Known For
Production
Known Credits
1
Gender
Male
Birthday
October 17, 1927 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian film director, producer, animator, cinematographer, and a pioneer in Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada.
Born in Dresden, Germany, Koenig emigrated to Canada with his family in 1937, when they fled Nazi Germany. They settled in 145-acre (0.59 km2) farm along the Grand River, outside what is now known as Cambridge, Ontario. In 1948, a local representative for the Canadian department of agriculture needed the family's tractor to demonstrate a new tree-planting machine. As the young Koenig pulled the machine across a field, he noticed a small film crew from the NFB's former agricultural film unit, recording the demonstration. After filming was complete, he approached the men, who included director Raymond Garceau, and told them he loved films, especially animation, and hoped to work in filmmaking. They suggested he send in a job application and approximately six weeks later he received a letter offering him the position of a junior splicer for $100 per month.
His younger brother Joe Koenig was also a filmmaker.
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| 1966 | Stravinsky...Director of Photography | |
| 1966 | Steeltown...Director of Photography | |
| 1962 | Lonely Boy...Director of Photography | |
| 1960 | I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling...Director of Photography | |
| 1960 | Universe...Camera Operator | |
| 1960 | The Cars in Your Life...Director of Photography | |
| 1959 | Glenn Gould: On the Record...Director of Photography | |
| 1959 | Glenn Gould: Off the Record...Director of Photography | |
| 1959 | Emergency Ward...Director of Photography | |
| 1958 | Memory of Summer...Director of Photography | |
| 1958 | Pilgrimage...Director of Photography | |
| 1958 | Blood and Fire...Director of Photography | |
| 1957 | City of Gold...Director of Photography | |
| 1954 | Corral...Director of Photography | |
| 1952 | Neighbours...Director of Photography |
| 1986 | Connection...Director | |
| 1984 | John Cat...Director | |
| 1973 | Man: The Polluter...Director | |
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| 1962 | Lonely Boy...Director | |
| 1961 | Festival in Puerto Rico...Director | |
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| 1984 | Incident at Restigouche...Editor | |
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