Tobias A. Schliessler

CinematographerCrew Nov 5 (age 67) Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 1989–2025 (36 year career)

6.0 avg rating

Biography

Tobias A. Schliessler (born 5 November 1958) is a German cinematographer. Schliessler was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, to documentary filmmaker and artist Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) and editor Anemone Schliessler (née Heim). His brother, Jochen, is a documentary filmmaker, and his sister, Tina, is a film producer, photographer, and painter. Schiessler grew up in Baden-Baden. In 1979, he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he later studied film at Simon Fraser University. …

Known For

Film

Beauty and the Beast

Director of Photography

Film

Lone Survivor

Director of Photography

Film

Palmer

Director of Photography

Film

The Adam Project

Director of Photography

Film

Hancock

Director of Photography

Film

Patriots Day

Director of Photography

Film

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Director of Photography

Film

Battleship

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (51)

Movies (49)

Kiss of the Spider Woman

2025

Director of Photography

5.9

Rustin

2023

Director of Photography

6.5

The Adam Project

2022

Director of Photography

7.0

Palmer

2021

Director of Photography

8.1

There's Someone Inside Your House

2021

Second Unit Director of Photography

5.4

Come from Away

2021

Director of Photography

7.6

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

2020

Director of Photography

6.6

Spenser Confidential

2020

Director of Photography

6.5

Refugee

2020

Director of Photography

The Good Liar

2019

Director of Photography

6.7

A Wrinkle in Time

2018

Director of Photography

5.1

The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical

2018

Director of Photography

Beauty and the Beast

2017

Director of Photography

7.0

Patriots Day

2016

Director of Photography

7.1

Mr. Holmes

2015

Director of Photography

6.5

Lone Survivor

2013

Director of Photography

7.4

The Fifth Estate

2013

Director of Photography

6.0

Battleship

2012

Director of Photography

5.9

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

2009

Director of Photography

6.4

Hancock

2008

Director of Photography

6.4

Dreamgirls

2006

Director of Photography

6.7

Friday Night Lights

2004

Director of Photography

6.9

The Rundown

2003

Director of Photography

6.4

Bait

2000

Director of Photography

5.7

The Guilty

2000

Director of Photography

5.7

The Long Way Home

1998

Director of Photography

6.3

Legalese

1998

Director of Photography

4.9

Hoods

1998

Director of Photography

6.6

Outrage

1998

Director of Photography

5.7

Bliss

1997

Additional Photography

5.4

Free Willy 3: The Rescue

1997

Director of Photography

6.1

Mandela and de Klerk

1997

Director of Photography

6.5

Volcano: Fire on the Mountain

1997

Director of Photography

6.3

Them

1996

Director of Photography

3.3

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh

1995

Director of Photography

5.5

The Omen

1995

Director of Photography

4.0

Dream Man

1995

Director of Photography

3.2

Killer

1994

Director of Photography

4.5

Double Cross

1994

Director of Photography

6.6

Sin and Redemption

1994

Director of Photography

4.0

Green Dolphin Beat

1994

Director of Photography

10.0

Just One of the Girls

1993

Director of Photography

5.3

Sexual Advances

1992

Director of Photography

South of Wawa

Cinematography

Chaindance

Director of Photography

3.5

Writer's Block

1991

Director of Photography

Quarantine

1989

Director of Photography

3.3

The Top of His Head

1989

Director of Photography

2.0

John Wyre: Drawing on Sound

Camera Operator

Television (2)

All the Light We Cannot See

2023

Cinematography

7.5

All the Light We Cannot See

2023

Director of Photography

7.5