Wolf Koenig

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Wolf Koenig
Born(1927-10-17)October 17, 1927
DiedJune 26, 2014(2014-06-26) (aged 86)
Occupation(s)Film director, cinematographer, film producer, animator
Years active19511996

Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian

Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada.[1]

Early life

Born in

job application and approximately six weeks later he received a letter offering him the position of a junior splicer for $100 per month.[2][3]

His younger brother Joe Koenig was also a filmmaker.

NFB career

Koenig quickly established himself as a multi-talented artist, filming

Tom Daly, he was also one of the principal contributors to the NFB's Candid Eye series, which was influential in the development of direct cinema.[2][3]

Koenig made major contributions to a range of notable projects. He was also the cinematographer for Arthur Lipsett's Experimental Film (1963) and N-Zone (1970), both admired by George Lucas.

Koenig served as executive producer of the NFB's English animation unit from 1962 to 1967 and again from 1972 to 1975. His credits as an animation producer included the

Academy Award nominees The Drag (1966), What on Earth! (1966) and The House That Jack Built (1967). Koenig also produced Alanis Obomsawin's documentary Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, named Best Canadian Feature Film at the 1993 Festival of Festivals (now Toronto International Film Festival
).

Legacy

Koenig retired from the NFB in 1995 to Westport, Ontario, where he made furniture and remained sporadically active in film.

He received numerous honours awards during his career, including a 1984 Genie Award for Best Theatrical Short as producer of

Canadian Film Awards: Film of the Year and Best Arts and Experimental Film for City of Gold, Film of the Year and Best General Information Film for Lonely Boy, Best TV Information Film for Stravinsky and Best Documentary Short Film for The Hottest Show on Earth
(1977).

Koenig died June 26, 2014, in Toronto[3][4] at the age of 86.

References

  1. ^ Lonely Boy, NFB.ca
  2. ^ a b Stone, Tammy (May 2002). "Candid Eye & Lonely Boy Unit B: Take One's interview with Wolf Koenig". Take One.
  3. ^ a b c Martin, Sandra (24 August 2014). "For Wolf Koenig, it was about framing that decisive moment". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. ^ Adam Benzine. "Doc pioneer Wolf Koenig passes away". Realscreen. Retrieved 2014-06-29.

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