Wolf Koenig
Production
1927-10-17 · Dresden, Saxony, Germany
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.
Filmography
Rebels with a Camera
2006 · Movie
Show Girls
1998 · Movie
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
1995 · Movie
When Shirley Met Florence
1994 · Movie
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
1993 · Movie
Walker
1991 · Movie
Connection
1986 · Movie
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
1985 · Movie
Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions
1985 · Movie
Behind the Veil: Nuns
1984 · Movie
John Cat
1984 · Movie
Incident at Restigouche
1984 · Movie
Laughter in My Soul
1983 · Movie
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
1982 · Movie
Nose and Tina
1980 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters
1978 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post
1978 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs
1978 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf
1978 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: Faces
1978 · Movie
Deep Threat
1977 · Movie
The Street
1977 · Movie
Amisk
1977 · Movie
Poets on Film No. 1
1977 · Movie
Spinnolio
1977 · Movie
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
1977 · Movie
No Apple for Johnny
1977 · Movie
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
1977 · Movie
Poets on Film No. 2
1977 · Movie
The Lion and the Mouse
1976 · Movie
A Token Gesture
1975 · Movie
Natsik Hunting
1975 · Movie
Sikusilarmiut
1975 · Movie
The Energy Carol
1975 · Movie
The Housewife
1975 · Movie
Perspectrum
1975 · Movie
Face of the Earth
1975 · Movie
Icarus
1974 · Movie
Who Are We?
1974 · Movie
The Coldspring Project
1974 · Movie
The Light Fantastick
1974 · Movie
The Family That Dwelt Apart
1973 · Movie
Man: The Polluter
1973 · Movie
Ten: The Magic Number
1973 · Movie
Tickets s.v.p
1973 · Movie
Pictures Out Of My Life
1973 · Movie
The Myth and the Reality
1973 · Movie
Ananse's Farm
1973 · Movie
The Innocent Door
1973 · Movie
Exeter
1972 · Movie
Tilt
1972 · Movie
Christmas at Moose Factory
1971 · Movie
Hot Stuff
1971 · Movie
Ashes of Doom
1970 · Movie
N-Zone
1970 · Movie
Where There's Smoke
1970 · Movie
To See or Not to See
1969 · Movie
Le Québec as Seen by Cartier-Bresson
1969 · Movie
What on Earth!
1967 · Movie
The Drag
1966 · Movie
Steeltown
1966 · Movie
Stravinsky
1966 · Movie
Age of the Buffalo
1964 · Movie
Lonely Boy
1962 · Movie
The Living Machine
1962 · Movie
Festival in Puerto Rico
1961 · Movie
The Days of Whisky Gap
1961 · Movie
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
1960 · Movie
Universe
1960 · Movie
The Cars in Your Life
1960 · Movie
The Back-breaking Leaf
1959 · Movie
The End of the Line
1959 · Movie
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
1959 · Movie
Glenn Gould: On the Record
1959 · Movie
Emergency Ward
1959 · Movie
The Days Before Christmas
1958 · Movie
Police
1958 · Movie
Memory of Summer
1958 · Movie
Pilgrimage
1958 · Movie
Country Threshing
1958 · Movie
A Foreign Language
1958 · Movie
Blood and Fire
1958 · Movie
City of Gold
1957 · Movie
It's a Crime
1957 · Movie
Fish Spoilage Control
1956 · Movie
Gold
1955 · Movie
Corral
1954 · Movie
Neighbours
1952 · Movie
Sur le pont d'Avignon
1951 · Movie
Why Men Rape
Movie