Production
Wolf Koenig
EN, FR, XX cinema · 90 credits
Born
17 October 1927
Died
26 June 2014 (aged 86)
Birthplace
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.
Known for
Filmography
Why Men Rape
Producer
Show Girls
Director of Photography
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
1995
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
Producer, Director of Photography
Walker
Producer
Connection
Director, Editor
John Cat
1984
John Cat
Director, Writer, Editor
Behind the Veil: Nuns
Graphic Designer
Laughter in My Soul
Producer
Nose and Tina
Producer
Deep Threat
Producer
The Street
Executive Producer
Spinnolio
Producer
Amisk
Executive Producer
No Apple for Johnny
Producer
Poets on Film No. 1
Executive Producer
Poets on Film No. 2
Executive Producer
The Lion and the Mouse
Executive Producer
Face of the Earth
Producer
The Energy Carol
Executive Producer
The Housewife
Executive Producer
A Token Gesture
Executive Producer
Perspectrum
Producer
Natsik Hunting
Producer
Sikusilarmiut
Executive Producer
Who Are We?
Producer
The Light Fantastick
Producer
Icarus
Producer
Ananse's Farm
Producer
Man: The Polluter
Director
The Innocent Door
Producer
Tilt
Producer
Exeter
Producer
Hot Stuff
Producer
Ashes of Doom
Producer
N-Zone
Camera Operator
To See or Not to See
Producer
What on Earth!
Producer
Steeltown
Director, Director of Photography
Stravinsky
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
The Drag
Producer
Lonely Boy
Director, Director of Photography
The Living Machine
Cinematography
Festival in Puerto Rico
Director, Editor
The Cars in Your Life
Producer, Director of Photography
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
1960
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Universe
Camera Operator
The End of the Line
Producer
Emergency Ward
Producer, Director of Photography
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Days Before Christmas
Director, Editor, Producer
Country Threshing
1958
Country Threshing
Director, Producer
Blood and Fire
Producer, Director of Photography
A Foreign Language
Producer
Pilgrimage
Producer, Director of Photography
Police
Producer
Memory of Summer
Producer, Director of Photography
City of Gold
Director, Director of Photography
It's a Crime
Director
Gold
1955
Gold
Cinematography
Corral
Director of Photography
Neighbours
Director of Photography
