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Matthias Grunsky

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Matthias Grunsky
Grunsky in 2022
Born(1971-08-15)August 15, 1971(age 52)
OccupationCinematographer
Websitehttp://www.matthias-grunsky.com

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 inAustriaandGermany,where he learnt from cinematographers such asLee DanielonBefore Sunrise(1995) and Helmut Pirnat onDer Bockerer II – Österreich ist frei(1996).[1]

His first feature length movie as cinematographer wasFunny Ha Ha(2002) for directorAndrew Bujalski,with whom he continued to work on his following films. Grunsky used black and white video cameras withvideo camera tubesfor the comedy drama filmComputer Chess(2013), for which he was nominated for theIndependent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.[2]

In 2019, Grunsky won Best Cinematography at theMidwest Independent Film Festivalfor the musical filmSaints Rest(2019).[3]That same year, he also won Best Cinematography at the History Film Fest for the television filmDefiance. Three Women and the Vote.[4]For the romantic comedy filmThere There(2022), which was shot remotely under Covid restrictions, Grunsky usediPhonecameras.[5]

Filmography

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Year Film Director Other notes
2002 Funny Ha Ha Andrew Bujalski
2005 Mutual Appreciation Andrew Bujalski
2007 American Zombie Grace Lee
2008 Nights and Weekends Joe Swanberg&Greta Gerwig
2009 Sorry, Thanks Dia Sokol Savage
Beeswax Andrew Bujalski
2013 Man without a Head Johnny Roc
Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski Nominated –Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
A Livre Ouvert Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond TV series (season 1) - RTS/ France 2
2015 Results Andrew Bujalski
2016 Infinity Baby Bob Byington
Saints Rest Noga Ashkenazi Best Cinematography –Midwest Independent Film Festival2019
2017 The Honor Farm Karen Skloss
2018 Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
2019 Defiance. Three Women and the Vote Beate Thalberg Best Cinematography –History Film Fest 2019
2020 Marlene Andreas Resch
2021 Tales of Franz Johannes Schmid
2022 Bad Things in the Middle of Nowhere Garry Walsh
2022 There There Andrew Bujalski

References

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  1. ^"Matthias Grunsky".IMDb.Retrieved2023-02-03.
  2. ^Independent Spirit Awards 2014
  3. ^"Winners at the Best of the Midwest Awards Gala | Midwest Independent Film Festival".Archived fromthe originalon 2019-02-03.Retrieved2019-02-02.
  4. ^"FOTO Završen 3. History Film Festival - Pobjednik 'Love is Potatos' kroz osobnu priču govori o represivnom teroru".15 September 2019.
  5. ^Kenigsberg, Ben (2022-11-18)."In 'There There,' the Actors in the Room Are Far Far From Each Other".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2023-02-03.
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