Wolf Koenig

Wolf Koenig (October 17, 1927 – June 26, 2014) was a German-born Canadian movie director, producer, animator and cinematographer. He was a founder of Direct Cinema at the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). For NFB, he worked on movies such as Neighbours (1952) and Lonely Boy (1962). His animations included What on Earth! (1966) and The House That Jack Built (1967).

Koenig was born in Dresden, Saxony. He and his family fled Nazi Germany for Canada in 1937.

Koenig died on June 26, 2014 in Toronto, Ontario, aged 86.

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Other websites

 Wolf Koenig at the Canadian Encyclopedia

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