Personal Info
Joseph Vilsmaier was born in 1939 and grew up in Munich and Pfarrkirchen. He undertook an apprenticeship at ARRI from 1953 to 1961 and studied Music at the Munich Conservatory. In 1961, he became a camera assistant at Bavaria and has been a director of photography since 1972. He made his directorial debut in 1988 with AUTUMN MILK (HERBSTMILCH), followed by RAMA DAMA (1990), STALINGRAD (1992), CHARLIE & LOUISE (1993), BROTHER OF SLEEP (SCHLAFES BRUDER, 1995), COMEDIAN HARMONISTS (1997), MARLENE (1999),LEO & CLAIRE (2001), ROCK CRYSTAL (BERGKRISTALL, 2004), THE LAST TRAIN (DER LETZTE ZUG, 2006), DIE GESCHICHTE VOM BRANDNER KASPAR (2008), and NANGA PARBAT (2009).
Filmography
- (Geschichte von Brandner Kaspar, Die)
- (Herbstmilch)
- And Nobody Weeps For Me (Und keiner weint mir nach)
- Bear On the Run (Baer ist los, Der)
- Brother of Sleep (Schlafes Bruder)
- Comedian Harmonists
- Hunger - Addicted to Love (Hunger - Sehnsucht nach Liebe)
- LAST TRAIN, THE (LETZTE ZUG, DER)
- Leo and Claire (Leo und Claire)
- Marlene
- Nanga Parbat
- Rock Crystal (Bergkristall)
- Stalingrad
- Straight Shooter
