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Tobias A. Schliessler

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Born November 5, 1958 · Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Also known as Tobias Schliessler · Tobias Schliesller · Tobias Schliessller

Biography

Tobias A. Schliessler (born 5 November 1958) is a German cinematographer. Schliessler was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, to documentary filmmaker and artist Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) and editor Anemone Schliessler (née Heim). His brother, Jochen, is a documentary filmmaker, and his sister, Tina, is a film producer, photographer, and painter. Schiessler grew up in Baden-Baden. In 1979, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he later studied film at  Simon Fraser University. After graduating as a cinematographer, he started to work on documentary films and advertisement spots. In the late 1980s, he began to work for Canadian television productions. In 1997, he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on the production of movies like Dreamgirls, Hancock and Battleship. He often works with the directors Bill Condon and Peter Berg. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tobias A. Schliessler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography32 titles

Palmer

2021Director of Photography

Come from Away

2021Director of Photography

All the Light We Cannot See

2023Director of Photography

Lone Survivor

2013Director of Photography

The Big C

2010Director of Photography

Patriots Day

2016Director of Photography

The Adam Project

2022Director of Photography

Beauty and the Beast

2017Director of Photography

Mandela and de Klerk

1997Director of Photography

Friday Night Lights

2004Director of Photography

The Good Liar

2019Director of Photography

Dreamgirls

2006Director of Photography

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020Director of Photography

Rustin

2023Director of Photography

Spenser Confidential

2020Director of Photography

Mr. Holmes

2015Director of Photography

The Rundown

2003Director of Photography

The Taking of Pelham 123

2009Director of Photography

Hancock

2008Director of Photography

The Long Way Home

1998Director of Photography

Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

1997Director of Photography

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025Director of Photography

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

1997Director of Photography

The Fifth Estate

2013Director of Photography

Battleship

2012Director of Photography

The Guilty

2000Director of Photography

Bait

2000Director of Photography

Outrage

1998Director of Photography

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

1995Director of Photography

There's Someone Inside Your House

2021Second Unit Director of Photography

A Wrinkle in Time

2018Director of Photography

Legalese

1998Director of Photography