Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

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Born: February 21, 1939 (84 years old)

Died: August 21, 2023

Place of birth: Königs Wusterhausen, Germany

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.

Filmography (25)

• La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe (1977, ★ 7.3)
• Woyzeck (1979, ★ 6.6)
• Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979, ★ 7.3)
• The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974, ★ 7.3)
• Germany in Autumn (1978, ★ 6.3)
• Handicapped Future (1971, ★ 6.8)
• The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974, ★ 7.2)
• Fata Morgana (1972, ★ 6.5)
• Land of Silence and Darkness (1973, ★ 7.4)
• Heart of Glass (1976, ★ 6.5)
• Bells from the Deep (1993, ★ 7.1)
• Portrait: Werner Herzog (1986, ★ 7.1)
• Wodaabe: Herdsmen of the Sun (1989, ★ 7.3)
• Where the Green Ants Dream (1984, ★ 6.9)
• The Ghost (1982, ★ 6.8)
• Echoes from a Sombre Empire (1990, ★ 7.2)
• The Patriotic Woman (1979, ★ 7.1)
• Land of Look Behind (1982, ★ 5.3)
• Precautions Against Fanatics (1969, ★ 5.8)
• No One Will Play with Me (1976, ★ 5.8)
• Beer Chase (1977, ★ 6.1)
• Scene of the Crime (1970, ★ 6.2)
• Pilgrimage (2001, ★ 4.8)
• The Practice of Love (1985, ★ 5)
• Marmorera (2007, ★ 3.2)