Dietrich Lohmann
German cinematographer (1943–1997)
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Dietrich Lohmann, (9 March 1943 – 13 November 1997) was a German cinematographer.
Dietrich Lohmann | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 9, 1943 |
| Died | November 13, 1997 (aged 54) Duarte, California, USA |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
He was born in Schnepfenthal, Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany.[1] He studied at the Staatliche Fachschule für Optik und Fototechnik in Berlin.[1] After graduating he entered Olympia-Film in Munich and worked with Thomas Mauch,[1] and he became a key cinematographer of New German Cinema. He is prominent for his collaboration with director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
He went to the US in 1988,[1] and photographed Hollywood films such as The Innocent, Color of Night, A Couch in New York, The Peacemaker and Deep Impact.
He won at the German Film Awards in 1970,[2] and at the American Society of Cinematographers Awards in 1989.[3]
On November 13, 1997, Lohmann died from leukemia, aged 54.[4]
The film Deep Impact was dedicated to Lohmann's memory.[5]
Filmography
- Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed (1968) camera assistant
- Cardillac (1969)
- Love Is Colder Than Death (1969)
- Katzelmacher (1969)
- Why Does Herr R. Run Amok? (1970)
- The American Soldier (1970)
- Rio das Mortes (1971)
- Pioneers in Ingolstadt (1971)
- The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971)
- Eight Hours Don't Make a Day (1972–1973) TV series
- Effi Briest (1972)
- Ludwig: Requiem for a Virgin King (1972)
- The Last Days of Gomorrah (1974, TV film)
- Karl May (1974)
- Hitler: A Film from Germany (1977)
- Germany in Autumn (1978)
- The Tailor from Ulm (1978)
- Kassbach – Ein Porträt (1979)
- Der Sturz (1979)
- Put on Ice (1980)
- The Confessions of Felix Krull (1982, TV series)
- Tramps (1983)
- Väter und Söhne – Eine deutsche Tragödie (1986)
- The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
- War and Remembrance (1989) TV miniseries, 1 episode
- The Rose and the Jackal (1990) TV movie
- Wedlock (1991)
- Ted & Venus (1991) TV movie
- Knight Moves (1992)
- Salt on Our Skin (1992)
- The Innocent (1993)
- Me and the Kid (1993)
- Color of Night (1994)
- A Couch in New York (1996)
- Snakes and Ladders (1996)
- The Way We Are (1997) aka Quiet Days in Hollywood
- The Peacemaker (1997)
- Deep Impact (1998)
