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name: "Jürgen Jürges"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jurgen-jurges"
fi1m_id: "jurgen-jurges"
imdb_id: "nm0005751"
tmdb_id: 5639
wikidata_id: "Q110387"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "12 December 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:50:00.453987+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."
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# Jürgen Jürges

## Identity

Jürgen Jürges

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jurgen-jurges
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jurgen-jurges
- **IMDb ID:** nm0005751
- **TMDB ID:** 5639
- **Wikidata ID:** Q110387
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5639

Cinematographer. Born 12 December 1940 in Hannover, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 12 December 1940, Hannover, Germany
- **Active:** 1974–1997
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 88 (1), 1990s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110387, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005751/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5639

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Ali: Fear Eats the Soul*](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) (88), [*Funny Games*](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md) (74)

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## Biography

Jürgen Jürges is a German cinematographer. Born on 12 December 1940 in Hannover, he trained at a photography school in Berlin and worked as a camera assistant in the 1960s before becoming a chief cameraman in 1970.

He has contributed to more than 100 films. His credits include *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), *Effi Briest* (1974), *Christiane F.* (1981), *Funny Games* (1997), *Code Unknown* (2000), *Time of the Wolf* (2003) and the *DAU* series.

Jürges has received awards including the German Film Award (multiple times), the German Camera Award and the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 2020 Berlinale for *DAU. Natasha*. In 2022 he was awarded an honorary prize for services to German film.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmportal.de, en.wikipedia.org, talentrepublicagency.de.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Funny Games* (1997), Fi1m 74, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)
- *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), Fi1m 88, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md)

## Complete filmography (80)

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

- *DAU* (2026), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Nora Mother* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. New Man* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Katya Tanya* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. String Theory* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Nikita Tanya* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Brave People* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Three Days* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Cinema* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Degeneration* (2020), Director of Photography
- *DAU. Natasha* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Ivanov* (2019), Additional Director of Photography
- *Das Milan-Protokoll* (2018), Director of Photography
- *At Eye Level* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Me and Kaminski* (2015), Director of Photography
- *The Deal* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Spiderwebhouse* (2015), Director of Photography
- *John Rabe* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Germany ’09 – 13 Short Films About the State of the Nation* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Clara* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Ohne einander* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Eduart* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Four Windows* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Shadows of Time* (2005), Director of Photography
- *About the Looking for and the Finding of Love* (2005), Director of Photography
- *The Whore's Son* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Time of the Wolf* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Angst isst Seele auf* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Ghetto-Kids* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Ternitz, Tennessee* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Code Unknown* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Paths in the Night* (1999), Director of Photography
- *The Hunter* (1998), Cinematography
- *Funny Games* (1997), Director of Photography — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/funny-games.md)
- *Sin querer* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Sawdust Tales* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Mossane* (1996), Director of Photography
- *A Trick of the Light* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Das zehnte Jahr* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Arisha, the Bear, and the Stone Ring* (1993), Cinematography
- *Faraway, So Close!* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Abgetrieben* (1992), Director of Photography
- *Das Geheimnis des gelben Geparden* (1990), Director of Photography
- *The Dancer* (1989), Director of Photography
- *The Venus Trap* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Iron Earth, Copper Sky* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Flyer* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Die Wupper* (1985), Cinematography
- *Hen in a Boat* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Gleissprung* (1984), Director of Photography
- *White Star* (1983), Director of Photography
- *A Woman in Flames* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Berliner Stadtbahnbilder* (1982), Camera Operator
- *Christiane F.* (1981), Director of Photography
- *Germany Pale Mother* (1980), Director of Photography
- *The Last Years of Childhood* (1979), Director of Photography
- *50/50* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Germany in Autumn* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Grete Minde* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Eierdiebe* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Satan’s Brew* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Paule Pauländer* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Die Angst ist ein zweiter Schatten* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Fear of Fear* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Output* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Effi Briest* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), Director of Photography — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md)
- *Eine Nacht in Venedig* (1974), Director of Photography
- *Tenderness of the Wolves* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Karajan dirigiert Beethovens fünfte Symphonie* (1973), Camera Operator
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Director of Photography
- *Für immer und ewig* (1969), Director of Photography
- *Tamara* (1968), Assistant Camera
- *Bizet Carmen* (1967), Camera Operator
- *Young Törless* (1966), Assistant Camera
- *Der Hut oder Mondo Uovo* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Britta Fastfrühling* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Das Mißverständnis*, Cinematography
- *DAU. Regeneration*, Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 6 won

- German Film Honorary Award 2022: German Film Honorary Award (won)
- Marburg Camera Award 2016: Marburg Camera Award (won)
- Grimme-Preis 2001: Grimme-Preis (won)
- Bavarian Film Awards 1989: Bavarian Film Awards (won)
- German Cinematographer Award 1986: German Cinematographer Award (won)
- Filmband in Gold 1980: Filmband in Gold (won)

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

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