Alwin H. Küchler (born 1965) is a German cinematographer.

Career

Born 1965 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

, Alwin H. Küchler started his career as assistant to a

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. When he supported his friend Jakob Claussen, who later became a film producer, during the production of a study film, Küchler became interested in cinematography. From 1990 to 1994 Küchler studied cinematography at the

National Film and Television School The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2024 ranking by ''The Hollywood Repo ...

.Alwin H. Küchler
at cinematographers.nl, access date 24 August 2015 During his study he met

Lynne Ramsay Lynne Ramsay (born 5 December 1969) is a Scottish filmmaker and cinematographer, best known for the feature films '' Ratcatcher'' (1999), '' Morvern Callar'' (2002), '' We Need to Talk About Kevin'' (2011), '' You Were Never Really Here'' (2017) ...

and realized a few short films with her. In 1999 he made his feature film debut with Ramseys '' Ratcatcher''. Küchler was nominated for a European Film Award for Best Cinematographer for his works on '' Morvern Callar'' in

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and ''

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'' in

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. In 2015, Küchler worked with

Danny Boyle Daniel Francis Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and producer. He is known for his work on the films ''Shallow Grave (1994 film), Shallow Grave'' (1994), ''Trainspotting (film), Trainspotting'' (1996) and its sequel ''T2 Tra ...

on the film ''

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''.

Personal life

Küchler is married to director

Ngozi Onwurah Ngozi Onwurah (born 1966) is a British-Nigerian film director, producer, model, and lecturer. She is best known as a filmmaker for her autobiographical film ''The Body Beautiful'' (1991) and her first feature film, ''Welcome II the Terrordome'' ( ...

, and they have one daughter together.Onwurah, Ngozi
at encyclopedia.com, access date 24 August 2015

Filmography

Documentary film

Television

Miniseries TV movie

Feature film

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuchler, Alwin 1965 births German cinematographers Living people Film people from Düsseldorf Alumni of the National Film and Television School