Tobias A. Schliessler (born 5 November 1958) is a German cinematographer.
Schliessler was born in Baden-Baden, Germany,[1] to documentary filmmaker and artist Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) and editor Anemone Schliessler (née Heim).[2] His brother, Jochen, is a documentary filmmaker, and his sister, Tina, a film producer, photographer, and painter.
Schiessler grew up in Baden-Baden.[3] In 1979 he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and later studied film at the Simon Fraser University. After his graduation as a cinematographer, he started to work on documentary films and advertisement spots. In the late 1980s, he started to work for Canadian television productions. In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on the production of movies like Dreamgirls, Hancock and Battleship. He often works with the directors Bill Condon and Peter Berg.[4] He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Tiers: A Story of the Penitentiary | Charles Wilkinson |
| 1988 | Bombs Away | Peg Campbell |
| 1998 | The Fisherman and His Wife | Jochen A. Schliessler |
Documentary short
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Die Kunst der Jäger im Eis der Arktis | Himself | |
| 2015 | Portrait of a Dancer: Sarah Lamb | Malcolm Venville |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Close to Home | Ric Beairsto | ||
| 2018 | The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical | Peter Smilsky | 1986 footage | |
| 2019 | And We Go Green | Fisher Stevens Malcolm Venville |
Direct-to-video
| Year | Title | Director | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Anything for Love | Michael Keusch | |
| 1994 | Double Cross | ||
| 1995 | Dream Man | René Bonnière |
| Year | Title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | David Brandes Allan Kroeker Randy Bradshaw | 3 episdoes | |
| 1990 | Mom P.I. | Brad Turner | Episode "When Sally Met Bernie" | |
| Neon Rider | Neill Fearnley | Episode "Confessions" | ||
| 1992 | The Heights | 9 episodes | ||
| 2010 | The Big C | Bill Condon | Episode "Pilot" | |
| 2015 | Ballers | Peter Berg | Episode "Pilot" | |
| 2023 | All the Light We Cannot See | Shawn Levy | Miniseries |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Quarantäne | Nico Hofmann |
| 1991 | Writer's Block | Charles Correll |
| 1992 | Duplicates | Sandor Stern |
| Sexual Advances | Donna Deitch | |
| 1993 | Born to Run | Albert Magnoli |
| 1994 | Sin & Redemption | Neema Barnette |
| Green Dolphin Beat | Tommy Lee Wallace | |
| 1995 | The Omen | Jack Sholder |
| 1996 | The Limbic Region | Michael Pattinson |
| Them | Bill Norton | |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk | Joseph Sargent |
| Graeme Campbell | ||
| The Escape | Stuart Gillard | |
| 1998 | Outrage | Robert Allan Ackerman |
| The Long Way Home | Glenn Jordan | |
| Legalese | ||
| DayBreak | Tucker Gates | |