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#1: Photo by Thomas Scott Stanton
#2: 2006
TOBIAS SCHLIESSLER ASC
Born: 5 November 1958, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, [West-]Germany, as Tobias A. Schliessler, son of Anemone Heim and ph/doc dir/sculptor Martin Schliessler [Schließler] [1929-2008].
Education: Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Career: Moved with his family to Vancouver, Canada, in 1979. 'I had done a little work as an assistant on documentaries and ski movies with my father, but I wanted to get into dramatic filmmaking, and the school [Simon Fraser University] had a good program. I really enjoyed the camaraderie between the faculty and other students, and learning about film history. We were required to study everything, including editing and sound. That was a great help later in my career. We had 20 to 25 students in my class. We worked, experimented, hung out and watched movies together. I'm still in contact with a lot of them. After graduation, I got my first job shooting a documentary for the National Film Board. Charles Wilkinson, one of my fellow students, directed it. [...] I bought a camera and started shooting documentaries and music videos, mainly with directors whom I met at school. MTV definitely changed the way people look at movies. After a while, I got opportunities to shoot independent movies in Canada. By the late 1980s, there were a lot of television movies being produced in Canada. I also began shooting commercials, which gave me opportunities to experiment, work with different directors and build my reel. [...] I moved to Los Angeles in 1997 after I got deeper into the commercial world.' [From interview by Bob Fisher on the KODAK OnFilm website.]
Ph commercials dir by Andrew Becker [for New York Stock Exchange], Nico Beyer, Robert Logevall, Vic Armstrong [for Range Rover], Joseph Kahn [for Ford], Jake Scott [for Hummer], Lance Kelleher [for Hyundai], a.o. Ph music videos.
Member of the ASC since 2008.
His daughter Aisha [Aisha Jau] is an actress. His brother Jochen [1964-] is a sound mixer and doc dir; his sister Tina is a still ph, painter and film animator and is married to film dir Charles Wilkinson.
Awards: AICP Show 'Cinematography Honoree' [2000] for Audi commercial 'Wake-Up' [d: Robert Logevall]; AICP Show 'Cinematography Honoree' [2001] for Lincoln Financial commercial 'Doctor' [d: Robert Logevall].
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
|
1982 |
Tiers: A Story of the Penitentiary [Charles Wilkinson] c; doc/19m |
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1983 |
Die Badile-Nordostwand - Der Weg ist das Ziel [Martin Schliessler] 16mm/c; docudrama/50m; 2nd cam; ph: M. Schliessler; filmed 1983-84; also edited version 'Zwischen Fels und Eis - Wege in die Wildnis' (1994; 44m) |
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1984 |
Die Kunst der Jäger im Eis der Arktis [Tobias Schliessler] c; doc/10m |
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1984 |
Walls [Thomas Shandel] c; co-addph; ph: Doug McKay |
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1984 |
My Kind of Town [Charles Wilkinson] c; cph: David Geddes |
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1986 |
Close to Home [Ric Beairsto] ?; doc/95m |
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1987 |
Regeneration [Russell Stephens] 16mm/c; 2uc: Dan Nowak |
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1987 |
The Top of His Head [Peter Mettler] b&w-c; cph: P. Mettler; 2uc: Gerald Packer |
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1988 |
Bombs Away [Peg Campbell] c; short/18m |
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1988 |
Quarantine [Charles Wilkinson] c |
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1988 |
Lighthouse/Stranded [Paul Tucker] c |
|
1990 |
Angel Square/The Comic Book Christmas Caper [Anne Wheeler] c |
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1990 |
Chaindance/Common Bonds [Allan A. Goldstein] c |
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1990 |
South of Wawa [Robert Boyd] c; addph: Brian R.R. Hebb |
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1991 |
John Wyre - Drawing on Sound [Niv Fichman] c; doc/26m; cph: René Ohashi & David Geddes |
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1991 |
North of Pittsburgh [Richard Martin] c; ph Vancouver: William Waring |
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1992 |
Anything for Love/Just One of the Girls [Michael Keusch] c/V |
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1993 |
Max [Charles Wilkinson] c; + co-prod |
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1993 |
Far From Home - The Adventures of Yellow Dog [Phillip Borsos] c; co-addph; ph: James Gardner |
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1994 |
Bulletproof Heart/Killer/New York Killer [Mark Malone] c |
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1994 |
Double Cross [Michael Keusch] c; 2uc: Gregory Middleton & William Waring |
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1994 |
Dream Man [René Bonnière] c |
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1994 |
Candyman - Farewell to the Flesh [Bill Condon] c |
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1995 |
Bliss [Lance Young] c; addph; ph: Mike Molloy |
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1995 |
Just Looking [Tyler Bensinger] c |
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1996 |
Free Willy 3 - The Rescue [Sam Pillsbury] c; 2uc: Brian Pearson; wildlife ph: Bob Talbot; uwph: Pete Romano |
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1997 |
Hoods/The Prince of Mulberry Street [Mark Malone] c |
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1998 |
The Fisherman and His Wife [Jochen Schliessler] b&w; short/11m |
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1999 |
The Guilty [Anthony Waller] c |
|
1999 |
Bait/Piégé [Antoine Fuqua] s35/c; 2uc (+ 2ud): Peter Lyons Collister; vfx ph (+ aph): Kurt E. Soderling |
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2002 |
The Rundown/Welcome to the Jungle [Peter Berg] s35/c; 2uc: Peter Lyons Collister; aph: Kurt E. Soderling |
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2004 |
Friday Night Lights [Peter Berg] s35/c; 2uc: Thom Owens; vfx ph: Jas. Shelton; aph: Kurt E. Soderling |
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2006 |
Dreamgirls [Bill Condon] s35/c; 2uc: Dino Parks |
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2006 |
All God's Children Can Dance [Robert Logevall] c; co-addph; ph: Giorgio Scali |
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2007 |
Hancock [Peter Berg] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Paul Hughen; aph: David B. Nowell |
[Left] with dir Tony Scott - "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3"
Photo by Rico Torres
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2008 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [Tony Scott] s35 (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Alexander Witt; aph: Richard Brooks Burton; remake of film (1973, Joseph Sargent; ph: Owen Roizman) |
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2008 |
Pure Shooter [Neema Barnette] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in June; status unknown |
"Battleship" - photo by Frank Masi
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2010 |
Battleship [Peter Berg] p+s35-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; 2uc: Larry Blanford & (RIMPAC - the Rim of the Pacific Exercise, the world's largest international maritime warfare exercise) Dino Parks; Hong Kong ph: Jason Kwan; aph: Hans Bjerno & (uncred) Kurt Soderling; uwph: Pete Romano |
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2012 |
Lone Survivor [Peter Berg] RED Epic-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/c; action unit ph: Dino Parks; aph: Hans Bjerno |
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2013 |
The Fifth Estate/The Man Who Sold the World [Bill Condon] HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus & Studio)-to-35mm scope (+ D-Cinema)/b&w-c; addph: Dino Parks; main title seq ph: T.S. Jensen |
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2014 |
Mr. Holmes/A Slight Trick of the Mind [Bill Condon] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/p)-to-digital (scope)/c; addph Japan: Jitsu Toyoda; aph: John Marzano |
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2015 |
Beauty and the Beast [Bill Condon] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT/scope)/c; 2uc: Dino Parks |
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2016 |
Patriots Day [Peter Berg] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; 2uc: Dino Parks; aph: Dylan Goss |
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2016 |
A Wrinkle in Time [Ava DuVernay] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT & Mini + Phantom Flex4K)-to-D-Cinema (scope [also 3-D version])/c; splinter unit ph (+ c.op 'c' cam): Dino Parks; aph (New Zealand): Roger Feenstra; filmed 2016-17 |
|
2018 |
The Good Liar [Bill Condon] HD (ARRI ALEXA Mini/p)-to-D-Cinema (scope)/c; aph: Jeremy Braben |
| TELEVISION & INTERNET | |
|---|---|
|
1989 |
The Ray Bradbury Theater [ep #27 'To the Chicago Abyss' dir by Randy Bradshaw, #28 'Hail and Farewell' dir by Alan Kroeker & #30 'Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!' dir by David Brandes] 65-part series, 1985-86, 1988-90 & 1992; as Tobias Schliesller |
|
1990 |
Child of Darkness, Child of Light [Marina Sargenti] tvm/b&w-c |
|
1990 |
Mom P.I. [pilot dir by Brad Turner] 23-part series, 1990-92; 1st season, 1990-91; other ph: Andreas Poulsson |
|
1990 |
Neon Rider [various] 64-part series, 1990-95; other ph: David Geddes, Joel Ransom, John S. Bartley & Don McCuaig |
|
1991 |
Writer's Block [Charles Correll] tvm |
|
1991 |
Duplicates [Sandor Stern] tvm |
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1992 |
Sexual Advances [Donna Deitch] tvm |
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1992 |
The Heights [Donald Petrie, a.o.] 13-part (1 unaired) series; other ph: Richard Leiterman |
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1993 |
Born to Run [Albert Magnoli] tvm |
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1993 |
Sin & Redemption [Neema Barnette] tvm |
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1994 |
Green Dolphin Beat/Green Dolphin Street [Tommy Lee Wallace] pilot; for FOX-tv |
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1995 |
The Omen [Jack Sholder] pilot; for NBC-tv |
|
1995 |
The Limbic Region [Michael Pattinson] tvm |
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1996 |
Mandela and de Klerk [Joseph Sargent] tvm |
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1996 |
Them [Bill L. Norton] pilot; efx ph: Tom Turnbull; for UPN-tv |
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1996 |
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain [Graeme Campbell] tvm |
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1997 |
The Escape [Stuart Gillard] tvm |
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1997 |
Outrage [Robert Allan Ackerman] tvm |
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1997 |
The Baby Dance [Jane Anderson] tvm; 2uc; ph: Jan Kiesser |
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1997 |
The Long Way Home [Glenn Jordan] tvm |
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1998 |
Legalese [Glenn Jordan] tvm |
|
1998 |
DayBreak [Tucker Gates] pilot; uwph: Pete Romano; for FOX-tv |
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2010 |
The Big C [pilot dir by Bill Condon] 40-part series/HD (Genesis), 2010-13; 1st season, 2010 (13 ep); series ph: John Thomas |
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2014 |
Ballers [pilot dir by Peter Berg] series/HD (ARRI AMIRA), 2015-present; 1st season, 2015 (10 ep); aph: Patrick Longman |
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2015 |
Portrait of a Dancer - Lamb [Malcolm Venville] HD/b&w; dance film/3m; for NOWNESS (internet) |
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2018 |
Wonderland [Peter Berg] HD/c; for Netflix |
