Uta Briesewitz (born 1967) is a German cinematographer[1] and television director.
She cultivated a preference for French Nouvelle Vague and Italian cinema at an early age, watching them on German television.
[3] In an interview, she recounted that Francois Truffaut's Day for Night, The Story of Adele H and The Man Who Loved Women, were some of the films that made strong impressions on her as a child.
[4] Later, Briesewitz considered becoming a painter, but decided it was too isolated as a career.
[3] She had an internship with a German television company, before she applied and completed a cinematography program at AFI Conservatory.