---
name: "Martin Kukula"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-kukula"
fi1m_id: "martin-kukula"
imdb_id: "nm0474392"
tmdb_id: 4807
wikidata_id: "Q1904345"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "5 December 1957"
died: "1 November 2013"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T22:50:12.799542+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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# Martin Kukula

## Identity

Martin Kukula

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/martin-kukula
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** martin-kukula
- **IMDb ID:** nm0474392
- **TMDB ID:** 4807
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1904345
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4807

Cinematographer. Born 5 December 1957 in Wiesbaden. Died 1 November 2013.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 5 December 1957, Wiesbaden
- **Died:** 1 November 2013
- **Active:** 1987–2003
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1904345, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0474392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4807

## Biography

Martin Kukula was a German cinematographer. He was born on 5 December 1957 in Wiesbaden and died on 1 November 2013 in Berlin.

Kukula studied at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin. He worked as a camera assistant on several films before receiving a Luftbrücken scholarship for training at the American Film Institute in 1988–89. He served as director of photography on all five feature films directed by Wolfgang Becker, from *Schmetterlinge* (1988) to *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003). He also shot numerous television films, including several directed by Urs Egger, and taught as a guest lecturer at the Internationale Filmschule Köln.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Fi1m 78, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Wings of Desire* (1987), Fi1m 88, Additional Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *München Mord* (2014), series, Director of Photography
- *The Other Child* (2013), series, Director of Photography
- *Familie Windscheidt - Der ganz normale Wahnsinn* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Alter Bahnhof Video Walk* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Residual Risk* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Fasten à la Carte* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Das jüngste Gericht* (2008), series, Director of Photography
- *A Good Boy* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Erlkönig* (2007), Director of Photography
- *An die Grenze* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Heute fängt mein Leben an* (2006), Director of Photography
- *The Return of the Dancing Master* (2004), Camera Department Manager
- *Good Bye, Lenin!* (2003), Director of Photography — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/good-bye-lenin.md)
- *Babykram ist Männersache* (2001), Camera Operator
- *Seitensprung ins Glück* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Undertaker's Paradise* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Life Is All You Get* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Der Sandmann* (1995), Director of Photography
- *The Blue One* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Child's Play* (1993), Director of Photography
- *Midnight Cop* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Wings of Desire* (1987), Additional Camera — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/wings-of-desire.md)
- *Wild Clique* (1983), as Pellworm
- *Polizeiruf 110* (1971), series, Director of Photography
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Director of Photography

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