Uta Briesewitz
{{Short description|German cinematographer and television director (born 1967)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Uta Briesewitz
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1967}}
| birth_place = Leverkusen, West Germany
| education = American Film Institute (MFA)
| occupation = Cinematographer, television director
| years_active = 1998–present
}}
Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German cinematographer and television director.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/235060/Uta-Briesewitz |title=Uta Briesewitz |access-date=3 July 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307025122/https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/235060/Uta-Briesewitz |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |date=2016 |archive-date=7 March 2016}} She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.
Biography
Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, Germany. She cultivated a preference for French Nouvelle Vague and Italian cinema at an early age, watching them on German television.{{Cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2008/scene/markets-festivals/uta-briesewitz-2-1117994911/ |title=Uta Briesewitz: Communal artist |last=Anderson |first=John |date=30 October 2008 |magazine=Variety |language=en |access-date=19 February 2019}} 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.{{Cite web |url=https://ascmag.com/articles/asc-close-up-uta-briesewitz |title=ASC Close-Up: Uta Briesewitz |date=6 March 2018 |website=American Society of Cinematographers |access-date=19 February 2019}} Later, Briesewitz considered becoming 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.
In 2007 she won a Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in the category Kodak Vision award.
Filmography
=Cinematographer=
Film
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director |
| rowspan=2|1998
| Getting Personal | Ron Burrus |
| Next Stop Wonderland |
| 1999 |
| rowspan=2|2001
| Derek Simonds |
| Session 9
| Brad Anderson |
| rowspan=2|2002
| XX/XY |
| The Scoundrel's Wife |
| 2006
|rowspan=2|Jake Kasdan |
| 2007 |
| 2010
| Brad Anderson |
| 2011
| Arthur |
| 2015
| Robbie Pickering |
Documentary film
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director |
| 1998
| Baby, It's You | Anne Makepeace |
Television
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director ! Notes |
| 1999
| Jamie Babbit | 30 episodes |
| 2000
| Anne Makepeace | Episode "Edward Curtis: Coming to Light" |
| 2002-2004
| The Wire | | 29 episodes |
| 2004-2005
| LAX | Anthony and Joe Russo | 12 episodes |
| rowspan=2|2006
| Anthony and Joe Russo | Episode "Pilot" |
| Thief
| 5 episodes |
| 2007
| Episode "His Visit, Day One" |
| 2009
| Episode "Pilot" |
| 2009-2011
| Hung | | 19 episodes |
| 2012
| Episode "Pilot" |
| 2013
| Episode "Life Matters" |
| rowspan=3|2015
| Episode "Pilot" |
| Weird Loners
| Jake Kasdan | Episode "Weird Pilot" |
| Complications
| Matt Nix | Episode "Pilot" |
TV movies
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Director |
| 1999
| Return of the Eagle |rowspan=2|William A. Anderson |
| 2000
| Bear Wars |
| 2003 |
| 2006
| Sixty Minute Man |
| 2007 |
| 2009
| Washingtonienne |
| rowspan=2|2011
| Untitled Allan Loeb Project |
| Spring/Fall |
| 2013
| The List |
=Director=
Film
- American Sweatshop (2025) (Also executive producer)
Television
| class="wikitable"
! Year ! Title ! Episode(s) |
| rowspan=3|2009-2011
|rowspan=3|Hung | "Sing It Again, Ray" or "Home Plate" |
| "Take the Cake" or "Are You Packing?" |
| "Money on the Floor" |
| rowspan=2|2012
| Weeds | "God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise" |
| Suburgatory
| "The Wishbone" |
| rowspan=4|2013-2017
|rowspan=4|Orange Is the New Black | "Tit Punch" |
| "Don't Make Me Come Back There" |
| "Piece of Shit" |
| "Full Bush, Half Snickers" |
| 2014
| "Pushback" |
| rowspan=4|2014-2015
|rowspan=4|Awkward | "Girl Rules" |
| "Over the Hump" |
| "Say No to the Dress" |
| "Reality Does Not Bite" |
| rowspan=5|2014-2016
|rowspan=5|Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Two" |
| "Chapter Seventeen" |
| "Chapter Thirty" |
| "Chapter Thirty-Three" |
| "Chapter Thirty-Six" |
| rowspan=3|2015
|rowspan=2|Unreal | "Mother" |
| "Wife" |
| Agent X
| "The Sacrifice" |
| rowspan=2|2015-2016
|rowspan=2|The 100 | "Bodyguard of Lies" |
| "Stealing Fire" |
| rowspan=2|2015-2018
|rowspan=2|Jessica Jones | "AKA I've Got the Blues" |
| "AKA Playland" |
| rowspan=3|2016
| Mad Dogs | "Hat" |
| Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce
| "Rule No. 36: If You Can't Stand the Heat, You're Cooked" |
| Fear the Walking Dead
| "Pablo & Jessica" |
| rowspan=2|2016-2018
|rowspan=2|This Is Us | "The Trip" |
| "That'll Be the Day" |
| rowspan=4|2017
| "Brotherly Love" |
| Iron Fist
| "Under Leaf Pluck Lotus" |
| Black Sails
| "XXXVI." |
| The Defenders
| "Take Shelter" |
| rowspan=2|2017-2018
|rowspan=2|The Deuce | "What Kind of Bad?" |
| "What Big Ideas" |
| rowspan=5|2018
|rowspan=2|Altered Carbon | "The Wrong Man" |
| "Clash by Night" |
| rowspan=2|Here and Now
| "It's Coming" |
| "If a Deer Shits in the Woods" |
| Westworld
| "Kiksuya" |
| rowspan=2|2019
|rowspan=2|Stranger Things | "Chapter Five: The Flayed" |
| "Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum" |
| rowspan=3|2021
|rowspan=2|The Wheel of Time | "Leavetaking" |
| "Shadow's Waiting" |
| CSI: Vegas
| "Legacy" (Also executive producer) |
| 2023
| "Mazey Day" |
| rowspan=2|2025
|rowspan=2|Severance | "Attila" |
| "The After Hours" |
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References
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External links
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Category:German cinematographers
Category:German television directors
Category:German women cinematographers
Category:AFI Conservatory alumni
Category:People from Leverkusen