Wolf Koenig
Known for: Production
Born: October 17, 1927
Died: June 26, 2014
Place of birth: Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a Canadian film director, producer, animator, cinematographer, and a pioneer in Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada. Born in Dresden, Germany, Koenig emigrated to Canada with his family in 1937, when they fled Nazi Germany. They settled in 145-acre (0.59 km2) farm along the Grand River, outside what is now known as Cambridge, Ontario. In 1948, a local representative for the Canadian department of agriculture needed the family's tractor to demonstrate a new tree-planting machine. As the young Koenig pulled the machine across a field, he noticed a small film crew from the NFB's former agricultural film unit, recording the demonstration. After filming was complete, he approached the men, who included director Raymond Garceau, and told them he loved films, especially animation, and hoped to work in filmmaking. They suggested he send in a job application and approximately six weeks later he received a letter offering him the position of a junior splicer for $100 per month. His younger brother Joe Koenig was also a filmmaker.
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Filmography
90 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Rebels with a Camera
2006
3.7
Show Girls
199810.0
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
1995
9.0
When Shirley Met Florence
1994
7.5
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993
10.0
Walker
1991
7.0
Connection
19869.0
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
198510.0
Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions
1985
7.0
Behind the Veil: Nuns
1984NR
John Cat
1984
7.3
Incident at Restigouche
1984
10.0
Laughter in My Soul
1983
8.0
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
1982
9.0
Nose and Tina
1980
5.8
Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters
1978
5.7
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post
1978
5.4
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf
19786.3
Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs
1978
5.6
Canada Vignettes: Faces
1978
8.0
Deep Threat
1977
5.8
The Street
19777.5
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
1977
8.0
Spinnolio
1977
8.5
Amisk
1977
7.0
No Apple for Johnny
1977
8.0
Poets on Film No. 1
1977
7.0
Poets on Film No. 2
1977
10.0
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
1977
6.0
The Lion and the Mouse
1976
8.0
Face of the Earth
1975
7.0
The Energy Carol
1975
7.0
The Housewife
1975
8.0
A Token Gesture
1975
10.0
Perspectrum
1975
9.0
Natsik Hunting
1975
10.0
Sikusilarmiut
1975
10.0
Who Are We?
1974
7.0
The Light Fantastick
1974
7.0
The Coldspring Project
1974
9.0
Icarus
1974
7.8
The Family That Dwelt Apart
1973
7.0
Man: The Polluter
1973
9.0
Ten: The Magic Number
1973
10.0
Ananse's Farm
1973
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Pictures Out Of My Life
197310.0
Tickets s.v.p
1973
9.0
The Innocent Door
1973NR
The Myth and the Reality
1973
10.0
Tilt
1972
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Exeter
1972
8.0
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971
6.6
Hot Stuff
1971
5.1
Ashes of Doom
19708.0
Where There's Smoke
1970
7.3
N-Zone
1970
6.7
To See or Not to See
196910.0
Le Québec as Seen by Cartier-Bresson
1969
6.5
What on Earth!
1967
6.8
The Drag
1966
8.0
Steeltown
1966
7.8
Stravinsky
1966NR
Age of the Buffalo
1964
6.0
Lonely Boy
1962
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The Living Machine
1962
10.0
Festival in Puerto Rico
1961
9.0
The Days of Whisky Gap
19617.0
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
1960
7.5
Universe
1960
10.0
The Cars in Your Life
1960
9.5
The Back-breaking Leaf
1959
10.0
The End of the Line
1959
7.0
Emergency Ward
1959
7.0
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
1959
8.5
Glenn Gould: On the Record
1959
6.5
The Days Before Christmas
1958
6.0
Police
1958
7.0
Memory of Summer
1958
10.0
Pilgrimage
19588.0
Country Threshing
1958
7.0
A Foreign Language
1958
9.0
Blood and Fire
1958
5.8
City of Gold
1957
7.0
It's a Crime
1957
9.0
Fish Spoilage Control
1956NR
Gold
1955
7.0
Corral
1954
7.6
Neighbours
1952
10.0
Sur le pont d'Avignon
1951
9.0
Why Men Rape
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