Wolf Koenig
- Known for
- Production
- Born
- October 17, 1927
- Died
- June 26, 2014 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Dresden, Saxony, Germany
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
Why Men Rape
Movie · Producer
Eldon Rathburn: They Shoot... He Scores
Movie · Producer
When Shirley Met Florence
Movie · Producer
Kanehsatake, 270 Years of Resistance
Movie · Producer
Walker
Movie · Producer
Discussions in Bioethics: A Chronic Problem
Movie · Producer
Discussions in Bioethics: The Courage of One's Convictions
Movie · Producer
Laughter in My Soul
Movie · Producer
Ted Baryluk's Grocery
Movie · Producer
Nose and Tina
Movie · Producer
Canada Vignettes: Trading Post
Movie · Producer
Canada Vignettes: The Maple Leaf
Movie · Producer
Canada Vignettes: Sodbusters
Movie · Producer
Canada Vignettes: Voyageurs
Movie · Producer
Canada Vignettes: Faces
Movie · Producer
Deep Threat
Movie · Producer
The Street
Movie · Executive Producer
Canada Vignettes: Fashion Designer
Movie · Producer
Spinnolio
Movie · Producer
Amisk
Movie · Executive Producer
No Apple for Johnny
Movie · Producer
Poets on Film No. 1
Movie · Executive Producer
Poets on Film No. 2
Movie · Executive Producer
Extinction of the Dinosaurs
Movie · Producer
The Lion and the Mouse
Movie · Executive Producer
Face of the Earth
Movie · Producer
The Energy Carol
Movie · Executive Producer
The Housewife
Movie · Executive Producer
A Token Gesture
Movie · Executive Producer
Perspectrum
Movie · Producer
Natsik Hunting
Movie · Producer
Sikusilarmiut
Movie · Executive Producer
Who Are We?
Movie · Producer
The Light Fantastick
Movie · Producer
The Coldspring Project
Movie · Producer
Icarus
Movie · Producer
Ananse's Farm
Movie · Producer
Pictures Out Of My Life
Movie · Producer
Tickets s.v.p
Movie · Producer
The Innocent Door
Movie · Producer
The Family That Dwelt Apart
Movie · Producer
Ten: The Magic Number
Movie · Producer
The Myth and the Reality
Movie · Producer
Tilt
Movie · Producer
Exeter
Movie · Producer
Christmas at Moose Factory
Movie · Producer
Hot Stuff
Movie · Producer
Ashes of Doom
Movie · Producer
To See or Not to See
Movie · Producer
What on Earth!
Movie · Producer
The Drag
Movie · Producer
The Days of Whisky Gap
Movie · Producer
The Cars in Your Life
Movie · Producer
I Was a Ninety-pound Weakling
Movie · Producer
The End of the Line
Movie · Producer
The Back-breaking Leaf
Movie · Producer
Emergency Ward
Movie · Producer
Glenn Gould: Off the Record
Movie · Producer
Glenn Gould: On the Record
Movie · Producer
Country Threshing
Movie · Producer
The Days Before Christmas
Movie · Producer
Blood and Fire
Movie · Producer
A Foreign Language
Movie · Producer
Pilgrimage
Movie · Producer
Police
Movie · Producer
Memory of Summer
Movie · Producer