Ueli Steiger

Ulrich "Ueli" Steiger (born August 5, 1954 in Zurich ) is a Swiss cameraman .

Life

The internationally active cameraman Ueli Steiger studied English and art history at the University of Zurich and then moved to the London Film School. After working as a freelance camera assistant and documentary filmmaker in Switzerland, he shot his first feature film “Privileged” in England in 1981 with director Michael Hoffman . With the camera work in Hoffman's “Promised Land” (1986) he also gained a foothold in the USA. Steiger then moved to Los Angeles and worked with directors such as Dennis Hopper , Frank Oz , Cameron Crowe and Roland Emmerich .

His work spans a wide range of comedies, dramas, action and visual effects films for independent films to Hollywood blockbusters such as 10,000 BC.Among other things, he shot The Day After Tomorrow , The Hot Spot - Playing With Fire , Bowfingers Big Number , Austin Powers - Spy in a secret missionary position , Godzilla (1998) , rock star and the Brazilian blockbuster Nosso Lar (selection).

Filmography (selection)

1990: The Hot Spot - Playing with Fire (The Hot Spot)
1991: Favorite Enemies - A Soap Opera (Soapdish)
1992: Singles - Lonely Together (Singles)
1993: You Had No Chance (Better Off Dead)
1994: Chasers - Too sexy for jail (Chasers)
1995: The Jerky Boys (The Jerky Boys)
1995: Now and Then - Then and Now (Now and Then)
1996: House Arrest (House Arrest)
1998: Godzilla
1999: Austin Powers - Spy Who Shagged Me (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
1999: Bowfinger's big number (Bowfinger)
2001: Just Visiting
2001: Knight Jamal - A Black Knight
2001: Rock Star
2002: Heavy Boys (Stealing Harvard)
2004: The Day After Tomorrow
2005: Nomad - The Warrior (Nomad)
2008: 10,000 BC
2009: Ripe for Break (The Maiden Heist)
2009: From Beginning to End (Do Começo ao Fim)
2010: Friendship!
2011: A very hot number
2012: Father's Day - Grandpa overnight
2014: Amapola - A Midsummer Night's Love (Amapola)
2014: Everything is love
2016: Urban country love
2017: Simple
2018: Manhattan Queen (Second Act)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 455.

personal data
SURNAME	Steiger, Ueli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Steiger, Ulrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH	5th August 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich

[1] Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 455.