Uta Briesewitz

Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German cinematographer and television director.^[1] She is known for her collaborations with film director Brad Anderson.

Uta Briesewitz
Born	1967 (age 57–58) Leverkusen, West Germany
Education	American Film Institute (MFA)
Occupation(s)	Cinematographer, television director
Years active	1998–present

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.^[2] 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.^[3] Later, Briesewitz considered becoming a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career.^[2]

She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at AFI Conservatory.^[3]

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
	Next Stop Wonderland	Brad Anderson
1999	Love Stinks	Jeff Franklin
2001	Seven and a Match	Derek Simonds
	Session 9	Brad Anderson
2002	XX/XY	Austin Chick
	The Scoundrel's Wife	Glen Pitre
2006	The TV Set	Jake Kasdan
2007	Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
2010	Vanishing on 7th Street	Brad Anderson
2011	Arthur	Jason Winer
2015	Freaks of Nature	Robbie Pickering

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director
1998	Baby, It's You	Anne Makepeace

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"
	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"
	Weird Loners	Jake Kasdan	Episode "Weird Pilot"
	Complications	Matt Nix	Episode "Pilot"

TV movies

Year	Title	Director
1999	Return of the Eagle	William A. Anderson
2000	Bear Wars
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
	Spring/Fall	Jake Kasdan
2013	The List	Ruben Fleischer

Director

Film

• American Sweatshop (2025) (Also executive producer)

Television

Year	Title	Episode(s)
2009-2011	Hung	"Sing It Again, Ray" or "Home Plate"
		"Take the Cake" or "Are You Packing?"
		"Money on the Floor"
2012	Weeds	"God Willing and the Creek Don't Rise"
	Suburgatory	"The Wishbone"
2013-2017	Orange Is the New Black	"Tit Punch"
		"Don't Make Me Come Back There"
		"Piece of Shit"
		"Full Bush, Half Snickers"
2014	House of Lies	"Pushback"
2014-2015	Awkward	"Girl Rules"
		"Over the Hump"
		"Say No to the Dress"
		"Reality Does Not Bite"
2014-2016	Jane the Virgin	"Chapter Two"
		"Chapter Seventeen"
		"Chapter Thirty"
		"Chapter Thirty-Three"
		"Chapter Thirty-Six"
2015	Unreal	"Mother"
		"Wife"
	Agent X	"The Sacrifice"
2015-2016	The 100	"Bodyguard of Lies"
		"Stealing Fire"
2015-2018	Jessica Jones	"AKA I've Got the Blues"
		"AKA Playland"
2016	Mad Dogs	"Hat"
	Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce	"Rule No. 36: If You Can't Stand the Heat, You're Cooked"
	Fear the Walking Dead	"Pablo & Jessica"
2016-2018	This Is Us	"The Trip"
		"That'll Be the Day"
2017	Lethal Weapon	"Brotherly Love"
	Iron Fist	"Under Leaf Pluck Lotus"
	Black Sails	"XXXVI."
	The Defenders	"Take Shelter"
2017-2018	The Deuce	"What Kind of Bad?"
		"What Big Ideas"
2018	Altered Carbon	"The Wrong Man"
		"Clash by Night"
	Here and Now	"It's Coming"
		"If a Deer Shits in the Woods"
	Westworld	"Kiksuya"
2019	Stranger Things	"Chapter Five: The Flayed"
		"Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum"
2021	The Wheel of Time	"Leavetaking"
		"Shadow's Waiting"
	CSI: Vegas	"Legacy" (Also executive producer)
2023	Black Mirror	"Mazey Day"
2025	Severance	"Attila"
		"The After Hours"

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