Tobias A. Schliessler

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Tobias A. Schliessler (born 5 November 1958) is a German cinematographer.

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Life and career

Schliessler was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, [1] to documentary filmmaker and artist Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) and editor Anemone Schliessler (née Heim). [1] [2] His brother, Jochen, is a documentary filmmaker, and his sister, Tina, a film producer, photographer, and painter.

Schiessler grew up in Baden-Baden. [3] In 1979 he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and later studied film at the Simon Fraser University. [1] [3] After his graduation as a cinematographer, he started to work on documentary films and advertisement spots. In the late 1980s, he started to work for Canadian television productions. In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on the production of movies like Dreamgirls , Hancock and Battleship . [1] He often works with the directors Bill Condon and Peter Berg. [4] He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. [3]

Filmography

Short film

YearTitleDirector
1982Tiers: A Story of the Penitentiary Charles Wilkinson
1988Bombs Away Peg Campbell
1998The Fisherman and His WifeJochen A. Schliessler

Feature film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1984 My Kind of Town Charles Wilkinson With David Geddes
1989 The Top of His Head Peter Mettler With Peter Mettler
QuarantineCharles Wilkinson
1990 Angel Square Anne Wheeler
1991 Chaindance Allan A. Goldstein
South of Wawa Robert Boyd
1992 North of Pittsburgh Richard Martin
1994 Bulletproof Heart Mark Malone
Max Charles WilkinsonAlso credited as producer
1995 Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh Bill Condon 1st collaboration with Condon
1997 Free Willy 3: The Rescue Sam Pillsbury
1998HoodsMark Malone
2000 The Guilty Anthony Waller
Bait Antoine Fuqua
2003 The Rundown Peter Berg 1st collaboration with Berg
2004 Friday Night Lights
2006 Dreamgirls Bill Condon
2008 Hancock Peter Berg
2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 Tony Scott
2012 Battleship Peter Berg
2013 The Fifth Estate Bill Condon
Lone Survivor Peter Berg
2015 Mr. Holmes Bill Condon
2016 Patriots Day Peter Berg
2017 Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon
2018 A Wrinkle in Time Ava DuVernay
2019 The Good Liar Bill Condon
2020 Spenser Confidential Peter Berg
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom George C. Wolfe
2021 Palmer Fisher Stevens
Come from Away Christopher Ashley
2022 The Adam Project Shawn Levy
2023 Rustin George C. Wolfe

Direct-to-video

YearTitleDirector
1993 Anything for Love Michael Keusch
1994Double Cross
1995Dream Man René Bonnière

Documentary works

Short film

YearTitleDirector
1984Die Kunst der Jäger im Eis der ArktisHimself
2015Portrait of a Dancer: Sarah Lamb Malcolm Venville

Film

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1986Close to HomeRic Beairsto
2018The Rankin File: Legacy of a RadicalPeter Smilsky1986 footage
2019And We Go Green Fisher Stevens
Malcolm Venville

Television

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1989 The Ray Bradbury Theater David Brandes
Allan Kroeker
Randy Bradshaw
3 episdoes
1990 Mom P.I. Brad Turner Episode "When Sally Met Bernie"
Neon Rider Neill FearnleyEpisode "Confessions"
1992 The Heights 9 episodes
2010 The Big C Bill Condon Episode "Pilot"
2015 Ballers Peter Berg Episode "Pilot"
2023 All the Light We Cannot See Shawn Levy Miniseries

TV movies

YearTitleDirector
1989QuarantäneNico Hofmann
1991Writer's Block Charles Correll
1992Duplicates Sandor Stern
Sexual Advances Donna Deitch
1993Born to Run Albert Magnoli
1994Sin & Redemption Neema Barnette
Green Dolphin Beat Tommy Lee Wallace
1995 The Omen Jack Sholder
1996The Limbic Region Michael Pattinson
ThemBill Norton
1997 Mandela and de Klerk Joseph Sargent
Volcano: Fire on the Mountain Graeme Campbell
The Escape Stuart Gillard
1998 Outrage Robert Allan Ackerman
The Long Way Home Glenn Jordan
Legalese
DayBreak Tucker Gates

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