Who is Thorsten Thielow? ‘Harry & Meghan’ lensman worked in HBO docu on Woody Allen sex abuse allegations
MONTECITO, CALIFORNIA: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's highly anticipated Netflix docuseries 'Harry & Meghan' is out. It talks about their love story, family rifts, and racism. The six-episode docuseries is directed by Liz Garbus, an Emmy-winning and two-time Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker. However, the director of photography is Thorsten Thielow, who has a history of shooting controversial films, including 'Allen v Farrow', an HBO documentary on Woody Allen's sex abuse allegations that involved his daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old.
The Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering-directed series dug into the relationship between Mia Farrow and Woody and their split in 1992 after 12 years of relationship. Throughout the documentary, Dylan repeatedly accuses her adopted father of sexually abusing her as a child, which Allen, who infamously married his adopted daughter Soon-Yi-Previn, has consistently denied, reports LA Times.
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Who is Thorsten Thielow?
Thorsten, who is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York City, is an award-winning cinematographer who holds an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography, a Cinema Eye Honors Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography, and has multiple nominations including an IDA nomination for Outstanding Cinematography, states his official website.
According to DailyMail, the 43-year-old cinematographer has done many projects about A-list stars and controversial figures in recent years. He has also worked on the 2020 Netflix documentary 'Excuse Me, I Love You', a film about Ariana Grande. His most recent work includes the Academy Award-shortlisted and Emmy-winning documentary ‘The First Wave’, which is directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman.
Not just that, Thielow's work has been premiered multiple times at the Sundance Film Festival. In 2020, he shot the film 'Boys State', which was directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Jesse Moss and Amanda McBain. The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
In addition to that, the cinematographer is also a voting member of the documentary branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a founding member of the NYC Kamera Kollektiv, a boutique agency for documentary cinematographers.
