Wolfgang Treu (cinematographer)
Wolfgang Treu ( born April 12, 1930 in Hamburg ) is a German cinematographer.
Life
Wolfgang trust his parents were the insurance salesman Wolfgang Paul Faithful and his wife Victoria, born of Karpf. In Berlin he attended high school until 1942. Since the separation of his parents, he held on to several boarding schools in southern Germany.
After the end of World War II, he Volkssturm no longer mitmachte despite a convocation, he settled in Luetjenburg three years training as a photographer. In the Hamburg cultural film producers Alfred Erhardt training followed as a cameraman. Wolfgang litter turned small documentaries and advertising films and was from 1958 to 1962 camera assistant at Heinz Pehlke.
With the television film The eighth round under the direction of Eberhard Itzenplitz he made his debut as director of photography. In addition to television films and series he delivered the images to the much acclaimed films every year, The Castle and Trotta. Trust tried repeatedly to get along with as little additional light on what the pictures of his color films, as conferred in The pedestrian, a certain Körneligkeit and color diffusivity.
Wolfgang Treu, who recorded many commercials, worked since 1993 as a lecturer at various film schools, including the Institute for Applied Media in Hamburg. In July 2000, the Film Academy Baden- Württemberg, he was named honorary professor. From 1993 to 2000 he was President of the Federation camera, then Honorary President. He is since 1955 married to Ellinor bush and father of his son, Olav (* 1961).