Luke Geissbuhler

Luke Geissbühler is an American cinematographer and producer, with a body of work based mostly on documentary works.

Life and career Luke Geissbühler, son of renowned graphic designer Steff Geissbühler, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television. He has received an Academy Award nomination for his work as cinematographer and producer on the short film, Time Freak, as well as receiving an Emmy Award for Street Gang, HBO's 2021 documentary about the beginnings of Sesame Street. In 2010, Geissbühler built a homemade spacecraft with his son Max that quietly recorded a trip through the blackness of space and returned safely back to earth, as chronicled in the viral video, Space Balloon.

Filmography Film

Direct-to-video Year Title Director Note 2008 Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd: Out of Control Gil Junger With Dave Perkal

Television Year Title Director Notes 2020 Group Alexis Lloyd 7 episodes 2008 A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa Kirk Thatcher TV movie

Documentary works Film

Television Reality TV Year Title Director Notes 2003 America's Next Top Model Cycle 1 2005 Inner Chef with Marcus Samuelsson Irad Eyal

Documentary series

Miniseries Year Title Director 2017 Gone: The Forgotten Women of Ohio Joe BerlingerCatharine Park 2022 Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes Joe Berlinger2023 Who Killed Robert Wone? Jared P. Scott I Wanna Rock: The '80s Metal Dream Tyler Measom 2025-2026 The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets Jared P. Scott