Matthias Grunsky

Matthias Grunsky
Grunsky in 2022
Born (1971-08-15) August 15, 1971 (age 53)
Vienna, Austria
OccupationCinematographer
Websitehttp://www.matthias-grunsky.com

Matthias Grunsky (born August 15, 1971) is an Austrian cinematographer. A member of the German Society of Cinematographers, Grunsky began his career as a camera assistant in Austria and Germany, where he learnt from cinematographers such as Lee Daniel on Before Sunrise (1995) and Helmut Pirnat on Der Bockerer II – Österreich ist frei (1996).[1]

His first feature length movie as cinematographer was Funny Ha Ha (2002) for director Andrew Bujalski, with whom he continued to work on his following films. Grunsky used black and white video cameras with video camera tubes for the comedy drama film Computer Chess (2013), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.[2]

In 2019, Grunsky won Best Cinematography at the Midwest Independent Film Festival for the musical film Saints Rest (2019).[3] That same year, he also won Best Cinematography at the History Film Fest for the television film Defiance. Three Women and the Vote.[4] For the romantic comedy film There There (2022), which was shot remotely under Covid restrictions, Grunsky used iPhone cameras.[5]

Filmography

Year Film Director Other notes
2002 Funny Ha Ha Andrew Bujalski
2005 Mutual Appreciation Andrew Bujalski
2007 American Zombie Grace Lee
2008 Nights and Weekends Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig
2009 Sorry, Thanks Dia Sokol Savage
Beeswax Andrew Bujalski
2013 Man without a Head Johnny Roc
Computer Chess Andrew Bujalski Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography
A Livre Ouvert Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond TV series (season 1) - RTS/ France 2
2015 Results Andrew Bujalski
2016 Infinity Baby Bob Byington
Saints Rest Noga Ashkenazi Best Cinematography – Midwest Independent Film Festival 2019
2017 The Honor Farm Karen Skloss
2018 Support the Girls Andrew Bujalski
2019 Defiance. Three Women and the Vote Beate Thalberg Best Cinematography – History Film Fest 2019
2020 Marlene Andreas Resch
2021 Tales of Franz Johannes Schmid
2022 Bad Things in the Middle of Nowhere Garry Walsh
2022 There There Andrew Bujalski

References

  1. ^ "Matthias Grunsky". IMDb. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  2. ^ Independent Spirit Awards 2014
  3. ^ "Winners at the Best of the Midwest Awards Gala | Midwest Independent Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2019-02-03. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  4. ^ "FOTO Završen 3. History Film Festival - Pobjednik 'Love is Potatos' kroz osobnu priču govori o represivnom teroru". 15 September 2019.
  5. ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (2022-11-18). "In 'There There,' the Actors in the Room Are Far Far From Each Other". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-02-03.