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name: "Thorsten Thielow"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/thorsten-thielow"
fi1m_id: "thorsten-thielow"
imdb_id: "nm1730063"
tmdb_id: 1732150
wikidata_id: "Q2429265"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "10 January 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-03T03:11:33.151865+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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# Thorsten Thielow

## Identity

Thorsten Thielow

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thorsten-thielow
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thorsten-thielow
- **IMDb ID:** nm1730063
- **TMDB ID:** 1732150
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2429265
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1730063/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1732150

Producer. Born 10 January 1979 in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 10 January 1979, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- **Active:** 2023–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2429265, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1730063/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1732150

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*American Symphony*](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Thorsten Thielow is a German cinematographer based in Brooklyn, New York. Born on 10 January 1979 in Tübingen, he left school at 16 to train in editing and cinematography. He began his career producing news films and documentaries for Südwestrundfunk before working extensively for ARD as an editor and camera operator, reporting from conflict zones including Iraq in 2003 and postings in Cairo, Mexico City and Rio de Janeiro.

Since moving to the United States, Thielow has specialised in feature documentaries and vérité projects. His credits include *Boys State* (2020), *The First Wave* (2021), *American Symphony* (2023) and *Girls State* (2024). He also served as cinematographer on *Teenage Wasteland* (2025). Thielow has won a Primetime Emmy Award and was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *American Symphony* (2023), Fi1m 73, Cinematography, Co-Producer, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Love, Rendered* (2026), Director of Photography
- *Teenage Wasteland* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Love+War* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Prime Minister* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer* (2025), series, Director of Photography
- *Jailbreak: Love on the Run* (2024), Director of Photography
- *War Game* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Whatever It Takes* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Girls State* (2024), Director of Photography
- *American Symphony* (2023), Director of Photography, Co-Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/american-symphony.md)
- *The Mission* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *The Recall: Reframed* (2022), Additional Camera
- *Killer Sally* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *Children of the Underground* (2022), series, Director of Photography
- *The First Wave* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Mayor Pete* (2021), Director of Photography
- *Allen v. Farrow* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *ariana grande: excuse me, i love you* (2020), Director of Photography
- *I'll Be Gone in the Dark* (2020), series, Director of Photography
- *The Innocence Files* (2020), series, Director of Photography, Additional Director of Photography
- *Boys State* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Family* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *The Case Against Adnan Syed* (2019), series, Director of Photography
- *This Is Personal* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Inside North Korea* (2017), series, Director of Photography
- *Water & Power: A California Heist* (2017), Director of Photography

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