Biography
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, , Koenig emigrated to Canada with his family in 1937, when they fled Nazi . 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.
Filmography
all 106
Movies 106
Producer 74
Director 16
Writer 2
self 1
Show Girls (1998)
Carol's Mirror (1991)
Walker (1991)
Behind the Veil: Nuns (1984)
John Cat (1984)
Ted Baryluk's Grocery (1982)
End Game in Paris (1982)
Nose and Tina (1980)
Canada Vignettes: Faces (1978)
Canada Vignettes: The Performer (1978)
Deep Threat (1977)
The Street (1977)
No Apple for Johnny (1977)
Poets on Film No. 2 (1977)
Poets on Film No. 1 (1977)
Spinnolio (1977)
Amisk (1977)
The Lion and the Mouse (1976)
Face of the Earth (1975)
Natsik Hunting (1975)
The Housewife (1975)
Perspectrum (1975)
The Energy Carol (1975)
A Token Gesture (1975)
We (1974)
Bossa Bop (1974)
The Light Fantastick (1974)
Icarus (1974)
Purple Hat (1974)
Propaganda Message (1974)
Who Are We? (1974)
The Innocent Door (1973)
Tickets s.v.p (1973)
Ananse's Farm (1973)
Pictures Out Of My Life (1973)
Man: The Polluter (1973)
Tilt (1972)
Hard Rider (1972)
Hot Stuff (1971)
Ashes of Doom (1970)
Where There's Smoke (1970)
N-Zone (1970)
To See or Not to See (1969)
Falling from Ladders (1969)
Population Explosion (1968)
King Size (1968)
What on Earth! (1967)
Steeltown (1966)
Stravinsky (1966)
Animals and Psychology (1965)
Animal Altruism (1965)
Fear and Horror (1965)
Age of the Buffalo (1964)
The Great Toy Robbery (1963)
Experimental Film (1963)
Lonely Boy (1962)
The Living Machine (1962)
Festival in Puerto Rico (1961)
The Days of Whisky Gap (1961)
Universe (1960)
The Cars in Your Life (1960)
The Back-breaking Leaf (1959)
Emergency Ward (1959)
The End of the Line (1959)
Blood and Fire (1958)
Country Threshing (1958)
Pilgrimage (1958)
Police (1958)
A Foreign Language (1958)
Memory of Summer (1958)
City of Gold (1957)
It's a Crime (1957)
Gold (1955)
Corral (1954)
Neighbours (1952)
Sur le pont d'Avignon (1951)
The Half-masted Schooner
A Right to Refuse?
Villeneuve, peintre-barbier
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
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Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-10-17
Deathday
2014-06-26 (86 years old)
Birth Place
Dresden,
Citizenships
Canada
Residences
Canada, Canada
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