Wolfgang Held (cameraman)
Wolfgang Held (born March 30, 1963 in Bad Godesberg ) is a German-American cameraman and film producer .
Life
He grew up in Bad-Godesberg as the third child of a high school teacher. After studying and a. American literature in Germany, he studied film at the Department of Film and Media Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia (USA).
He has lived in New York City since the early 1990s , including Santa Barbara at times . He has been involved in numerous feature films and documentaries . He also works as a film producer .
He is married to the director and screenwriter Pola Rapaport .
Filmography (selection)
Feature films
- 1996: Ripe (written and directed by Mo Ogrodnik )
- 1998: Floating (Director: William Roth)
- 1999: The Tic Code (Director: Gary Winick )
- 2002: Maze (Director: Rob Morrow )
- 2006: Disappearances (Director: Jay Craven )
- 2007: Teeth - He who bites last, bites best (Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein )
- 2009: Brüno (as Co-DP, director: Larry Charles )
Documentaries
- 1992: Broken Meat (written and directed by Pola Rapaport )
- 1994: Criminal (also as co-writer and co-producer, director: David Jacobson )
- 1996: Blind Light (written and directed by Pola Rapaport)
- 1998: Wigstock The Movie (Director: Barry Shils )
- 2001: Children Underground (Director: Edet Belzberg )
- 2002: Family Secret (written and directed by Pola Rapaport)
- 2004: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (Directors: Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky )
- 2005: Writer of O (written and directed by Pola Rapaport)
- 2005: Mad Hot Ballroom (Director: Marilyn Agrelo Co-DP)
- 2007: Crazy Love (Director: Dan Klores )
- 2007: Hair: Let the Sunshine In (as co-producer, script and director: Pola Rapaport)
- 2008: American Teen (Director: Nanette Burstein )
- 2008: Carrier (Director: Deborah Dickson , TV series on PBS )
- 2009: Racing Dreams (Director: Marshall Curry )
Awards
- Best cinematography for Broken Meat at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 1992
- Best Cinematography for Floating at the 1998 New England Film Festival
- Nomination for the Academy Award for Children Underground as the best documentary film 2001
- Best Cinematography for Disappearances at the 2007 International Indianapolis Film Festival
- Emmy Best Cinematography for Carrier 2008
Web links
- Wolfgang Held in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Website of Wolfgang Held
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hero, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American cameraman and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 30, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | bad Godesberg |