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Uta Briesewitz

Born September 1, 1967 · Leverkusen, Germany (age 59)

Uta Briesewitz (born September 1967) is a German film and television director and cinematographer.

Known For

Vanishing on 7th Street · 2010

Vanishing on 7th Street

★ 5.32010

MovieMysteryHorror

A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic horror. Realizing they may in fact be the last people on earth, a dark shadow hones in on them alone.

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · 2007

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

★ 6.62007

MovieComedyMusic

Following a childhood tragedy, Dewey Cox follows a long and winding road to music stardom. Dewey perseveres through changing musical styles, an addiction to nearly every drug known and bouts of uncontrollable rage.

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

American Sweatshop · 2025

American Sweatshop

★ 5.52025

MovieThrillerMystery

A content moderator is tasked with purging offensive media from the internet. When she witnesses a crime in a video, she is lured away from the safety of her keyboard as she obsessively seeks to hold someone accountable.

Freaks of Nature · 2015

Freaks of Nature

★ 6.12015

MovieScience FictionComedy

In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.

A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.

Bear Wars

MovieDocumentary

Narrated by Pam Houston, this featurette examines the debate over grizzly bear reintroduction in Idaho Selway Bitterroot Wilderness. The film opens with archival footage of animal mistreatment, which may be unsuitable for children. Despite capturing heated local opposition, Houston advocates for the ecological necessity of restoring the grizzly population to its natural habitat.

Filmography

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Vanishing on 7th Street · 2010

Vanishing on 7th Street

★ 5.32010

MovieMysteryHorror

Director of Photography

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story · 2007

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

★ 6.62007

MovieComedyMusic

Director of Photography

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

Director of Photography

American Sweatshop · 2025

American Sweatshop

★ 5.52025

MovieThrillerMystery

Director

Freaks of Nature · 2015

Freaks of Nature

★ 6.12015

MovieScience FictionComedy

Director of Photography

A drunken playboy stands to lose a wealthy inheritance when he falls for a woman that his family doesn't like.

Director of Photography

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.

Director of Photography

Bear Wars

MovieDocumentary

Director of Photography

As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.

Director of Photography

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story · 2003

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

★ 7.32003

MovieDramaTV Movie

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Director of Photography

Seven and a Match · 2001

Seven and a Match

★ 6.02001

MovieDrama

Seven college friends re-unite in the house where they used to spend summers. Some things have changed, some have stayed the same.

Director of Photography

The Scoundrel's Wife · 2002

The Scoundrel's Wife

★ 4.12002

MovieDramaRomance

Already an outcast for crimes she did not commit, a woman struggling to raise her two children in a small village during World War II is suspected of being a saboteur.

Director of Photography

Next Stop Wonderland · 1998

Next Stop Wonderland

★ 6.01998

MovieComedyDrama

Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a local newspaper on her behalf. Erin's disgust turns to curiosity as she searches for the right guy in a hilarious series of disastrous dates. Meanwhile, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job while narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another.

Director of Photography

The true-life story of a mother who overcame an addiction to crack and became a positive role model and an AIDS activist in the black community.

Director of Photography

Getting Personal · 1998

Getting Personal

★ 4.51998

MovieRomanceDrama

Young professionals Christopher and Melissa meet and fall hard for each other. As their attraction grows, it becomes apparent that in order for their relationship to succeed, they must overcome Christopher's dark secret involving his father, with the help of his best friend and a sharp-edged psychiatrist.

Director of Photography

Washingtonienne · 2009

Washingtonienne

2009

MovieComedyTV Movie

A comedy that revolves around the professional and personal lives of three smart, sophisticated twenty-something girls working on Capitol Hill.

Director of Photography

A Guy Walks Into a Bar · 1997

A Guy Walks Into a Bar

★ 9.01997

MovieAdventureComedy

A young man driving across the country to become a star in Hollywood picks up a hitchhiker.

Camera Operator

Stranger Things · 2016

Stranger Things

★ 8.62016

SeriesAction & AdventureMystery

When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.

Director

The staff of Pittsburgh's Trauma Medical Center work around the clock to save lives in an overcrowded and underfunded emergency department.

Director

Orange Is the New Black · 2013

Orange Is the New Black

★ 7.72013

SeriesDramaComedy

A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

Director

Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

Director of Photography

Fear the Walking Dead · 2015

Fear the Walking Dead

★ 7.62015

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

Director

Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same birthday - and so much more than anyone would expect.

Director

The 100 · 2014

The 100

★ 7.92014

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyAction & Adventure

100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity, the last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

Director

Black Mirror · 2011

Black Mirror

★ 8.32011

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.

Director

Westworld · 2016

Westworld

★ 8.02016

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyWestern

A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged.

Director

Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.

Director

Jane the Virgin · 2014

Jane the Virgin

★ 7.92014

SeriesComedyDrama

A comedy-drama following a chaste young woman who is accidentally impregnated via artificial insemination as she struggles to inform her devoutly religious family and make the right choices concerning the child. Based on the telenovela "Juana la virgen."

Director

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

Director

The Wheel of Time · 2021

The Wheel of Time

★ 7.62021

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

The lives of five young villagers change forever when a strange and powerful woman arrives, claiming one of them is the child of an ancient prophecy with the power to tip the balance between Light and Dark forever. They must choose whether to trust this stranger – and each other – with the fate of the world before the Dark One breaks out of His prison, and the Last Battle begins.

Executive Producer

Lethal Weapon · 2016

Lethal Weapon

★ 7.32016

SeriesAction & AdventureCrime

A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Director

Black Sails · 2014

Black Sails

★ 7.62014

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

The pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking young addition to his crew who goes by the name John Silver. Threatened with extinction on all sides, they fight for the survival of New Providence Island, the most notorious criminal haven of its day – a debauched paradise teeming with pirates, prostitutes, thieves and fortune seekers, a place defined by both its enlightened ideals and its stunning brutality.

Director

The intimate confines of psychotherapy sessions are seen from the perspective of a therapist and individual patients.

Director

Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.

Director

Marvel's Jessica Jones · 2015

Marvel's Jessica Jones

★ 7.52015

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

After a tragic ending to her short-lived super hero stint, Jessica Jones is rebuilding her personal life and career as a detective who gets pulled into cases involving people with extraordinary abilities in New York City.

Director

Altered Carbon · 2018

Altered Carbon

★ 7.62018

SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

After 250 years on ice, a prisoner returns to life in a new body with one chance to win his freedom: by solving a mind-bending murder.

Director

The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.

Director

Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyone's out for themselves first. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.

Director

A team of female divorce attorneys leave a male-dominated firm to open their own powerhouse practice. Fierce, brilliant, and emotionally complicated, they navigate high-stakes breakups, scandalous secrets, and shifting allegiances—both in the courtroom and within their own ranks. In a world where money talks and love is a battleground, these women don't just play the game—they change it.

Director

An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.

Director

Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing environment: the suburbs. But behind the beautiful homes and perfect lawns lurk the Franken-moms, spray tans, nose jobs, and Red Bull-guzzling teens who have nothing in common with Tessa. It’s a whole new world, one that makes George wonder if they haven’t jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Director