Wolf Koenig
Production
Born 1927-10-17
Died 2014-06-26
Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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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.
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Producing
42 credits
Exeter
Icarus
Amisk
The End of the Line
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Laughter in My Soul
Nose and Tina
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
Ashes of Doom
The Street
Natsik Hunting
When Shirley Met Florence
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
The Days Before Christmas
No Apple for Johnny
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post
Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions
Police
The Lion and the Mouse
What on Earth!
Spinnolio
Why Men Rape
Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs
Poets on Film No. 1
Who Are We?
To See or Not to See
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
The Back-breaking Leaf
Christmas at Moose Factory
A Foreign Language
The Myth and the Reality
The Family That Dwelt Apart
The Days of Whisky Gap
The Drag
Country Threshing
Deep Threat
Pictures Out Of My Life
A Token Gesture
Emergency Ward
Face of the Earth
Other credits
15 credits
Show Girls
Corral
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Neighbours
Lonely Boy
Connection
The Days Before Christmas
John Cat
Incident at Restigouche
City of Gold
Stravinsky
Steeltown
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
Le Québec as Seen by Cartier-Bresson
Emergency Ward
Directing
12 credits
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Lonely Boy
Connection
The Days Before Christmas
John Cat
Where There's Smoke
City of Gold
Stravinsky
Steeltown
Man: The Polluter
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
Country Threshing
Acting
5 credits
Writing
1 credit
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