Gernot Roll

Gernot Roll
Gernot Roll
	Gernot Roll in 2015
Born	9 April 1939; Dresden, Germany
Died	12 November 2020 (aged 81); Munich, Germany
Occupations	Cinematographer; Film director; Script writer;
Awards	Grimme-Preis; Deutscher Filmpreis; Deutscher Kamerapreis; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Bavarian Film Awards;

Gernot Roll (9 April 1939 – 12 November 2020) was a German cinematographer, film director and script writer. He collaborated on several films with directors Edgar Reitz and Sönke Wortmann. He was regarded as an expert on literary adaptations and film biographies, such as The Buddenbrooks, filming Thomas Mann's novel in eleven television episodes directed by Franz Peter Wirth, and the same work again in 2008 in the film directed by Heinrich Breloer.

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