Biography

Wolfgang Held ASC has been traveling the globe, exploring documentary and fiction filmmaking since the 1990s. He has photographed more than 100 films, among them Brüno, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, the Netflix series The Warhol Diaries, nominated for an Emmy in Cinematography and the Oscar winning fiction short The Neighbor's Window.O.G., an HBO movie starring Jeffrey Wright, was shot in an active maximum-security prison. The film mixes inmates and actors as its cast and crew. This Stolen Country of Mine, a documentary he filmed in the mountains of Ecuador, has been nominated by his ASC peers for best documentary cinematography in 2023.

Held is a founding member of the Kamerakollektiv, a group of New York cameramen/women who share their love for cinematic, socially-conscious filmmaking. He is a member of the ASC, AMPAS, IATSE/600, BAFTA and the TV Academy and has an MFA in Film. He owns his camera/ lighting gear and loves to travel.

- IMDb mini biography by: Wolfgang Held