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name: "Lutz Reitemeier"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T12:25:49.182049+00:00"
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# Lutz Reitemeier

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1963 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1963, Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1406196, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718573/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27072

## Biography

Lutz Reitemeier is a German cinematographer born in 1963 in Stuttgart. After film school he completed a copy lab internship and worked for several years as a camera assistant on feature and documentary films, collaborating with directors including Werner Herzog and Roland Emmerich.

Since 1994 he has worked as a director of photography on features and documentaries in Germany and internationally. His credits include *Tuya's Marriage* (2006), which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, *White Deer Plain* (2011), for which he received a Silver Bear, and *Wadjda* (2012). He is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie and the Berufsverband Kinematografie (BVK), and has lectured at film schools.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, crew-united.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wadjda* (2012), Fi1m 80, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/wadjda.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Kleine Eheverbrechen* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Strait Guys* (2022), Cinematography
- *The Red Orchestra* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Magical Mystery or: The Return of Karl Schmidt* (2017), Cinematography
- *Saving Neta* (2017), Director of Photography
- *Halal Love* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Fritz Lang* (2016), Director of Photography
- *Yona* (2014), Director of Photography
- *Wadjda* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/wadjda.md)
- *White Deer Plain* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Apart Together* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Weaving Girl* (2009), Director of Photography
- *John Rabe* (2009), Camera Operator
- *Tuya's Marriage* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Chinese Shoes* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Plastic Flowers* (2004), Director of Photography
- *The Story of Ermei* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Jenseits von Tibet* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Das Vorsprechen* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Max und der Ursprung der Welt* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Survivors* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Stuttgart mi amor* (1995), Director of Photography, Lighting Director

## Gallery

- ![Lutz Reitemeier](https://film.one/media/person/694519/gallery-9d29792fd5ac.jpg) Lutz Reitemeier — Jensbest, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Lutz_Reitemeier_BVK_2015_2712.JPG/1280px-Lutz_Reitemeier_BVK_2015_2712.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lutz Reitemeier auf der Jahreshauptversammlung des Bundesverbandes Kinematografie, Hamburg 2015](https://film.one/media/person/694519/gallery-14056e660fe3.jpg) Lutz Reitemeier auf der Jahreshauptversammlung des Bundesverbandes Kinematografie, Hamburg 2015 — Jensbest, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Lutz_Reitemeier_BVK_2015_2713.JPG/1280px-Lutz_Reitemeier_BVK_2015_2713.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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