Hans-Günther Bücking

Hans-Günther Bücking (born September 20, 1951 in Bleicherode ) is a German cameraman and director .

Life

Born in the GDR , Bücking came to the Federal Republic of Germany in 1961 . After graduating, he first worked as a stonemason and sculptor . He later worked for Rainer Werner Fassbinder as a lighting technician and also as a camera assistant .

Bücking lives with his two sons in Munich . In 1999 his wife died. On September 30, 2011 he married the Austrian actress Marion Mitterhammer .

Services

Since 1983 Bücking has made around 60 films, more than 50 television films and numerous commercials. One of his most famous films is Jennerwein , a biography about a Bavarian poacher, shot in 2003 on behalf of Bavarian TV. Other well-known films are Schneeland (camera), for which he won the German Film Prize and the Bavarian Film Prize , Lebewohl, Fremde und Justiz , which was nominated for the 1994 Golden Globe Award as the best foreign language film . He was also behind the camera for films like Death Game and Solo for Clarinet . However, he is concentrating more and more on direction and camera, for example with Blackout - The memory is fatal , where he received the German Camera Prize for the episode Light .

Filmography (selection)

Director and camera

• 1991: Once in Arizona
• 1999: The heads of my loved ones
• 2001: Police call 110: Curse of the good deed
• 2002: Jennerwein
• 2004: The Elephant - Murder Never Limits (TV series, episode)
• 2005-2006: Blackout - The memory is fatal (TV series, two episodes)
• 2007–2008: GSG 9 - Your commitment is your life (TV series, eight episodes)
• 2008: Family is something wonderful
• 2009: The devil with the three golden hairs
• 2009: Shadow of Justice
• 2009–2012: Wilsberg (TV series, ten films)
• 2010: You me too
• 2011: The Dancer - Live Your Dream

camera

• 1983: The journey into a hidden life
• 1987: The glass sky
• 1991: Farewell, strangers
• 1991: never in my life
• 1992: Gudrun
• 1992: We grandchildren
• 1993: Justice
• 1995: If you have colleagues, you don't need enemies
• 1997: Death Game
• 1998: The Cellist (Love and Doom)
• 1998: The strange behavior of sexually mature urbanites during the mating season
• 1998: Vicky's Nightmare
• 1998: Widows - Marriage Then Pleasure
• 1999: Solo for clarinet
• 2000: tough guys
• 2000: Falling Rocks
• 2001: Betty - beautiful as death
• 2001: The dance with the devil
• 2002: June 17th - The great uprising
• 2002: Tauern gold
• 2002: 666 - Don't trust anyone you sleep with!
• 2003: Snow Country

Awards (selection)

German camera award

• 1988 for The Glass Sky
• 2002 in the television game category for The Dance with the Devil
• 2007 in the category TV series for Blackout - The memory is fatal (episode: light )

Bavarian film award

• 2005 for image design in Schneeland (award on January 13, 2006)

German film award

• 2005 in gold for best camera / image creation in Schneeland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans-Günther Bücking. German Camera Prize , accessed on May 12, 2020 . 

Web links

• Hans-Günther Bücking in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Hans-Günther Bücking. (own website). 
• Oliver Baumgarten: Confession of the rag. schnitt.de (review of "Schneeland").