Uta Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a director and cinematographer known for "The Wheel of Time", "Stranger Things", "Fellow Travelers" and "The Wire". Uta is a graduate of the Berlin Film and Television Academy where she studied directing. She received her MFA in cinematography from The American Film Institute (AFI) where she was also honored with the Mary Pickford Foundation Award for her outstanding work in Cinematography. She received an Emmy Nomination for her work as a cinematographer on the HBO Series "Hung". She made Variety's ten "Cinematographers to watch" list and was honored by Kodak with the Vision Award. Uta lives with her husband and two children in Los Angeles.