Uta Briesewitz
Uta Briesewitz is a German cinematographer and television director. She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.
Biography
Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, Germany. She cultivated a preference for French Nouvelle Vague and Italian cinema at an early age, watching them on German television. In an interview, she recounted that Francois Truffaut's Day for Night, The Story of Adele H and The Man Who Loved Women, were some of the films that made strong impressions on her as a child. Later, Briesewitz considered becoming a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career.She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at AFI Conservatory.
In 2007 she won a Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards in the category Kodak Vision award.
Filmography
Cinematographer
Film| Year | Title | Director |
| 1998 | Getting Personal | Ron Burrus |
| 1998 | Next Stop Wonderland | Brad Anderson |
| 1999 | Love Stinks | Jeff Franklin |
| 2001 | Seven and a Match | Derek Simonds |
| 2001 | Session 9 | Brad Anderson |
| 2002 | XX/XY | Austin Chick |
| 2002 | The Scoundrel's Wife | Glen Pitre |
| 2006 | The TV Set | Jake Kasdan |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: [The Dewey Cox Story] | Jake Kasdan |
| 2010 | Vanishing on 7th Street | Brad Anderson |
| 2011 | Arthur | Jason Winer |
| 2015 | Freaks of Nature | Robbie Pickering |
Documentary film
Television
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1999 | Undressed | Jamie Babbit James Brett Jonathan Buss George Verschoor Chris Slater Dale Roy Robinson | 30 episodes |
| 2000 | American Masters | Anne Makepeace | Episode "Edward Curtis: Coming to Light" |
| 2002-2004 | The Wire | 29 episodes | |
| 2004-2005 | LAX | Anthony and Joe Russo Scott Brazil Félix Enríquez Alcalá Craig Zisk | 12 episodes |
| 2006 | What About Brian | Anthony and Joe Russo Dan Lerner | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2006 | Thief | Dean White John David Coles | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | John from Cincinnati | Mark Tinker | Episode "His Visit, Day One" |
| 2009 | United States of Tara | Craig Gillespie | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2009-2011 | Hung | 19 episodes | |
| 2012 | Ben and Kate | Jake Kasdan | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2013 | True Blood | Romeo Tirone | Episode "Life Matters" |
| 2015 | Fresh Off the Boat | Lynn Shelton | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2015 | Weird Loners | Jake Kasdan | Episode "Weird Pilot" |
| 2015 | Complications | Matt Nix | Episode "Pilot" |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1999 | Return of the Eagle | William A. Anderson |
| 2000 | Bear Wars | William A. Anderson |
| 2003 | Homeless to Harvard: The [Liz Murray Story] | Peter Levin |
| 2006 | Sixty Minute Man | Jon Avnet |
| 2007 | Life Support | Nelson George |
| 2009 | Washingtonienne | Mark Mylod |
| 2011 | Untitled Allan Loeb Project | James Steven Sadwith |
| 2011 | Spring/Fall | Jake Kasdan |
| 2013 | The List | Ruben Fleischer |
Director
FilmAmerican SweatshopTelevision
| Year | Title | Episode |
| 2009-2011 | Hung | "Sing It Again, Ray" or "Home Plate" |
| 2009-2011 | Hung | "Take the Cake" or "Are You Packing?" |
| 2009-2011 | Hung | "Money on the Floor" |
| 2012 | Weeds | "God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise" |
| 2012 | Suburgatory | "The Wishbone" |
| 2013-2017 | Orange Is the New Black | "Tit Punch" |
| 2013-2017 | Orange Is the New Black | "Don't Make Me Come Back There" |
| 2013-2017 | Orange Is the New Black | "Piece of Shit" |
| 2013-2017 | Orange Is the New Black | "Full Bush, Half Snickers" |
| 2014 | House of Lies | "Pushback" |
| 2014-2015 | Awkward | "Girl Rules" |
| 2014-2015 | Awkward | "Over the Hump" |
| 2014-2015 | Awkward | "Say No to the Dress" |
| 2014-2015 | Awkward | "Reality Does Not Bite" |
| 2014-2016 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Two" |
| 2014-2016 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Seventeen" |
| 2014-2016 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Thirty" |
| 2014-2016 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Thirty-Three" |
| 2014-2016 | Jane the Virgin | "Chapter Thirty-Six" |
| 2015 | Unreal | "Mother" |
| 2015 | Unreal | "Wife" |
| 2015 | Agent X | "The Sacrifice" |
| 2015-2016 | The 100 | "Bodyguard of Lies" |
| 2015-2016 | The 100 | "Stealing Fire" |
| 2015-2018 | Jessica Jones | "AKA I've Got the Blues" |
| 2015-2018 | Jessica Jones | "AKA Playland" |
| 2016 | Mad Dogs | "Hat" |
| 2016 | Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce | "Rule No. 36: If You Can't Stand the Heat, You're Cooked" |
| 2016 | Fear the Walking Dead | "Pablo & Jessica" |
| 2016-2018 | This Is Us | "The Trip" |
| 2016-2018 | This Is Us | "That'll Be the Day" |
| 2017 | Lethal Weapon | "Brotherly Love" |
| 2017 | Iron Fist | "Under Leaf Pluck Lotus" |
| 2017 | Black Sails | "XXXVI." |
| 2017 | The Defenders | "Take Shelter" |
| 2017-2018 | The Deuce | "What Kind of Bad?" |
| 2017-2018 | The Deuce | "What Big Ideas" |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | "The Wrong Man" |
| 2018 | Altered Carbon | "Clash by Night" |
| 2018 | Here and Now | "It's Coming" |
| 2018 | Here and Now | "If a Deer Shits in the Woods" |
| 2018 | Westworld | "Kiksuya" |
| 2019 | Stranger Things | "Chapter Five: The Flayed" |
| 2019 | Stranger Things | "Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum" |
| 2021 | In Treatment | "Eladio - Week 3" |
| 2021 | In Treatment | "Colin - Week 3" |
| 2021 | In Treatment | "Laila - Week 3" |
| 2021 | In Treatment | "Brooke - Week 3" |
| 2021 | The [Wheel of Time (TV series)|The Wheel of Time] | "Leavetaking" |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time | "Shadow's Waiting" |
| 2021 | CSI: Vegas | "Legacy" |
| 2023 | Black Mirror | "Mazey Day" |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers | "Beyond Measure" |
| 2023 | Fellow Travelers | "Make It Easy" |
| 2024 | The Old Man | "XI" |
| 2024 | The Old Man | "XIII" |
| 2025 | Severance | "Attila" |
| 2025 | Severance | "The [After Hours (Severance)|The After Hours]" |
| 2025 | All's Fair | "This Is Me Trying" |
| 2025 | All's Fair | "Divorce Is Like a Death" |
| 2026 | The Pitt | "9:00 A.M." |
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