Anette Haellmigk is a German

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who has been nominated for multiple

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and

ASC Awards The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), founded in Hollywood in 1919, is a cultural, educational, and professional organization that is neither a labor union nor a guild. The society was organized to advance the science and art of cin ...

. She has been a cinematographer on ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''Insecure'', amongst others.

Career

Although having little family background in the creative arts Haellmigk decided to apply to art schools after high school, without success. After finding work in German

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she came to know cinematographer

Jost Vacano Jost Vacano, BVK (born 15 March 1934) is a German retired cinematographer. His work included ''Das Boot'', and he also worked together with director Paul Verhoeven on seven films, including ''RoboCop'' and '' Total Recall''. He was also the cin ...

(an

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-nominee for ''

Das Boot ''Das Boot'' (, English: "The Boat") is a 1981 West German war film written and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, produced by Günter Rohrbach, and starring Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, and Klaus Wennemann. It has been exhibited both as ...

,'') who became a mentor to her. He brought Haellmigk into the camera departments on ''The Neverending Story'' as well as five films directed by

Paul Verhoeven Paul Verhoeven (; born 18 July 1938) is a Dutch director, producer and screenwriter, active in the Netherlands, France and the United States. His blending of graphic violence and sexual content with social satire is a trademark of both his dram ...

. After working as a

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director of photography for ten years Haellmigk began working in American television when director

Alex Graves Alexander John Graves (born July 23, 1965) is an American film director, television director, television producer and screenwriter. Early life Alex Graves was born in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, William Graves, was a reporter for ''Th ...

hired her as his DP for three episodes of ''The West Wing''. She first worked for

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on ''

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'', where she was tasked with changing the look of the show for its third season. She would work with HBO additionally on ''Game of Thrones'' (again with Graves) and ''Insecure''. Her work on ''Game of Thrones'' brought her two Emmy nominations and three ASC Award nominations. In June 2012 Haellmigk received the

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