Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

    Known For

    Camera

    Birthday

    February 21, 1939

    Day of Death

    August 21, 2023 (84 years old)

    Place of Birth

    Königs Wusterhausen, Germany

    Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

    Biography

    Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein is a German cinematographer. He has collaborated with director Werner Herzog on a number of projects. Among his many collaborations with other directors, Schmidt-Reitwein is notable for his cinematographic achievement in shooting Alan Greenberg's acclaimed 1982 documentary about Jamaica and death of Bob Marley, Land of Look Behind.

    Known For

    • Nosferatu the Vampyre

      Nosferatu the Vampyre

      1979

    • The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

      The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser

      1974

    • Woyzeck

      Woyzeck

      1979

    • Heart of Glass

      Heart of Glass

      1976

    • Scene of the Crime

      Scene of the Crime

      1970

    • Fata Morgana

      Fata Morgana

      1972

    • Land of Silence and Darkness

      Land of Silence and Darkness

      1971

    • The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

      The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner

      1974

    • La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

      La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

      1977

    • Where the Green Ants Dream

      Where the Green Ants Dream

      1984

    • Bells from the Deep

      Bells from the Deep

      1993

    • Germany in Autumn

      Germany in Autumn

      1978

    • Precautions Against Fanatics

      Precautions Against Fanatics

      1969

    • No One Will Play with Me

      No One Will Play with Me

      1976

    • Echoes from a Sombre Empire

      Echoes from a Sombre Empire

      1990