WEDIGO VON SCHULTZENDORFF   BVK

 

Born: 5 November 1945, Germany.

Education: Fachschule für Optik und Fototechnik, Berlin [unfinished].

Career: Ph numerous commercials dir by Gunars Martinsons, Sönke Wortmann, Detlev Buck [for Flensburger Pilsener], Mark Tiedemann [for Müllermilch], Frank Petzold [for Milka], a.o. Ph music videos.

Directed commercials for Melitta, DAB Bank, Nivea, a.o.

Also active as cinematography professor, e.g. at the Hamburg Media School.

His wife, Svenja, is a still ph.

Website: Wedigo von Schultzendorff


 FILMS

1970

Wie sag' ich's meinem Kinde? [Roland Cämmerer & Klaus von Schwarze] c; cph: Dieter von Soden

1982

Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei/Männergeschichten [Ulli Weiß] c

1986

Das kalte Paradies [Bernard Safarik] c; cph: Pavel Schnabel & Tomi Streiff

1986

Jacob hinter der blauen Tür [Haro Senft] c

1987

Die Nacht des Marders [Maria Theresia Wagner] c

1991

Maß Farbe Licht/Measure Color Light [Jan Schmidt-Garre] b&w-c; doc/42m

1994

Bruckners Entscheidung/Bruckner's Decision [Jan Schmidt-Garre] 16mm/b&w; cph: Pascal Hoffmann

1995

No Strings Attached/The Last Obsession [Josef Rusnak] c; replaced ph Richard Clabaugh; addph: Sven Kirsten; 2uc: Tony Olivieri

1998

The Thirteenth Floor/Abwärts in die Zukunft/The 13th Floor - Bist du was du denkst? [Josef Rusnak] s35/c; 2uc: Don McCuaig; miniature ph: Britta Sell

1998

You're Dead.../You Are Dead [Andy Hurst] Arriscope/c; 2uc: Michael von Loeper

1998

Opera Fanatic [Jan Schmidt-Garre] v+s16-to-35mm/c; mus doc/96m; addph: Wolfgang Aichholzer, Julian Hohndorf, a.o.

2000

The Hollywood Sign/Der Himmel von Hollywood [Sönke Wortmann] scope/c

2000

All the Queen's Men/Die Männer ihrer Majestät [Stefan Ruzowitzky] s35/c; cph: Peter Kappel

 

With dir Burr Steers [right] - "Igby Goes Down"

 

2001

Igby Goes Down [Burr Steers] s35/c

2001

Hollywood Ending [Woody Allen] c

2003

Take Away [Georg Heinzen] c; short/8m

2003

Solo [Josef Rusnak] c

2003

The Legend of Simon Conjurer [Q. Mark (= Stuart Paul)] c; addph; ph: Howard Atherton & Doug Milsome

2004

The Fourth Generation/Die vierte Generation [Josef Rusnak] announced; status unknown

2004

The Physician/Der Medicus [Uli Edel] announced (October) as feature film & 2-part tvm for ZDF-tv

2005

Meet the Devil [Josef Rusnak] announced (December)

2006

The Contractor/The Shooter [Josef Rusnak (replaced Antoine Fuqua)] c/V; 2uc: Lorenzo Senatore

2007

It's Alive [Josef Rusnak] c; remake of film (1973, Larry Cohen; ph: Fenton Hamilton)

2007

Lulu und Jimi [Oskar Roehler] c; 2uc: Nicolay Gutscher

2008

Frauen Jazz und Schuhe [Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock] HD-to-35mm/c; short/7m

2008

Pandorum [Christian Alvart] s35/c; 2uc: Sebastian Meuschel & Hagen Bogdanski

2010

Zu viele Musen/Too Many Muses [Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock] RED/c; short/7m

2010

Ohne Gnade!/No Mercy [Birgit Stein] RED/c; cph (3 days) (+ c.op/co-Steadicam op): Rodja Kükenthal; 2uc: Christian Munteanu

2010

Du hast es versprochen/Dunkel/Forgotten [Alex Schmidt] scope/c; 2uc (+ c.op/co-Steadicam op): Rodja Kükenthal

2011

The Other Side [The Santoro Brothers] HD (Genesis/scope)/c; short/20m; addph: Zoran Veljkovic; 2uc: Christopher Nunn & Sam Brown

2011

André - The Voice of Wine [Mark Tchelistcheff] c; doc/118m; cph: M. Tchelistcheff; addph: Barry Stone, Tim Metzger, a.o.; filmed 2011-12

2012

45 Minutes to Ramallah/Father is Doing Fine [Ali Samadi Ahadi] RED Epic/c; 2uc (+ c.op/Steadicam op): Rodja Kükenthal

2012

Shqipe/Eagle [Vilma Zenelaj] announced as ph, but film was ph by David Starks

2016

Masks Don't Lie [Sylvia Kurth] HD (ARRI ALEXA)/c; pre-production; based on a test short (16m) with the same title (ph: Ben Cole)

2017

Goliath [Marcus Richardt] pre-production

2017

Deadly Split [Sylvia Kurth] pre-production

 

 TELEVISION & INTERNET

1978

Profis [Christian Weisenborn & Michael Wulfes] doc/16mm; co-addph; ph: Dieter Matzka

1982

Flucht aus Pommern. Schicksale im Kriegswinter 1944-45 [Eberhard Schubert] tvm

1987

Villa Rouge [Bernd Bajog] doc/87m/16mm; cph: Klaus Lautenbacher

1988

Le Gorille/Codename: Gorilla [ep 'Der Gorilla und der Berliner Kongreß/Le Gorille se mange froid' dir by Josef Rusnak] 13-part series; other ph: Alfio Contini & Étienne Szabo

1995

Die Partner [ep #1-8 dir by various] 26-part series, 1995-96; other ph: Clemens Messow

1996

Schimanski [ep #1 'Die Schwadron' dir by Josef Rusnak] 16-part series, 1997-2011

1998

Das Gelbe vom Ei [Lars Becker] tvm; 2uc: Jörn Pott

1999

Aïda's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera [Jan Schmidt-Garre & Marieke Schroeder] 2-part mus doc; cph: Craig Braden; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Great Performances'

2000

Zwei Brüder [ep #15 'Tod im See' dir by Lars Becker] 17-part series, 1994-2001

2001

Einsatz in Hamburg [ep #3 'Rückkehr des Teufels' dir by Lars Becker] 15-part series/s16, 2000-13; series started in October 2000 under the title 'Jenny Berlin'; after 2 ep renamed (in 2002) 'Einsatz in Hamburg'

2002

Nachtschicht [pilot 'Amok!' dir by Lars Becker] series, 2003-present

2002

Liebe Schwester [Matti Geschonneck] tvm/16mm

2003

Tod im Park [Martin Eigler] tvm; 2uc: Gert Kappes; followed by series 'Solo für Schwarz'

2003

Nachtschicht [ep #2 'Vatertag' dir by Lars Becker] see 2002

2004

Einsatz in Hamburg [ep #5 'Bei Liebe Mord/Ende einer Dienstfahrt' dir by Lars Becker] see 2001

2004

Liebe nach dem Tod/Die Liebenden [Matti Geschonneck] tvm; 2uc: Rodja Kükenthal

2004

Die Nachrichten [Matti Geschonneck] tvm; 2uc: Rodja Kükenthal

2005

Tatort [ep #640 'Pauline' dir by Niki Stein] tvm-ep series, 1970-present (2006); 2uc: Matthias Bolliger

2006

Tatort [ep #663 'Das namenlose Mädchen' dir by Michael Gutmann] tvm-ep (s16) series, 1970-present (2007); 2uc: Maximilian Lips

2007

Das jüngste Gericht [Urs Egger] 2-part tvm; addph; ph: Martin Kukula

2009

Gier [- Der Fall des Hochstaplers Dieter Glanz] [Dieter Wedel] 2-part tvm/s16; 2uc: Maximilian Lips & (+ c.op 'a' cam/Steadicam op) Rodja Kükenthal

2009

Die Auflehnung [Manfred Stelzer] tvm

2009

Aber jetzt erst recht [Nikolai Müllerschön] tvm

2010

Wie ein Licht in der Nacht [Florian Baxmeyer] tvm; 2uc (+ co-Steadicam op): Rodja Kükenthal

2011

Reiff für die Insel [ep #1 'Neubeginn' dir by Anno Saul] tvm-ep (s16) series, 2012-present (2012); 2uc (+ Steadicam op): Rodja Kükenthal

2011

Die Heimkehr [Jo Baier] tvm/s16

2012

Nord Nord Mord [ep #2 'Clüver und die fremde Frau' dir by Anno Saul] tvm-ep (RED Epic) series, 2011, 2013 & 2015-present (2013)

2012

Reiff für die Insel [ep #2 'Katharina und der ganz große Fisch' dir by Anno Saul] tvm-ep (RED) series (2013); see 2011

2013

Der Kommissar und das Meer/Kommissarien och havet [ep #15 'Der böse Mann/Ein zweites Leben' dir by Anno Saul (AS) & #16 'In einer dunklen Nacht/Feindesland' dir by AS] series (RED Epic), 2007-present (2013 & 2014)

2013

Der Verlust [Thomas Berger] tvm/HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus)

2014

Auf der Straße [Florian Baxmeyer] tvm/HD (ARRI ALEXA Plus)

2014

Katie Fforde [ep #18 'Vergissmeinnicht' & #19 'Zurück ans Meer/Liebeswege' dir by John Delbridge] series/HD, 2010-present (2015)

2015

Children of the Machine [Marco Weber] pilot for proposed series; for BitTorrent (online)