Peter Zeitlinger A.S.C. (born 6 June 1960, in Prague) is a

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n-born

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, who has worked with the director

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since 1995. Their film ''

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'' was nominated for the

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2009. Peter Zeitlinger studied from 1980 – 1987 at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. He was influenced by Michael Snow and

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followed by

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, Sven Nykvist and

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. Zeitlinger's films have received considerable critical acclaim and achieved popularity on the

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circuit. He is represented by the

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and is a member of the German Film Academy. Peter Zeitlinger is Professor of Cinematography at the

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. He lives in

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, Friuli,

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Work with Werner Herzog

*'' Death for Five Voices'' (1995) *''

Little Dieter Needs to Fly ''Little Dieter Needs to Fly'' (german: Flucht aus Laos, lit=Escape from Laos) is a 1997 German-British-French documentary film written and directed by Werner Herzog, produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, and premiered on German television. ...

'' (1997) *'' Wings of Hope'' (1998) *'' Invincible'' (2001) *'' Wheel of Time'' (2003) *''

Grizzly Man ''Grizzly Man'' (2005) is an American documentary film by German director Werner Herzog. It chronicles the life and death of bear enthusiast Timothy Treadwell and the death of his girlfriend Amie Huguenard at Katmai National Park, Alaska. The fil ...

'' (2005) *''

Rescue Dawn ''Rescue Dawn'' is a 2006 American epic war drama film written and directed by Werner Herzog, based on an adapted screenplay written from his 1997 documentary film ''Little Dieter Needs to Fly''. The film stars Christian Bale and is based on the ...

'' (2007) *''

'' (2008) *'' Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'' (2009) *''

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done? ''My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done'' is a 2009 crime drama film directed by Werner Herzog, and written by Herzog and Herbert Golder. The film stars Michael Shannon as Brad McCullam, a mentally unstable man who kills his own mother (played by Grac ...

'' (2009) *''

Cave of Forgotten Dreams ''Cave of Forgotten Dreams'' is a 2010 3D documentary film by Werner Herzog about the Chauvet Cave in Southern France, which contains some of the oldest human-painted images yet discovered. Some of them were crafted around 32,000 years ago. The ...

'' (2011) *'' Into the Abyss'' (2011) *''From One Second to the Next'' (2013) *'' Queen of the Desert'' (2015) *'' Lo and Behold'' (2016) *'' Into the Inferno'' (2016) *'' Salt and Fire'' (2016) *''

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'' (2020)

Other features

*''

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'' (2019) dir. Abel Ferrara *'' Pretenders'' (2018) dir. James Franco *'' Future World'' (2017) dir. James Franco *''Fear of the Idyll (Die Angst vor der Idylle)'' (1996) dir.

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*''Animal Love'' (1995) dir.

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*''Der Nachbar'' (1993) dir.

*''Dieses naive Verlangen'' (1993) dir.

*''Loss Is to Be Expected (Mit Verlust ist zu rechnen)'' (1992) dir.

*''Good News'' (1990) dir.

*''Erwin und Julia'' (1990) dir.

*''Abschied von Hölderlin'' (1985) dir.

*''Foreign Land'' (1983) dir.

Awards

*"German Cinematography Award" for Best Cinematography (2012) *" Romy (TV award)" for Best Cinematography (2013) *" Independent Spirit Award" nominated for Best Cinematography (2010) *" Cinema Eye Honors" for Best Cinematography (2009) *" Romy (TV award)" for Best Cinematography (2007)

References

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