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Wolf Koenig
Sign in to saveCanadian animator and film director (1927-2014)
Film & TV
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,…
Known for
- Rebels with a Camera — Self2006
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Austria
Discography
- Koenig2015
- Messing2020
- 1 Above Minus Underground2023
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Dresden
- Place of death
- Toronto
- Occupation
- director
- Employer
- National Film Board of Canada
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Work location
- Canada
- Residence
- Canada
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- date of death
- 2014-06-26
- date of birth
- 1927-10-17
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
- P8168
- Salamanca
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