Lisa Marie Wiegand, (born October 20, 1968) is an American cinematographer.

Biography

Lisa Marie Wiegand was born in 1968 in

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, USA. She graduated in 1989 from

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

, and obtained her MFA in cinematography from

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in 1998. In 1995, she received a Master's in Cinematography from the American Film Institute AFI. In 1997, she attended the Színház-es Filmmûvészeti Foiskola (Academy of Drama and Film, Faculty of Film and Television) in Budapest, Hungary, and

in 1998. Wiegand started in taking stills and developing them in her father's darkroom as a child. She switched to motion capture when she started shooting local cable TV ads. She went on to direct multi-camera shoots on commercials and industrial films while working at Detroit's Midwest Video. "Wiegand has been featured, several times, in American Cinematographer Magazine and has been awarded for 'Excellence in Cinematography' by the American Society of Cinematographers." Wiegand taught cinematography at The American Film Institute, UCLA, and

Loyola Marymount University Loyola Marymount University (LMU) is a private Jesuit and Marymount research university in Los Angeles, California. It is located on the west side of the city near Playa Vista. LMU is the parent school to Loyola Law School, which is located ...

for several years. She also volunteers her skills to the Sundance Institute's Filmmaker's Labs. 2010 she worked on '' Dollhouse (film)'', ''The Assignment'', and '' Mayfly''.

Awards

*1998 won the ASC ''Karl Struss Heritage Award'' at the ''

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'', USA *1999 won the ASC ''UCLA FF Award'' at the ''

'', USA for '' Jornada del Muerto''.

Filmography

Notes

References

External links

*
Lisa Wiegand website.

"DP Lisa Wiegand Speaks to WIFC"
Women in Film Chicago, September 27, 2012. 1969 births People from Royal Oak, Michigan Wayne State University alumni University of California faculty Loyola Marymount University faculty American cinematographers Living people American women cinematographers American women academics 21st-century American women {{US-cinematographer-stub