Eberhard Geick

German cinematographer Eberhard Geick initiated his career in the twilight of the Cold War, and, as such, one could use the Berlin Wall -- as well as its collapse -- to divide his career into three distinct phases. The first phase, during which Geick worked in communist East Germany, lasted about ten years. The most notable film he shot during this period was "Solo Sunny" (1980), which concerns a pop singer who joins the underground music scene in East Berlin after she is kicked out of her struggling band. "Solo Sunny" elucidated the discontent of the East German youth, which Geick expressed through gritty visuals. He might have felt such discontent himself, which led him to the second -- and briefest -- phase of his career, which found him working in West Germany from 1987 until the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. He worked on various projects during this short time, including the comedy "Crazy Boys" (1987), which revolves around a male striptease show, and the drama "Laputa" (1987), about the relationship between an architect and a photographer in the divided Berlin. 1989 and onward marks the third and most active phase of Geick's career, during which he served as the director of photography on numerous television productions in a now-unified Germany, including the award-winning comedy series "Berlin, Berlin," which ran from 2002 to 2005.