Kurt Junek
Kurt Junek (born July 31, 1934 in Vienna , † around 1992 ) was an Austrian cameraman and television director .
life and work
The son of the film technician Hans Junek had received a photographic education at Vienna's graphic teaching and research institute after graduating from secondary school ( Matura ) . He then went through several subordinate activities at various film companies and copiers. Junek gained his first practical experience from 1955 as a camera assistant, including from Bruno Mondi in the second Sissi film Sissi - The Young Empress .
Junek remained active as a camera assistant for the cinema until 1965, most recently mainly for Sascha-Filmproduktions-GmbH . His debut as head cameraman for the cinema was the highly acclaimed experimental film Moos auf den Steinen in 1968 , which is considered to be the first work of the New Austrian Cinema . From the beginning of the 1970s, Junek worked exclusively for German and Austrian television. On the side, he also regularly directed TV, for example in a number of crime films in the Tatort series in the 1980s .
Junek also worked as a film official, in 1980 he became chairman of the Austrian Association of Cinematographers (AAC), and in 1984 Kurt Brazda succeeded him in this position. Junek was married to the actress Ulli Fessl . He was originally supposed to direct screenwriter Ernst Hinterberger's Kaisermühlen-Blues , but died before it was realized.
Filmography
- As a cameraman
- 1968: moss on the stones
- 1968: Always trouble with the timpani
- 1968: The maddened stories (based on the stories of the same name by Honoré de Balzac )
- 1969: Our doctor is the best
- 1969: All kittens like to snack
- 1969: Help, I love twins!
- 1971: When Father with Son (TV series) . 13 episodes
- 1975: Christoffel von Grimmelshausen's adventurous Simplicissimus (multi-part television)
- 1977: Lucky Things (TV)
- 1979: Miracles of a Night (TV)
- 1980: Maria Theresia (TV, also director)
- 1982: Alfred on the road (TV series, also director)
- As a director
- 1983–1990: Tatort (TV series)
- 1983: Murder in the subway
- 1984: The man with the roses
- 1985: The raw material of happiness
- 1986: We'll call him Mischa
- 1987: the last murder
- 1987: dead without a wish
- 1987: Super twelve
- 1987: The open account
- 1988: Fireworks for a corpse
- 1989: Blind fear
- 1990: Seven Eleven
Web links
- Kurt Junek in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Ulli Fessl: "Do and Enjoy" . Article dated April 14, 2017, accessed August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Chronicle of the AAC . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Austrian Association of Cinematographers: In Memoriam Kurt Junek . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ↑ Interview with Ernst Hinterberger . Retrieved August 5, 2018.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Junek, Kurt |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cameraman and television director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1992 |