Roland Gräf (13 October 1934 – 11 May 2017) was a German
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...
,
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
and
screenwriter
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. In 1982 his film "Märkische Forschungen" won the
Findling Award
The Findling Award or short Findling (german: Findlingspreis) was a German film award donated by the umbrella organization of cultural cinemas and film clubs Verband für Filmkommunikation. It was founded in 1982 in GDR and was awarded on sever ...
at the National Feature Film Festival of the GDR in Karl-Marx-Stadt (
Nationales Spielfilmfestival der DDR). His 1986 film ''
The House on the River'' was entered into the
36th Berlin International Film Festival.
Three years later, his film ''
Fallada: The Last Chapter'' was entered into the
39th Berlin International Film Festival.
In 1991, his film ''
The Tango Player'' was entered into the
41st Berlin International Film Festival
The 41st annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1991. The festival opened with ''Uranus'' by Claude Berri. The Golden Bear was awarded to Italian film '' La casa del sorriso'' directed by Marco Ferreri. The ret ...
.
Selected filmography
* ''
The House on the River'' (1986)
* ''
Fallada: The Last Chapter'' (1988)
* ''
The Tango Player'' (1991)
* ' (1992)
References
External links
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1934 births
2017 deaths
Film people from Thuringia
People from Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
German male writers
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