Uta Briesewitz

Uta Briesewitz
Born	1967 (age 57–58) Leverkusen, West Germany
Education	American Film Institute (MFA)
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, television director
Years active	1998–present

Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German cinematographer ^[1] and television director. ^[2] She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.

Biography

Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, Germany. She cultivated a preference for French Nouvelle Vague and Italian cinema at an early age, watching them on German television. ^[3] In an interview, she recounted that Francois Truffaut's Day for Night, The Story of Adele H and The Man Who Loved Women, were some of the films that made strong impressions on her as a child. ^[4] Later, Briesewitz considered becoming a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career. ^[3]

She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at AFI Conservatory. ^[4]

In 2007 she won a Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in the category Kodak Vision award.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1998	Next Stop Wonderland	Cinematographer
	Baby, It's You
	Getting Personal
1999	Love Stinks	Director of photography
2000	Coming to Light	Cinematographer
2001	Seven and a Match
	Session 9
2002	XX/XY
	The Scoundrel's Wife
2003	Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story	Director of photography
2006	The TV Set	Cinematographer
2007	Life Support
	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story	Director of photography
2010	Vanishing on 7th Street
2011	Arthur	Cinematographer
2013	The List
2015	Freaks of Nature
2025	American Sweatshop	Director
TBA	Salvage	Post-production; Director
	Alive (II) [5]

Television

Year	Title	Notes
1999	Undressed	Director of photography, 30 episodes
	Maternal Instincts	Cinematographer, episode "Pilot"
2000	American Masters	Cinematographer, episode "Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians"
2002-2004	The Wire	Cinematographer, 6 episode; Director of photography, 23 episodes
2004-2005	LAX	Director of photography, 12 episodes
2006	What About Brian	Director of photography, episode "Pilot"
	Thief	Cinematographer
	Sixty Minute Man	Cinematographer, episode "Pilot"
2007	John from Cincinnati	Cinematographer, episode "His Visit, Day One"
2009	United States of Tara	Director of photography, episode "Pilot"
	Washingtonienne	Cinematographer, episode "Pilot"
2009-2011	Hung	Director, 3 episodes; Cinematographer, 1 episode; Director of photography, 18 episodes
2011	Untitled Allan Loeb Project	Cinematographer, episode "Pilot"
	Spring/Fall
2012	Weeds	Director, episode "God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise"
	Suburgatory	Director, episode "The Wishbone"
	Ben and Kate	Cinematographer, episode "Pilot"
2013	True Blood	Director of photography, episode "Life Matters"
2013-2017	Orange Is the New Black	Director, 4 episodes
2014	House of Lies	Director, episode "Pushback"
2014-2015	Awkward	Director, 4 episodes
2014-2016	Jane the Virgin	Director, 5 episodes
2015	Unreal	Director, 2 episodes
	Agent X	Director, episode "The Sacrifice"
	Complications	Cinematographer, episode "Pilot"
	Fresh Off the Boat
	Weird Loners	Cinematographer, episode "Weird Pilot"
2015-2016	The 100	Director, 2 episodes
2015-2018	Jessica Jones [6]
2016	Mad Dogs	Director, episode "Hat"
	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	Director, episode "Rule No. 36: If You Can't Stand the Heat, You're Cooked"
	Fear the Walking Dead	Director, episode "Pablo & Jessica"
2016-2018	This Is Us	Director, 2 episodes
2017	Lethal Weapon	Director, episode "Brotherly Love"
	Iron Fist	Director, episode "Under Leaf Pluck Lotus"
	Black Sails	Director, episode "XXXVI."
	The Defenders	Director, episode "Take Shelter"
2017-2018	The Deuce [7] [8] [9]	Director, 2 episodes
2018	Altered Carbon
	Here and Now
	Westworld	Director, episode "Kiksuya" [10] [11]
2019	Stranger Things	Director, 2 episodes [10] [12]
2021	The Wheel of Time	Director, 2 episodes; Executive producer, 1 episode [13] [14] [15] [16]
	CSI: Vegas	Director, 1 episode [17] [18] [19]
2023	Black Mirror	Director, episode "Mazey Day"
2025	Severance	Director, episode "Attila"

References

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2. "Uta Briesewitz". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
3. Anderson, John (30 October 2008). "Uta Briesewitz: Communal artist". Variety . Retrieved 19 February 2019.
4. "ASC Close-Up: Uta Briesewitz". American Society of Cinematographers . 6 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
5. Grobar, Matt (2022-06-02). "Ryan Phillippe, Mireille Enos, Kyle MacLachlan & Taryn Manning Join Michelle Danner's Courtroom Drama 'Miranda's Victim'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
6. Ordona, Michael (May 25, 2018). "Having examined the traumas of the past, the women behind Jessica Joneslook to the future". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved Dec 24, 2022.
7. Weisbrod, Lars (2017-10-08). "The Deuce Director On How Men Often Direct Sex Scenes Differently Than Women". Vulture. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
8. "Inside the world of intimacy coordinators, who choreograph sex scenes for HBO, Netflix and more". Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2022-12-23.
9. Reiher, Andrea (2018-06-04). "'The Deuce' Team Talks Recreating 1970s New York City". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
10. Andreeva, Nellie (2021-03-02). "Wesley Chu's 'War Arts Saga' Martial Arts Fantasy Novels To Get TV Series Adaptation By Jason Ning, Uta Briesewitz, Original Film & Sony TV". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
11. Wigler, Josh (2018-06-11). "'Westworld' Confirms Major Theories About Ghost Nation, "the Door" and More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
12. "Go Behind the Scenes of Stranger Things Season 3". E! Online. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
13. "German director Uta Briesewitz talks about female-empowering sets of 'The Wheel of Time'". ANI News. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
14. "Inside 'Wheel of Time,' Amazon's Huge Gamble on the Next 'Game of Thrones'". GQ. 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
15. "The Wheel Of Time: New Trailer Offers Immersive Experience And Plenty Of Magic". Empire. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
16. Hailu, Selome (2021-09-02). "Amazon's 'The Wheel of Time' Trailer: Rosamund Pike Travels the World With Magic and Monsters". Variety. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
17. Rice, Lynette (2022-09-30). "'CSI: Vegas': How Marg Helgenberger Was Brought Back As Catherine Willows". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
18. Andreeva, Nellie (2022-02-11). "Marg Helgenberger Set For Season 2 Of 'CSI: Vegas', Will Reprise Catherine Role". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-12-23.
19. Porter, Rick (2021-12-15). "'CSI: Vegas' Renewed for Second Season at CBS Without William Petersen". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2022-12-23.

External links

• Uta Briesewitz at IMDb