Uli Burtin
Camera
Biography
Ulrich Paul Ferdinand Burtin, known as Uli Burtin, was born in 1940 in Austria and spent his childhood in his homeland and post-war Germany. At the age of 16, he began learning still photography at an advertising photography studio in Frankfurt. Between 1959 and 1962, he completed his training at the Higher Film School in West Berlin, and, in parallel, worked as a camera assistant in Berlin's UFA film industry. At the same time, he studied physics and chemistry at the Technical University of Berlin, however, without completing the course. Between 1962 and 1965 he initially worked as a camera operator at the Suedwestfunk studios in Baden-Baden, Germany. In 1969 he signed his first work as a photographer in a feature film, in “Die Fragestunde”, directed by Tom Toelle. He then performed “Schrott”, by Eberhard Itzenplitz, and “Bambule”, by Ulrike Meinhof and Eberhard Itzenplitz, all in black and white. During this period he also photographed several political documentaries in countries such as China, Cuba, Egypt, Israel and, mainly, in Africa, where in 1968 he made four documentaries during an expedition and had the opportunity to cross the continent in a Kombi. In 1971, Burtin was hired by the German government as a technical advisor for the Konrad Adenauer Foundation to plan and set up the technical part of TV Educativa in Rio de Janeiro, currently TV Brasil. Before returning to Germany in 1974, he also administered courses and prepared handouts on lighting at TV Globo in Rio. Between 1974 and 1979 he photographed feature films and TV series in Austria, Germany, England, France and Spain, as well as documentaries in Mozambique, Ethiopia, Lebanon and Israel, produced for German television and ABC, in the United States. United. His definitive move to Brazil took place at the end of 1979, when he photographed and, sometimes, co-produced documentaries throughout Latin America for several international channels. From 1981 onwards he began photographing advertising films and music videos, in Brazil and abroad, becoming a partner at the production company VPI in São Paulo. In 1995 he signed the photography for the feature film “Deus Junior”, by Mauro Lima, with whom he established a partnership. Burtin and Lima also worked together on “Tainá 2” (2004) and “Meu Nome Não É Johnny” (2007). Other highlights of his career are the films “Hans Staden”, by Luis Alberto Perreira (Brazil/Portugal, 1999), “Die Wasserfaelle von Slunj” (Austria/UK, 2002), by Peter Patzak, “Lisbela e o Prisioneiro”, by Guel Arraes (2003), “The Journey to the End of the Night”, by Eric Eason (USA. 2006), “Elvis e Madonna”, by Marcelo Laffitte (2007), “Salve Geral”, by Sergio Resende (2010 ), “Vai que Dá Certo 1 e 2”, by Mauricio Farias (2011/15), “O Caseiro”, by Julio Santi, (2015) and “The Hand of The Creator”, by Odilon Rocha (UK, 2016) . Burtin is also the author of several technical and journalistic articles and created the digital book “On Scenic Cinematography”. In recognition of his work for the development of Brazilian audiovisual, he was granted the status of Partner Emeritus of ABC.
Known For
In a dark and decadent area of São Paulo, the exiled Americans Rosso and his son Paul own a brothel. Paul is a compulsive gambler addicted in cocaine and his father is married with the former prostitute Angie, and they have a little son. When a client is killed by his wife in their establishment, they find a suitcase with drugs.
Journey to the End of the Night
José Pedro de Freitas, better known as Zé Arigó, was a simple man who lived with his wife Arlete in Congonhas, Minas Gerais. During the 1950s, a time when Spiritism was not as well known and respected in the country, Arigó became a symbol of hope through his surgeries and spiritual cures. Based on a true story, Arigó, with the help of the spirit of Dr. Fritz, performed numerous spiritual surgeries on people from Brazil and the world.
The Surgeon of the Rusty Knife
No description available.
Os Sonhos de um Sonhador - A História de Frank Aguiar
After receiving a new blade, a blender suddenly gains consciousness. As it grapples with existential questions, it becomes the sole companion to the grieving wife of a missing man.
Reflections of a Blender
The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.
My Name Ain't Johnny
Quinzinho has a promise to keep: to take his son, Neco, to the city to watch a Mazzaropi movie. They live in a small farm in São Paulo. In this odyssey through the towns of São Paulo, he also takes his wife Zulmira, who goes unwillingly, and their donkey Policarpo. On their journey, they find regional peculiarities and undergo magical situations related to popular belief.
Red Carpet
"Bambule" is German prison slang for "riot". This 1970 TV movie follows a day in the life of three adolescent borstal girls in Berlin: Irene escapes (but returns after she finds no bearings in the outside world), Monika is caught and transferred against her will to another home run by nuns, Iv (Evelyn) incites her room mates to riot at night.
Bambule
Just 12 hours after having his daughter in the custody of a kidnapper, the influential communicator Sílvio Santos faces an even more complicated obstacle: his home is invaded and he is held hostage for seven hours. Realizing that his life is at risk, he seeks refuge in the distant thoughts of his entire trajectory, which began when he was just a 14 year old teenager working as a street vendor.
Silvio
The young warrior indian Tainá must now battle against biopirates, and is joined by a new boy from the big city and an indian little girl who wants to follow her steps as a protector of the jungle.
Tainá 2 - A New Amazon Adventure
5 friends have a plan to rob a transporter that can change their lives.
Vai Que Dá Certo
After going through a failed heist, 5 friends, apparently back to their normal lives, are involved in an opportunity to pull off another one.
Vai Que Dá Certo 2
On the eve of his return to Europe after an extended involuntary stay in 16th-century Brazil, the German sailor Hans Staden is captured by a hostile cannibal Indian tribe. In order to survive he tries to convince the Indians that he is not Portuguese (their enemies) but a friend of the French (their allies), and that his God would be very angry if they were to eat him.
Hans Staden
A copywriter gets famous with his first book. When asked to write a new novel about love for his publisher, he urgently needs tutoring since he doesn't know the first thing about it. His way through the beds leads him to the very young Orli. In her he discovers the true meaning of love, which makes him forget all the wrong paths of the past decades and feel young again.
Das Einhorn
In Copacabana, lesbian photographer Elvis is hired to deliver pizzas in the night shift on her motorcycle. Her first assignment is a delivery to the transgender hairdresser Lady Madonna, whom she falls in love with.
Elvis & Madonna
After many years away, development aid worker Peter Kessel returns to his home town of Gutenbach in 1982. He is astonished to discover that a lot has changed there. Cashless payments are used everywhere and facilities such as screen journals and video telephones have become a matter of course. Kessel tries to adapt to the changed circumstances and encounters difficulties in the process.
1982: Gutenbach
Davi Carvalho is a psychology professor who wrote a book about how we project traumas of our past as paranormal events. A student from out of the city, Renata, appears in his life, asking for help for his little sister, Julia. Someone is hurting her and her father believes it is the ghost of a caretaker that lived in the family property years ago. Renata seeking for a rational answer, invites Davi to go to there family's house in order to find the truth behind it.
The Caretaker
No description available.
Magal e os Formigas
"Pro Dia Nascer Feliz" é o segundo longa-metragem do diretor João Jardim, diretor do cultuado documentário "Janela da Alma" que, em 2002, bateu recordes de público no gênero. Através de uma investigação do relacionamento do adolescente com a escola - ambiente fundamental em sua formação - o diretor traz à tona, além de questões comuns a qualquer adolescente dentro do ambiente escolar, questões como a desigualdade social e o impacto da banalização da violência no desenvolvimento de muitos desses jovens.
Pro Dia Nascer Feliz
Félix, a genius teenager, decides to look for the renowned scientist Einstein, brought back by the company Empirion. He is the person needed to finalize his invention and stamp the definitive passport to the world of science.
Empirion: Uma Aventura com Einstein
Lisbela is a young woman who loves going to the movies. Leléu is a con man, going from town to town selling all sort of things and performing as master of ceremonies for some cheesy numbers, such as the woman who gets transformed into a gorilla. He gets involved with Linaura, a sexy and beautiful woman who happens to be the wife of the most frightening hitman of the place. The hitman finds out his wife's affair and goes after Leléu, who has to leave in a hurry. In another town, he meets and falls instantly in love with Lisbela, who is engaged to Douglas, a hillbilly who tries hard to pass for a cosmopolitan Rio de Janeiro dweller.