Lutz Reitemeier

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Lutz Reitemeier at the annual general meeting of the Federal Association of Cinematography , Hamburg 2015
Shooting Made in China 2013, Hong Kong

Lutz Reitemeier (* 1963 in Stuttgart ) is a German cameraman who works in the field of feature films and documentaries .

Life

After finishing film school, Reitemeier completed an internship at Atlantic Film Hamburg, followed by many years of work as a camera assistant in the feature and documentary film sector, where he worked with directors such as Werner Herzog and Roland Emmerich . At the side of Karl Walter Lindenlaub he assisted his Swabian compatriot Emmerich on his last German film Moon 44 in 1990 . He later completed important years of apprenticeship with Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein as a camera assistant.

Lutz Reitemeier has been a national and international cameraman since 1994. His first works include u. a. the film The Survivors by Andres Veiel . Another early work by Reitemeier, which has received multiple awards, is Solveig Kassen's documentary Out of Tibet - A Love Between the Worlds . This was followed by three more documentaries in the People's Republic. During the Chinese New Year reception at the Berlinale 2000, he met director Wang Quan'an . Two years later, the two presented their first joint feature film The Story of Ermei there .

His third feature film in China and the second collaboration with Wang Quan'an led to the film Tuya's Wedding , which, made with Mongolian amateur actors, won the main prize of the 57th Berlin International Film Festival , the Golden Bear . Tuan Yuan followed in 2010 as the opening film for the Berlinale, which was awarded the Silver Bear.

In addition to feature films, Reitemeier also works on documentaries, plays and documentaries etc. a. with Julian Benedikt , Florian Gallenberger , Michael Hofmann , Haayfa al Mansour , Nir Bergman and Gordian Maugg . In 2012 he won the Silver Bear for outstanding artistic achievement for his camera work on Bai lu yuan ( White Deer Plain ). His feature film "The Wadjda Girl" was awarded the audience award at the Venice International Film Festival in 2012.

Lutz Reitemeier is u. a. Member of the German Film Academy, the Professional Association of Cinematography (BVK) and the Documentary Film Working Group (Ag Dok) and works as a lecturer at film schools in Germany and abroad.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1994: 10 years, (short film)
  • 1994: Saturdays, (short film)
  • 1995: The Survivors, (documentary, Grimmepreis)
  • 1996: Blue Note, (documentary)
  • 1996: Fischknäbchen, (short film)
  • 1999: Tumber Narr, Heiliger Tor, (TV documentary)
  • 1998: Max and the origin of the world, (short film)
  • 2000: Beyond Tibet - A love between the worlds, (Documentary, Bavarian Film Prize)
  • 2002: Der Totlacher, (short film)
  • 2002: My Father, His Family and I, (TV Documentary)
  • 2004: Die Spielwütigen , (documentary, Berlinale Audience Award)
  • 2004: The Chinese Shoes , (documentary)
  • 2004: The Story of Ermei ( 惊蛰 , Jīngzhé ) (feature film, Paris 2004)
  • 2006: I think of Germany at night ... The life of Heinrich Heine
  • 2006: Tuya's Wedding ( 图 雅 的 婚事 , Túyǎ de hūnshì ) (feature film, Golden Bear, Berlinale 2007)
  • 2008: Weaving Girl ( 纺织 姑娘 , Fǎng zhī gū niang ) (feature film, main prize at the 2008 Toronto Film Festival)
  • 2010: Together Apart ( 團圓  /  团圆 , Tuán yuán ) (feature film, Silver Bear, Berlinale 2009)
  • 2012: White Deer Plain ( 白鹿 原 , Bái lù yuán ) (feature film, Silver Bear, Best Cinematography, Berlinale 2011)
  • 2013: The Wadjda Girl (feature film, Venice 2013, Oscar nomination 2013)
  • 2014: Yona (Israel, feature film, Kerala International Film Festival 2015)
  • 2014: Factoryboss (China, feature film, Montreal Film Festival, 2014)
  • 2015: Halal Sex (Lebanon, feature film, Sundance International Film Festival)
  • 2016: Fritz Lang - The Other in Us (feature film, Hessian Film Prize)
  • 2016: Saving Neta (Israel, feature film, Jerusalem International Film Festival, Audience Award)
  • 2017: Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt (feature film)
  • 2019: You take it

Web links

Commons : Lutz Reitemeier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ cf. - ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. with photo @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kn-online.de
  2. ↑ cf. Hanns-Georg Rodek in https://www.welt.de/kultur/article1133539/Am-ersten-Drehenag-wird-die-Kamera-geweiht.html , accessed on September 1, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Reitemeier, Lutz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart