Matthias Grunsky (born August 15, 1971) is an Austrian cinematographer. A member of the German Society of Cinematographers, Grunsky began his career as a camera assistant in

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and

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, where he learnt from cinematographers such as Lee Daniel on ''

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'' (1995) and Helmut Pirnat on ''Der Bockerer II – Österreich ist frei'' (1996). His first feature length movie as cinematographer was ''

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'' (2002) for director

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, with whom he continued to work on his following films. Grunsky used black and white video cameras with

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for the comedy drama film ''

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'' (2013), for which he was nominated for the

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. In 2019, Grunsky won Best Cinematography at the Midwest Independent Film Festival for the musical film ''Saints Rest'' (2019). That same year, he also won Best Cinematography at the History Film Fest for the television film ''Defiance. Three Women and the Vote''. For the romantic comedy film '' There There'' (2022), which was shot remotely under Covid restrictions, Grunsky used

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cameras.

Filmography

References

External links

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Matthias Grunsky's websiteFilmmaker Magazine: Matthias Grunsky about shooting RESULTS
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grunsky, Matthias Living people Austrian cinematographers Year of birth missing (living people)