Wolf Koenig
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.
Fish Spoilage Control
(Script)
Ananse's Farm
(Producer)
Tilt
(Producer)
Face of the Earth
(Producer)
Steeltown
(Director)
City of Gold
(Director)
Lonely Boy
(Director)
John Cat
(Writer)
John Cat
(Director)
John Cat
(Editor)
The Lion and the Mouse
(Executive Producer)
Ashes of Doom
(Producer)
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
(Producer)
Deep Threat
(Producer)
Incident at Restigouche
(Editor)
The Days Before Christmas
(Director)
The Street
(Executive Producer)
The Energy Carol
(Executive Producer)
Pictures Out Of My Life
(Producer)
Nose and Tina
(Producer)
The Housewife
(Executive Producer)
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
(Producer)
Country Threshing
(Producer)
Country Threshing
(Director)
The End of the Line
(Producer)
A Token Gesture
(Executive Producer)
Neighbours
(Director of Photography)
The Back-breaking Leaf
(Producer)
Tickets s.v.p
(Producer)
The Days Before Christmas
(Producer)
The Days Before Christmas
(Editor)
The Cars in Your Life
(Producer)
Blood and Fire
(Producer)
Festival in Puerto Rico
(Director)
Festival in Puerto Rico
(Editor)
A Foreign Language
(Producer)
Emergency Ward
(Producer)
Police
(Producer)
Pilgrimage
(Producer)
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
(Producer)
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
(Director)
Glenn Gould: On the Record
(Producer)
Stravinsky
(Director)
Glenn Gould: On the Record
(Director)
Stravinsky
(Editor)
Age of the Buffalo
(Cinematography)
Gold
(Cinematography)
The Living Machine
(Cinematography)
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
(Producer)
Who Are We?
(Producer)
The Cars in Your Life
(Director of Photography)
Glenn Gould: On the Record
(Director of Photography)
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
(Director of Photography)
Stravinsky
(Director of Photography)
Emergency Ward
(Director of Photography)
Pilgrimage
(Director of Photography)
City of Gold
(Director of Photography)
Blood and Fire
(Director of Photography)
Corral
(Director of Photography)
Show Girls
(Director of Photography)
The Days of Whisky Gap
(Producer)
Perspectrum
(Producer)
Behind the Veil: Nuns
(Graphic Designer)
Natsik Hunting
(Producer)
Memory of Summer
(Producer)
Spinnolio
(Producer)
Man: The Polluter
(Director)
Sur le pont d'Avignon
(Director)
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post
(Producer)
The Innocent Door
(Producer)
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
(Director)
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
(Producer)
It's a Crime
(Director)
Amisk
(Executive Producer)
Memory of Summer
(Director of Photography)
No Apple for Johnny
(Producer)
Poets on Film No. 1
(Executive Producer)
Poets on Film No. 2
(Executive Producer)
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf
(Producer)
Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters
(Producer)
Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs
(Producer)
Canada Vignettes: Faces
(Producer)
Walker
(Producer)
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
(Producer)
The Light Fantastick
(Producer)
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
(Producer)
To See or Not to See
(Producer)
Christmas at Moose Factory
(Producer)
The Family That Dwelt Apart
(Producer)
Where There's Smoke
(Director)
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
(Director of Photography)
N-Zone
(Camera Operator)
Universe
(Camera Operator)
Lonely Boy
(Director of Photography)
Hot Stuff
(Producer)
Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions
(Producer)
Ten: The Magic Number
(Producer)
The Coldspring Project
(Producer)
Connection
(Director)
Connection
(Editor)
Steeltown
(Director of Photography)
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
(Producer)
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
(Director of Photography)
Le Québec as Seen by Cartier-Bresson
(Editor)