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"Ein Freund von mir" [2004] |
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"Ein Freund von mir" [2004] |
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Born: 21 December 1964, Hamburg, [West-]Germany, as son of actor/still ph Werner Bokelberg [1937-].
Education: Tisch School of the Arts at New York University [NYU] [1985-88].
Career: Ph commercials for Mannesmann, Deutsche Telekom, Siemens, a.o. Ph music videos with a: B.B. King, Christina Aguilera, Sting, Run DMC, Elton John, Cindy Lauper, Branford Marsalis, a.o. Ph 50+ five minute doc profiles on artists such as The Rolling Stones, Billy Joel, Michael Bolton, Sophie B. Hawkins, Bob Dylan, Regina Bell, Spike Lee, Leonard Cohen & Mariah Carey. Ph corporate identity films, e.g. 'Sony Music' [1990-93, various; annual presentations], 'Island Records' [1996, Pamela Birkhead; managing directors presentation], 'Gee Street Records' [1998, Pamela Birkhead; presentation featuring DJ Red Alert] & 'BMG' [1998, Glen Hoffman; global presentation]. Ph specials/45m on 'Sting' [d: Ken Schreiber], 'Elton John' [d: Ken Schreiber] & 'Leonard Cohen' [d: Michael Borofsky]. Directed the doc on HD 'DocHumantary' [filmed May & October 1999; ph: ?].
Awards: NYU Cinematography Award [1988] for 'Slave'; NYU Cinematography Award [1992] for 'Red Herring'; NYU Cinematography Award [1993] for 'Brighton Blues'; Berlin IFF 'Caligari-Preis' [1996] for 'Charms Zwischenfälle'; New York FF 'Eastman Kodak Vision Award' [2000] for 'The Citizen'; ASC TV Award nom [2007] for 'Raines' [pilot]; ASC TV Award nom [2008] for 'My Own Worst Enemy' [pilot].
Website: Oliver Bokelberg
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FILMS |
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1988 |
Slave [Mike Baluzy] ?; short/?m; prod NYU |
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1989 |
A Licensed Liberty [Michael Kreihsl] b&w; short/34m; prod NYU |
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1989 |
Red Herring [Isabel Hegner] ?; doc/60m; prod NYU |
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1991 |
Tender, Slender and Tall [Lesley Ellen] 16mm/c; doc/28m |
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1993 |
Brighton Blues [Helena Besfamilny] ?; short/?m; prod NYU |
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1994 |
The Need For Speed [Katharina Otto] c; doc/59m; bicycle ph: Marc Foreman |
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199? |
Reading Recovery [Gian Franco Rossi] ?; doc/?m |
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1995 |
Charms Zwischenfälle/Charm's Incidents [Michael Kreihsl] s16-35bu/c |
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1996 |
Lifebreath/Last Breath/Deadly Lovers [P.J. Posner] c |
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1996 |
Burning Bridges [Marcus Hahn] 16mm/c; short/30m |
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1997 |
Long Time Since [Jay Anania] s16-35bu/c |
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1997 |
Harvest/Cash Crop/A Desperate Season [Stuart Burkin] c; aph: Ellen Kuras |
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1997 |
A Walk on the Moon [Tony Goldwyn] c; 2uc New York; ph: Anthony B. Richmond |
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1997 |
Life [Pamela Birkhead] ?; doc/?m |
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1997 |
Beautopia [Katharina Otto] c; doc/104m |
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1998 |
Winke und Lächle/Wave and Smile [Enriko Boettcher] scope/c; short/18m |
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1999 |
The Citizen [Jay Anania] c |
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1999 |
Heimkehr der Jäger/Hunters in the Snow [Michael Kreihsl] c |
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2000 |
The Next Big Thing [P.J. Posner] c; 2uc: John Foster |
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2003 |
The Station Agent/The Station Manager [Thomas McCarthy] s16-35bu/c |
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2004 |
Loggerheads [Tim Kirkman] s16-35bu/c; addph: Shawn Lewallen |
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[Left] with writer Stephen Colbert & dir Paul Dinello - "Strangers with Candy" |
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2004 |
Strangers with Candy [Paul Dinello] c |
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2004 |
Ein Freund von mir [Sebastian Schipper] s35/c |
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2006 |
Dark Matter [Shi-Zheng Chen] c |
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2006 |
The Visitor [Tom McCarthy] c; + small part |
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2008 |
Arlen Faber/The Dream of the Romans [John Hindman] c; 2uc: John Pirozzi |
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2009 |
Thicker [Terry Nemeroff] pre-production; scheduled to start filming in March |
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TELEVISION |
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2000 |
Probieren Sie's mit einem Jüngeren [Michael Kreihsl] tvm/s16 |
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2000 |
Tatort [ep #463 'Mördergrube/Scene of the Crime: Murder Pit' dir by Christiane Balthasar & #472 'Kindstod/Scene of the Crime: Death of a Child' dir by Claudia Garde] series; cph 'Kindstod': Johann Feindt; 'Mördergrube' was filmed in October as 'Bauernopfer' |
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2001 |
Paulas Schuld [Claudia Garde] tvm |
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2001 |
Schimanski [ep 'Kinder der Hölle' dir by Edward Berger ] series; cph: Arthur W. Ahrweiler |
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2001 |
Tigermännchen sucht Tigerweibchen [Michael Kreihsl] tvm |
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2002 |
Die Cleveren [ep #34 'Engelchen flieg' dir by Christiane Balthasar (CB) & #36 'Born und die Frauen' dir by CB] pilot (1998) & series/16mm, 1999-present; 5th season, 2003 |
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2002 |
Sektion - Die Sprache der Toten [Markus Bräutigam] tvm |
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2002 |
Schimanski [ep 'Asyl' dir by Edward Berger] series |
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2003 |
Jetzt erst recht [Michael Kreihsl] tvm |
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2003 |
Die Cleveren [ep #42 'Killer im Kopf' dir by Christiane Balthasar] 6th season, 2006; see 2002 |
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2003 |
Single-Shots/Was sie schon immer über Singles wissen wollten [Oliver Schmitz] tvm |
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2004 |
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan [Martin Scorsese] 2-part mus doc/b&w-c/205m; cph: Maryse Alberti, Anghel Decca, Ellen Kuras, Lisa Rinzler, Michael Spiller, a.o.; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'American Masters', 2005 |
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2005 |
Heute heiratet mein Mann [Michael Kreihsl] tvm |
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2005 |
Raines [pilot dir by Frank Darabont] 7-part series, 2007 |
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2005 |
World of Trouble [Stephen Hopkins] tvm |
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2005 |
Avenger [Robert Markowitz] tvm |
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2007 |
Dirty Sexy Money [pilot dir by Peter Horton] 23-part (4 unaired) series, 2007-08; 1st season, 2007 |
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2008 |
My Own Worst Enemy [pilot 'Breakdown' dir by David Semel + 8 ep dir by various] 9-part series |
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2009 |
Operating Instructions [Andy Tennant] pilot/HD |
