Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German

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and television director. She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.

Biography

Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, Germany. She was exposed to film at an early age, watching them on German television, eventually cultivating a preference for French ''

Nouvelle Vague French New Wave (french: La Nouvelle Vague) is a French art film movement that emerged in the late 1950s. The movement was characterized by its rejection of traditional filmmaking conventions in favor of experimentation and a spirit of iconocla ...

'' and Italian cinema. In an interview, she recounted that Francois Truffaut's ''Day for Night'', ''The Story of Adele H'' and ''The Man Who Loved Women,'' were some of the films that made strong impressions on her as a child. Later, Briesewitz considered training to be a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career. She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at

AFI Conservatory The AFI Conservatory is a private not-for-profit graduate film school in the Hollywood Hills district of Los Angeles. Students (called "Fellows") learn from the masters in a collaborative, hands-on production environment with an emphasis on ...

. In 2007 she won a

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in the category ''Kodak Vision award''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Briesewitz, Uta German cinematographers German television directors German women cinematographers AFI Conservatory alumni 1967 births Living people People from Leverkusen Mass media people from North Rhine-Westphalia Women television directors