2005

               

 MARTIN FUHRER   BSC

Born: 6 December 1956, Basel, Switzerland.

Education: National Film + Television School [NFTS] [1979-82], UK.

Career: Started as still ph in Basel [1973-76]. Became industrial ph [1978-79] and ph 2 short films.

Ph commercials dir by Urs Egger, Rainer Binz, a.o.

Was a member of the SCS. He is based in London, UK.

Awards: CableACE Award [1992] for 'The Last of His Tribe'; DVD Exclusive Awards 'DVDX Award' [2003] for 'The Sleeping Dictionary'.

Website: Martin Fuhrer



 FILMS

1982

The Devotee [Brian Gilbert] 16mm/c; short/45m; prod NFTS

1982

Sister [Revel Fox] s16/b&w; short/32m; prod NFTS

1983

Los valientes [Cavan Greenwood] c; short/49m; prod NFTS

1984

Der Räuber [Lutz Leonhardt] 16mm/b&w; cph: Ueli Steiger

1984

Konzert für Alice [Thomas Koerfer] 16mm-35bu/c; originally a tvm

1985

Nanou [Conny Templeman] c

1988

Lord of the Flies [Harry Hook] c; 2uc: Charles Patey; uwph: Jeff Simon & Bill Tobin

1989

Visages suisses/Gesichter der Schweiz/Faces of Switzerland [various] c; doc/98m; 17 seg; other ph: Pio Corradi, Carlo Varini, a.o.

1990

Bingo [Markus Imboden] c

1990

City Slickers [Ron Underwood] c; 2uc Pamplona; ph: Dean Semler

1991

Tage des Zweifels [Bernhard Giger] c

1993

Tom & Viv [Brian Gilbert] s35/c

1996

Die zweite Hand/The Other Hand [Urs Bühler-Behnd] c; short/41m

1996

Wilde [Brian Gilbert] c

1997

The Secret Laughter of Women [Peter Schwabach] c; 2uc: Jacques Renoir; uwph: Mark Silk

1998

In My Dreams [Marianne Jenkins] c; short/11m

1999

Dead by Monday [Curt Truninger] c

1999

Venus and Mars [Harry Mastrogeorge] c; 2uc: Martin Hendes

2000

The Sleeping Dictionary [Guy Jenkin & Guy Ritchie] c

2001

The Gathering [Brian Gilbert] c

2005

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer/Das Parfüm - Die Geschichte eines Mörders [Tom Tykwer] c; 2uc (+ 2ud); ph: Frank Griebe

2007

Speed Racer [Larry & Andy Wachowski] HD-to-35mm scope (+ IMAX-70bu)/c; element unit ph; ph: David Tattersall

2010

Schwestern [Anne Wild] prod halted in June after 1 day of shooting, because the female 'star' fell ill; scheduled to resume shooting in September/October 2011 with ph Ali Olay Gözkaya

2011

Die schwarzen Brüder [Urs Egger] prod halted before start of shooting


 TELEVISION

1984

Nur Fliegen ist schwerer [Rosamund Gilmore & Reinhard Kahn] tvm/b&w/16mm; cph: Jorge Bodanzky, Aribert Weis & Pavel Schnabel

1989

Omen IV: The Awakening [Jorge Montesi & Dominique Othenin-Girard] tvm; also released theatrically

1991

The Last of His Tribe [Harry Hook] tvm

1992

Eurocops [ep #67 'Eva' dir by Peter Lehner] 70-part series, 1988-93; 6th season, 1993

1992

Rund um die Liebe [Ueli Mamin] tvm

1993

Tatort [ep #276 'Gehirnwäsche' dir by Bernhard Giger] tvm-ep series

1994

Lisa [Markus Fischer] tvm

1994

Tatort [ep #311 'Rückfällig' dir by Daniel Helfer] tvm-ep series

1994

Blut an der Wiege [Markus Fischer] tvm

1995

Der Tourist/Der Postkartenmörder [Urs Egger] tvm

1996

Beichtstuhl der Begierde [Peter Lehner] tvm

1997

The Tale of Sweeney Todd [John Schlesinger] tvm

2002

Goodbye, Mr. Chips [Stuart Orme] tvm; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Masterpiece Theatre', 2003

2002

[Sterne, die nie untergehen -] Atlantic Affairs [Hark Bohm] tvm; 2uc: Marcus Kanter

2003

Death in Holy Orders [Jonny Campbell] 2-part tvm; uwph: Mark Silk; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Mystery!', 2004

2003

Five Little Pigs/Murder in Retrospect [Paul Unwin] 'Poirot'-special #9; 46-part series, 1989-93 & specials, 1995-present

2003

Sad Cypress [Dave Moore] 'Poirot'-special #10; see above

2003

Death on the Nile [Andy Wilson] 'Poirot'-special #11, 2004; see above

2004

Marple: The Body in the Library [Andy Wilson] tvm/dv; ep ITV/PBS-tv series 'Marple/Agatha Christie's Miss Marple', 2004-present; 1st series; other ph: Nigel Walters & Sue Gibson

2004

Marple: 4.50 from Paddington [Andy Wilson] tvm; USA title: 'What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw'; see above

"Tod eines Keilers"

2005

Tod eines Keilers/Der Keiler [Urs Egger] tvm/s16; 2uc: Filip Zumbrunn

2006

Kein Geld der Welt [Berno Kürten] tvm

2007

Jimmie [Tobias Ineichen] tvm; uwph: Andrés Lizana Prado

2008

Tatort [ep #706 'Liebeswirren/Der alte Fritz' dir by Tobias Ineichen] tvm-ep (s16) series

2008

Marple: Murder Is Easy [Hettie Macdonald] tvm; ep ITV/PBS-tv series 'Marple/Agatha Christie's Miss Marple', 2004-present; 4th series; other ph: Cinders Forshaw, Peter Greenhalgh & Gavin Finney

2009

[Kommissar] Stolberg [2 ep dir by Tobias Ineichen] series, 2006-present; 5th season

2010

Vera [ep #4 'Little Lazarus' dir by Paul Whittington] series, 2011-present; 1st season, 2011

2010

Der Staatsanwalt [ep #20 'Liebe und Hass' dir by Urs Egger (UE) & #22 'Mord am Rhein' dir by UE] series, 2007-present

2011

Tatort [ep #8?? 'Skalpell' dir by Tobias Ineichen] tvm-ep (RED) series; 2uc: Marco Barberi