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name: "Wolfgang Held"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wolfgang-held"
fi1m_id: "wolfgang-held"
imdb_id: "nm0374935"
tmdb_id: 1099440
wikidata_id: "Q2589915"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "30 March 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T03:23:38.467264+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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# Wolfgang Held

## Identity

Wolfgang Held

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/wolfgang-held
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** wolfgang-held
- **IMDb ID:** nm0374935
- **TMDB ID:** 1099440
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2589915
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2589915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374935/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1099440

Cinematographer. Born 30 March 1963 in Bad Godesberg.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 30 March 1963, Bad Godesberg
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2589915, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0374935/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1099440

## Biography

Wolfgang Held is a German-born American cinematographer. Born on 30 March 1963 in Bad Godesberg, he left Bonn after high school and spent two years hitchhiking around the world before studying American literature in Germany and earning an MFA in film from Temple University in 1992. He has lived in New York City since the early 1990s.

Held has photographed more than 100 films and television productions, working in both documentary and narrative forms. His credits include *Brüno* (2009), *Teeth* (2008), *Metallica: Some Kind of Monster* (2004), *O.G.* (2018), *The Neighbors' Window* (2019) and the anchoring film *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026). He won a Primetime Emmy for *Carrier* (2008) and received a further nomination for *The Andy Warhol Diaries* (2022).

He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers and a founding member of the Kamerakollektiv in New York. Held is married to filmmaker Pola Rapaport.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Fi1m 77, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

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

- *You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution...* (2026), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/you-had-to-be-there-how-the-toronto-godspell-ignited-the-comedy-revolution.md)
- *O Horizon* (2026), Director of Photography
- *I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Rovina's Choice* (2025), Additional Photography
- *The New Yorker at 100* (2025), Director of Photography
- *It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Ernest Cole: Lost and Found* (2024), Camera Operator
- *Sabbath Queen* (2024), Cinematography
- *This is a Film About the Black Keys* (2024), Director of Photography
- *Stormy* (2024), Cinematography
- *Joan Baez: I Am a Noise* (2023), Director of Photography
- *Three Birthdays* (2023), Director of Photography
- *The Super Models* (2023), series, Cinematography
- *Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *Addicted to Life* (2022), Producer
- *Rudy! A Documusical* (2022), Director of Photography
- *This Stolen Country of Mine* (2022), Director of Photography
- *How to Survive a Pandemic* (2022), Director of Photography
- *UFO* (2021), series, Director of Photography
- *WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn* (2021), Director of Photography
- *A Life's Work* (2020), Director of Photography
- *The Innocence Files* (2020), series, Additional Director of Photography, Director of Photography
- *Tightrope: Americans Reaching for Hope* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Wax Paul Now* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Far from the Tree* (2019), Director of Photography
- *The Neighbors' Window* (2019), Director of Photography
- *Museum Town* (2019), Director of Photography
- *It's a Hard Truth Ain't It* (2018), Director of Photography
- *O.G.* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind* (2018), Director of Photography
- *Sophie and the Rising Sun* (2016), Director of Photography
- *A Path Appears* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Years of Living Dangerously* (2014), series, Camera Car
- *The Dog* (2013), Cinematography
- *The Last Keepers* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Me @ the Zoo* (2012), Director of Photography
- *One Nation Under Dog* (2012), Director of Photography
- *I Can't Do This But I CAN Do That: A Film for Families about Learning Differences* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Grace Paley: Collected Shorts* (2010), Cinematography
- *The Lottery* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Brüno* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Studs Terkel: Listening to America* (2009), Director of Photography
- *American Teen* (2008), Director of Photography
- *The Visitor* (2008), "B" Camera Operator
- *Teeth* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Hair: Let the Sun Shine In* (2007), Director
- *Stagedoor* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Metallica: Some Kind of Monster* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Poster Boy* (2004), Director of Photography
- *Undermind* (2003), Director of Photography
- *Heartbreak Hospital* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Maze* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Children Underground* (2001), Director of Photography
- *Sam the Man* (2001), Director of Photography
- *The Tic Code* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Enough Already* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Dogs: The Rise and Fall of an All-Girl Bookie Joint* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Floating* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Ripe* (1996), Director of Photography
- *Wigstock: The Movie* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Criminal* (1994), Writer
- *Every Good Boy* (1994), Director of Photography
- *I Wish I Were a Pigeon* (1990), Writer
- *Die gläserne Fackel* (1989), series, Screenplay
- *My Favorite Neoconservative*, Cinematography
- *Gracie*, Director of Photography

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