# Tobias A. Schliessler

Tobias A. Schliessler (born 5 November 1958) is a German cinematographer.

## Life and career

Schliessler was born in Baden-Baden, Germany, to documentary filmmaker and artist Martin Schliessler (1929–2008) and editor Anemone Schliessler (née Heim). His brother, Jochen, is a documentary filmmaker, and his sister, Tina, a film producer, photographer, and painter.
Schiessler grew up in Baden-Baden. In 1979 he moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and later studied film at the Simon Fraser University. After his graduation as a cinematographer, he started to work on documentary films and advertisement spots. In the late 1980s, he started to work for Canadian television productions. In 1997 he moved to Los Angeles, where he worked on the production of movies like Dreamgirls, Hancock and Battleship. He often works with the directors Bill Condon and Peter Berg. He is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1984 | My Kind of Town | Charles Wilkinson | With David Geddes |
| 1989 | The Top of His Head | Peter Mettler | With Peter Mettler |
| 1989 | Quarantine | Charles Wilkinson | |
| 1990 | Angel Square | Anne Wheeler | |
| 1991 | Chaindance | Allan A. Goldstein | |
| 1991 | South of Wawa | Robert Boyd | |
| 1992 | North of Pittsburgh | Richard Martin | |
| 1994 | Bulletproof Heart | Mark Malone | |
| 1994 | Max | Charles Wilkinson | Also credited as producer |
| 1995 | Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh | Bill Condon | First collaboration with Condon |
| 1997 | Free Willy 3: The Rescue | Sam Pillsbury | |
| 1998 | Hoods | Mark Malone | |
| 2000 | The Guilty | Anthony Waller | |
| 2000 | Bait | Antoine Fuqua | |
| 2003 | The Rundown | Peter Berg | First collaboration with Berg |
| 2004 | Friday Night Lights | Peter Berg | |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Bill Condon | |
| 2008 | Hancock | Peter Berg | |
| 2009 | The Taking of Pelham 123 | Tony Scott | |
| 2012 | Battleship | Peter Berg | |
| 2013 | The Fifth Estate | Bill Condon | |
| 2013 | Lone Survivor | Peter Berg | |
| 2015 | Mr. Holmes | Bill Condon | |
| 2016 | Patriots Day | Peter Berg | |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Bill Condon | |
| 2018 | A Wrinkle in Time | Ava DuVernay | |
| 2019 | The Good Liar | Bill Condon | |
| 2020 | Spenser Confidential | Peter Berg | |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | George C. Wolfe | |
| 2021 | Palmer | Fisher Stevens | |
| 2021 | Come from Away | Christopher Ashley | |
| 2022 | The Adam Project | Shawn Levy | |
| 2023 | Rustin | George C. Wolfe | |
| TBA | Kiss of the Spider Woman | Bill Condon | Post-production |
Documentary film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1986 | Close to Home | Ric Beairsto | |
| 2018 | The Rankin File: Legacy of a Radical | Peter Smilsky | 1986 footage |
| 2019 | And We Go Green | Fisher Stevens Malcolm Venville | |
Direct-to-video
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1993 | Anything for Love | Michael Keusch |
| 1994 | Double Cross | Michael Keusch |
| 1995 | Dream Man | René Bonnière |

### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 1989 | The Ray Bradbury Theater | David Brandes Allan Kroeker Randy Bradshaw | 3 episodes |
| 1990 | Mom P.I. | Brad Turner | Episode "When Sally Met Bernie" |
| 1990 | Neon Rider | Neill Fearnley | Episode "Confessions" |
| 1992 | The Heights | | 9 episodes |
| 2010 | The Big C | Bill Condon | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2015 | Ballers | Peter Berg | Episode "Pilot" |
| 2023 | All the Light We Cannot See | Shawn Levy | Miniseries |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1989 | Quarantäne | Nico Hofmann |
| 1991 | Writer's Block | Charles Correll |
| 1992 | Duplicates | Sandor Stern |
| 1992 | Sexual Advances | Donna Deitch |
| 1993 | Born to Run | Albert Magnoli |
| 1994 | Sin & Redemption | Neema Barnette |
| 1994 | Green Dolphin Beat | Tommy Lee Wallace |
| 1995 | The Omen | Jack Sholder |
| 1996 | The Limbic Region | Michael Pattinson |
| 1996 | Them | Bill Norton |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk | Joseph Sargent |
| 1997 | Volcano: Fire on the Mountain | Graeme Campbell |
| 1997 | The Escape | Stuart Gillard |
| 1998 | Outrage | Robert Allan Ackerman |
| 1998 | The Long Way Home | Glenn Jordan |
| 1998 | Legalese | Glenn Jordan |
| 1998 | DayBreak | Tucker Gates |