---
name: "Igor Luther"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/igor-luther"
fi1m_id: "igor-luther"
imdb_id: "nm0005780"
tmdb_id: 10253
wikidata_id: "Q1657731"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "5 August 1942"
died: "7 June 2020"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T00:42:04.974668+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Igor Luther

## Identity

Igor Luther

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/igor-luther
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** igor-luther
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005780
- **TMDB ID:** 10253
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1657731
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1657731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10253

Cinematographer. Born 5 August 1942 in Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. Died 7 June 2020.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 5 August 1942, Banská Bystrica, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
- **Died:** 7 June 2020
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1657731, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005780/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10253

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Tin Drum*](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md) (78)

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## Biography

Igor Luther was a Slovak cinematographer. Born on 5 August 1942 in Banská Bystrica, he trained at the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU) in Prague and began working as a director of photography in 1967.

He was part of the Czechoslovak New Wave, collaborating with directors such as Juraj Jakubisko and Alain Robbe-Grillet. After emigrating to West Germany in 1968, he became a leading cinematographer of the New German Cinema, working frequently with Volker Schlöndorff on films including *The Tin Drum* (1979) and *The Handmaid's Tale* (1990), as well as with Andrzej Wajda on *Danton* (1983).

Luther received two German Film Awards for best cinematography and the Goldene Kamera. In 2020 he was awarded the Pribina Cross, First Class, for his contributions to Slovak cinema. He died on 7 June 2020 in Rijeka, Croatia.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmneweurope.com, de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Tin Drum* (1979), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md)

## Complete filmography (61)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Igor and After* (2026), Actor
- *Kamera Stanislav Doršic alebo Ze Záhorá cez Kolibu do svjeta* (2021), Actor
- *A Step Into the Dark* (2014), Director of Photography
- *L'Infiltré* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Tango s komármi* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Der lange Weg ans Licht* (2008), Director of Photography
- *L... Like Love* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Frei:Gespielt - Mehmet Scholl - Über das Spiel hinaus* (2007), Director of Photography
- *War’n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt?* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Serko* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Late Night Talks with Mother* (2003), Camera Operator
- *The Legend of Suriyothai* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Prague Stories* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Requiem for a Romantic Woman* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Bed* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Cold Light of Day* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Drei in fremden Kissen* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Night of the Archer* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Trip nach Tunis* (1993), Cinematography
- *Inge, April und Mai* (1993), Director of Photography
- *The Michael Nyman Songbook* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Death of a Schoolboy* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Bernhard Wicki: Regisseur* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Migrations* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Abschiedsvorstellung* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Via Mala* (1985), series, Director of Photography
- *A Love in Germany* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Danton* (1983), Director of Photography
- *War and Peace* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Fürchte dich nicht, Jakob!* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Parsifal* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Circle of Deceit* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Berlin Tunnel 21* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Das Traumhaus* (1980), Director of Photography
- *The Candidate* (1980), Director of Photography
- *The Tin Drum* (1979), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-tin-drum.md)
- *Die Rückkehr des alten Herrn* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Die Eroberung der Zitadelle* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Three Paths to the Lake* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Coup de Grâce* (1976), Director of Photography
- *MitGift* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Die Ohrfeige* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Chapeau Claque* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Ein Fall für Goron* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Inferno* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Der Leuchtturm* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Pilate and Others* (1972), Director of Photography
- *N. Took the Dice* (1972), Director of Photography
- *Eins* (1971), Director of Photography
- *He Who Loves in a Glass House* (1971), Director of Photography
- *o.k.* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Eden and After* (1970), Director of Photography
- *Birds, Orphans and Fools* (1969), Director of Photography
- *The Man Who Lies* (1968), Director of Photography
- *The Prime of Life* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Dáma* (1967), Director of Photography
- *V páse zlomená* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Forecast: Zero* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Rain* (1965), Director of Photography
- *34 Days of Absolute Calm* (1965), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Cross of Pribina class I 2020: Cross of Pribina class I (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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