Rene Jung (Director of Photography)
Rene was born on June 8th 1965 in Rostock, Germany. Finished High School (Extended Secondary School) in 1984 and was an Assistant Cameraman from 1984 -1988. He furthered his career by attending film school at Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam/Babelsberg, Germany, Cinematography Department, from 1988-1994. Master of Fine Arts in Cinematography in 1994 and became a free-lance cameraman from 1992 -1996. Since 1996 Rene has lived and worked in Los Angeles, CA and is the C.E.O. of JuRiFilm, Inc., a motion picture and television post-production editing facility with several crews shooting commercials and extensive German-related news coverage on media events such as the Academy Awards (Oscars). Rene has shot over a dozen features, many documentaries, television shows and corporate videos. His most notable features have been “Albino Farm,” “The Legend of Tillamook’s Gold,” “The 13th Alley,” “Rail Kings” and “Red Border.”
