| Matthias Grunsky | |
| Birth Date: | 15 August 1971 |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer |
| Website: | http://www.matthias-grunsky.com |
Matthias Grunsky (born August 15, 1971) is an Austrian cinematographer. A member of the German Society of Cinematographers, Grunsky began his career as a camera assistant in Austria and Germany, where he learnt from cinematographers such as Lee Daniel on Before Sunrise (1995) and Helmut Pirnat on Der Bockerer II – Österreich ist frei (1996).[1]
His first feature length movie as cinematographer was Funny Ha Ha (2002) for director Andrew Bujalski, with whom he continued to work on his following films. Grunsky used black and white video cameras with video camera tubes for the comedy drama film Computer Chess (2013), for which he was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography.[2]
In 2019, Grunsky won Best Cinematography at the Midwest Independent Film Festival for the musical film Saints Rest (2019).[3] That same year, he also won Best Cinematography at the History Film Fest for the television film Defiance. Three Women and the Vote.[4] For the romantic comedy film There There (2022), which was shot remotely under Covid restrictions, Grunsky used iPhone cameras.[5]
| Year | Film | Director | Other notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Funny Ha Ha | Andrew Bujalski | ||
| 2005 | Mutual Appreciation | Andrew Bujalski | ||
| 2007 | American Zombie | Grace Lee | ||
| 2008 | Nights and Weekends | Joe Swanberg & Greta Gerwig | ||
| 2009 | Sorry, Thanks | Dia Sokol Savage | ||
| Beeswax | Andrew Bujalski | |||
| 2013 | Man without a Head | Johnny Roc | ||
| Computer Chess | Andrew Bujalski | Nominated – Independent Spirit Award for Best Cinematography | ||
| A Livre Ouvert | Stéphanie Chuat & Véronique Reymond | TV series (season 1) - RTS/ France 2 | ||
| 2015 | Results | Andrew Bujalski | ||
| 2016 | Infinity Baby | Bob Byington | ||
| Saints Rest | Noga Ashkenazi | Best Cinematography – Midwest Independent Film Festival 2019 | ||
| 2017 | The Honor Farm | Karen Skloss | ||
| 2018 | Support the Girls | Andrew Bujalski | ||
| 2019 | Defiance. Three Women and the Vote | Beate Thalberg | Best Cinematography – History Film Fest 2019 | |
| 2020 | Marlene | Andreas Resch | ||
| 2021 | Tales of Franz | Johannes Schmid | ||
| 2022 | Bad Things in the Middle of Nowhere | Garry Walsh | ||
| 2022 | There There | Andrew Bujalski |