Gernot Roll

Gernot Roll (9 April 193912 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.

Life Roll was born in Dresden and grew up in Pirna. His first film as a camera assistant was the fairy tale film The Singing Ringing Tree. He also worked with directors including Jo Baier, Axel Corti and Peter Keglevic.

He was married to the producer Rita Serra-Roll;