Gernot Roll

Gernot Roll
Gernot Roll in 2015
Born(1939-04-09)9 April 1939
Dresden, Germany
Died12 November 2020(2020-11-12) (aged 81)
Munich, Germany
Occupations
  • Cinematographer
  • Film director
  • Script writer
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.