner Herzog on a number of projects. Among his many collaborations with other directors, Schmidt-Reitwein is notable for his cinematographic achievement in shooting Alan Greenberg's acclaimed 1982 documentary about Jamaica and death of Bob Marley, Land of Look Behind.

Best known for:

Nosferatu the Vampyre

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

Woyzeck

Heart of Glass

Scene of the Crime

Fata Morgana

Land of Silence and Darkness

The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

Where the Green Ants Dream

Bells from the Deep

Germany in Autumn

Precautions Against Fanatics

No One Will Play with Me

Echoes from a Sombre Empire

Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun

Handicapped Future

Pilgrimage

Portrait: Werner Herzog

Land of Look Behind

The Practice of Love

The Patriotic Woman

The Ghost

Marmorera

People Preparing the Staufer Anniversary

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Filmography:

Wilder Reiter GmbH (1967)
WORK AS:
Sound
Precautions Against Fanatics (1969)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Scene of the Crime (1970)
4.7
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Handicapped Future (1971)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
6.1
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Fata Morgana (1972)
5.3
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
6
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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Das Andechser Gefühl (1975)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Heart of Glass (1976)
5.2
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
No One Will Play with Me (1976)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
The Atlantic Swimmers (1976)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
There Is a Criminal Touch to Art (1976)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Germany in Autumn (1978)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
New Year's Eve (1978)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
6.2
WORK AS:
Director of Photography

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Woyzeck (1979)
5.3
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Patriotic Woman (1979)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Der Komantsche (1979)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Candidate (1980)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Sehnsucht nach dem ganz Anderen (1981)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Land of Look Behind (1982)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Ghost (1982)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Liebeskonzil (1982)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
The Olympic Champion (1983)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
5.6
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Rita Ritter (1984)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Practice of Love (1985)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Zimmer 36 (1988)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Night on Fire (1992)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Bells from the Deep (1993)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)
WORK AS:
Cinematography
Just Messing About (2000)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Pilgrimage (2001)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography
Marmorera (2007)
WORK AS:
Director of Photography