IEC
#1: From interview [2017 - for VER]
#2: "Ein Freund von mir" [2004]
Born: 21 December 1964, Hamburg, [West-]Germany, as son of actor/still ph Werner Bokelberg [1937-].
Education: Tisch School of the Arts at New York University [NYU] [1985-88].
Career: Ph commercials for Mannesmann, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, a.o. Ph music videos with a: B.B. King, Christina Aguilera, Sting, Run DMC, Elton John, Cindy Lauper, Branford Marsalis, a.o. Ph 50+ five minute doc profiles on artists such as The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Michael Bolton, Sophie B. Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Regina Bell, Spike Lee, Leonard Cohen & Mariah Carey. Ph corporate identity films, e.g. 'Sony Music' [1990-93, various; annual presentations], 'Island Records' [1996, Pamela Birkhead; managing directors presentation], 'Gee Street Records' [1998, Pamela Birkhead; presentation featuring DJ Red Alert] & 'BMG' [1998, Glen Hoffman; global presentation]. Ph specials (45m) on 'Sting' [d: Ken Schreiber], 'Elton John' [d: Ken Schreiber] & 'Leonard Cohen' [d: Michael Borofsky].
Directed the doc on HD 'DocHumantary' [filmed May & October 1999; ph: ?].
Became a member of the ASC in 2012.
Awards: NYU Cinematography Award [1988] for 'Slave'; NYU Cinematography Award [1992] for 'Red Herring'; NYU Cinematography Award [1993] for 'Brighton Blues'; Berlin IFF 'Caligari-Preis' [1996] for 'Charms Zwischenfälle'; New York FF 'Eastman Kodak Vision Award' [2000] for 'The Citizen'; ASC TV Award nom [2007] for 'Raines' [pilot]; ASC TV Award nom [2008] for 'My Own Worst Enemy' [pilot 'Breakdown'].
Website: Oliver Bokelberg
FILMS | |
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1988 |
Slave [Mike Baluzy] ?; short/?m; prod NYU |
1989 |
A Licensed Liberty [Michael Kreihsl] b&w; short/34m; prod NYU |
1989 |
Red Herring [Isabel Hegner] ?; doc/60m; prod NYU |
1991 |
Tender, Slender and Tall [Lesley Ellen] 16mm/c; doc/28m |
1991 |
Fishbone: The Reality of My Surroundings [Michael Borofsky & Michele Maher] b&w-c/V; mus doc/50m; addph; ph: Mark Shprintz |
1992 |
Das EFX - Dead Serious [prod: Erinn Williams] b&w-c; interv + music videos (dir by Marcus Raboy [2x] & Pamela Birkhead [1x])/29m; interv ph |
1993 |
Brighton Blues [Helena Besfamilny] ?; short/13m; prod NYU |
1994 |
The Need For Speed [Katharina Otto] c; doc/59m; bicycle ph: Marc Foreman |
199? |
Reading Recovery [Gianfranco Rosi] ?; doc/?m |
1995 |
Charms Zwischenfälle/Charm's Incidents [Michael Kreihsl] s16-35bu/c |
1996 |
Lifebreath/Last Breath/Deadly Lovers [P.J. Posner] c |
1996 |
Burning Bridges [Marcus Hahn] 16mm/c; short/30m |
1997 |
Long Time Since [Jay Anania] s16-35bu/c |
1997 |
Harvest/Cash Crop/A Desperate Season [Stuart Burkin] c; aph: Ellen Kuras |
1997 |
A Walk on the Moon [Tony Goldwyn] c; 2uc New York; ph: Anthony B. Richmond |
1997 |
Life [Pamela Birkhead] ?; doc/?m |
1997 |
Beautopia [Katharina Otto] c; doc/104m |
1998 |
Winke und Lächle/Wave and Smile [Enriko Boettcher] scope/c; short/18m |
1999 |
The Citizen [Jay Anania] c |
1999 |
Heimkehr der Jäger/Hunters in the Snow [Michael Kreihsl] c |
2000 |
The Next Big Thing [P.J. Posner] c; 2uc: John Foster |
2003 |
The Station Agent/The Station Manager [Thomas McCarthy] s16-35bu/c |
2004 |
Loggerheads [Tim Kirkman] s16-35bu/c; addph: Shawn Lewallen |
[Left] with writer Stephen Colbert & dir Paul Dinello - "Strangers with Candy"
2004 |
Strangers with Candy [Paul Dinello] c |
2004 |
Ein Freund von mir [Sebastian Schipper] s35/c |
2006 |
Dark Matter [Shi-Zheng Chen] c; ph China: Yu Wang |
2006 |
The Visitor [Tom McCarthy] c; + small part |
2008 |
The Answer Man/Arlen Faber/The Dream of the Romans [John Hindman] c; 2uc: John Pirozzi |
2009 |
Thicker [Terry Nemeroff] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in March; status unknown |
2009 |
The Bounty Hunter [Andy Tennant] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; aph: Hans Bjerno & David Norris |
2010 |
Win Win [Tom McCarthy] 35mm (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Wolfgang Held |
2014 |
Building Bridges [Tom Verica] pre-production |
2018 |
United States vs. Dany G. [?] in development |
TELEVISION | |
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2000 |
Probieren Sie's mit einem Jüngeren [Michael Kreihsl] tvm/s16 |
2000 |
Tatort [ep #463 'Mördergrube/Scene of the Crime: Murder Pit' dir by Christiane Balthasar & #472 'Kindstod/Scene of the Crime: Death of a Child' dir by Claudia Garde] series; cph 'Kindstod': Johann Feindt; 'Mördergrube' was filmed in October as 'Bauernopfer' |
2001 |
Paulas Schuld [Claudia Garde] tvm |
2001 |
Schimanski [ep #10 'Kinder der Hölle' dir by Edward Berger] 16-part series, 1997-2011 |
2001 |
Tigermännchen sucht Tigerweibchen [Michael Kreihsl] tvm |
2002 |
Die Cleveren [ep #34 'Engelchen flieg' dir by Christiane Balthasar (CB) & #36 'Born und die Frauen' dir by CB] pilot (1998) + 48-part series/16mm, 1999-2006; 5th season, 2003; other ph: Achim Hasse, a.o. |
2002 |
Sektion - Die Sprache der Toten [Markus Bräutigam] tvm |
2002 |
Schimanski [ep #11 'Asyl' dir by Edward Berger] tvm-ep series; see 2001 |
2003 |
Jetzt erst recht [Michael Kreihsl] tvm |
2003 |
Die Cleveren [ep #41 'Auf der Flucht' dir by Christiane Balthasar (CB) #42 'Killer im Kopf' dir by CB] 6th season, 2006; other ph: Johannes Geyer, a.o.; see 2002 |
2003 |
Single-Shots/Was sie schon immer über Singles wissen wollten [Oliver Schmitz] tvm |
2004 |
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan [Martin Scorsese] 2-part mus doc/b&w-c/205m; cph: Maryse Alberti, Anghel Decca, Ellen Kuras, Lisa Rinzler, Michael Spiller, a.o.; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'American Masters' (2005) |
2005 |
Heute heiratet mein Mann [Michael Kreihsl] tvm |
2005 |
Raines [pilot dir by Frank Darabont] 7-part series, 2007 |
2005 |
World of Trouble [Stephen Hopkins] pilot; for NBC-tv |
2005 |
Avenger [Robert Markowitz] tvm |
2007 |
Dirty Sexy Money [pilot dir by Peter Horton] 23-part series, 2007-09; 1st season, 2007; other ph (22 ep): Jeff Jur |
2008 |
My Own Worst Enemy [pilot 'Breakdown' dir by David Semel + 8 ep dir by various] 9-part series, 2008 |
2009 |
Operating Instructions [Andy Tennant] pilot/HD (ARRI D-21); for USA-tv |
2009 |
Trauma [pilot dir by Jeffrey Reiner] 18-part series/HD (ARRI D-21), 2009-10; other ph: Alan Caso |
2009 |
Rex Is Not Your Lawyer [David Semel] pilot/HD (ARRI D-21); for NBC-tv |
2010 |
No Ordinary Family [ep #2-12 & #14 dir by various] 20-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA & D-21), 2010-11; other ph: David Boyd (pilot), Joaquin Sedillo (#13, 15 & 17), Dennis S. Hall (#16), Lloyd Ahern (#18 & 20) & James Chressanthis (#19) |
2011 |
Up All Night [pilot dir by James Griffiths] 35-part series, 2011-12; 1st season (24 ep), 2011-12; other ph: Matthew Clark |
2011 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [pilot 'Sweet Baby' (filmed March) dir by Paul McGuigan + 6 ep dir by various] 124-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2012-18; 1st season (7 ep), 2012 |
2011 |
Thunderballs [Andy Tennant] pilot; for Spike TV |
2012 |
Devious Maids [pilot dir by Paul McGuigan] 49-part series, 2013-16; 1st season, 2013 (13 ep); for Lifetime-tv |
2012 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [21 ep dir by various] 2nd season, 2012-13 (22 ep); other ph (#15): Michael Wojciechowski; see 2011 |
2013 |
Scandal: The Secret Is Out [various] special (clip show 1st & 2nd season)/HD; uwph: Ian Takahashi; see 2011 |
2013 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [12 ep (#30-31, #34-37 & #42-47) dir by various] 3rd season, 2013-14 (18 ep); other ph (#32-33 & #38-41): Michael Wojciechowski; see 2011 |
2014 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #48 'Randy, Red, Superfreak and Julia' dir by Tom Verica & #49 'The State of the Union' dir by Allison Liddi-Brown] 4th season, 2014-15 (22 ep); cph (#49): Michael Wojciechowski; see 2011 |
2014 |
Survivor's Remorse [ep #1-6 dir by various] 36-part series/HD (ARRI ALEXA), 2014-17; 1st season, 2014 (6 ep) |
2015 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #70 'Heavy Is the Head' dir by Tom Verica, #72 'Paris Is Burning' dir by Jann Turner, #74 'You Got Served' dir by Kevin Bray, #78 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' dir by Tom Verica, #80 'The Candidate' dir by Allison Liddi-Brown & #90 'That's My Girl' dir by Tom Verica] 5th season, 2015-16 (21 ep); see 2011 |
2016 |
Crushed [Scott Ellis] pilot/HD; for Hulu-tv |
2016 |
Grey's Anatomy [ep #276 'The Room Where It Happens' dir by Debbie Allen & #284 'Who Is He (And What Is He to You)?' dir by Kevin McKidd] series, 2005-present; 13th season, 2016-17 (24 ep) |
2016 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #92 'Hardball' dir by Allison Liddi-Brown] 6th season, 2017 (16 ep); see 2011 |
2017 |
For the People/Black's Law [various] series/HD, 2018-present; 1st season, 2018 (10 ep) |
2018 |
The Crew [?] series; in development |
TELEVISION AS DIRECTOR | |
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2012 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #15 'Happy Birthday, Mr. President'] 2nd season, 2012-13; ph: Michael Wojciechowski; see Television (2011) |
2013 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #33 'Say Hello to My Little Friend', #38 'YOLO' & #41 'We Do Not Touch the First Ladies'] 3rd season, 2013-14; ph: M. Wojciechowski; see Television (2011) |
2014 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #54 'Baby Made a Mess' & #68 'A Few Good Women'] 4th season, 2014-15; ph: M. Wojciechowski; see Television (2011) |
2015 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #76 'Even the Devil Deserves a Second Chance' & #88 'Buckle Up'] 5th season, 2015-16; ph: Daryn Okada; see Television (2011) |
2016 |
Grey's Anatomy [ep #282 'Back Where You Belong'] 13th season, 2016-17; ph: Herbert Davis; see Television (2016) |
2016 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #98 'A Stomach for Blood'] 6th season, 2017; ph: Steven G. Fracol; see Television (2011) |
2016 |
Hot Chocolate [doc/?m] |
2017 |
Scandal/Damage Control/The Fixer [ep #111 'Adventures in Babysitting'] 7th season, 2017-18; ph: Andrew Lemon; see Television (2011) |