curriculum vitae

* born 1973 in Berlin/Germany
since 1987 shooting short films in super8mm
1992 lab internship at ARRIcontrast, Berlin
1992-1994 work as electrician, 1st assistant camera, dolly grip at student films of the 'Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen' (University for Film and TV of)
Potsdam-Babelsberg'
1993-1995 work as freelance electrician
since 1995 work as freelance gaffer
since 1996 work as a freelance 1st assistant camera
1998-2003 enrolled at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Graduation as 'Director of Photography'
since 1999 member of the German Society of Cinematographers (Bundesverband Kamera)
8-9/2003 Budapest Cinematography Masterclass 2003 (Zsigmond/Kovacs)


2007
- "Deutscher Fernsehpreis" (best picture) for "Rose"
2005
- "Eastman Förderpreis" (Eastman Award) for "Rose"
2003
- "Deutscher Kamerapreis" (German Camera Award) for "Vida!"
- "Hawk Cinematography Award" by Vantage Film for "Kiki & Tiger"
- "Academy Award nomination" (category 'Honorary Foreign Film') for "Kuscheldoktor"
2002
- "Deutscher Kamerapreis" (German Camera Award) for "Kuscheldoktor"
- "KODAK Award" for "Kuscheldoktor" and "Vida!"
1998
- "ADC Junior Team Award" for "Schulz & Schulz Reisen"



selected films as DP (fiction)
in preproduction:
- "Anduni" (D: Samira Radsi, 95', 2010)

in postproduction:
- "Der letzte Weynfeldt (The last Weynfeldt)" (D: Alain Gsponer, 90', 2009)
- "El Niño" (WT, D: Florian Cossen, Super35, 115', 2009)

- "Keine Angst" (D: Aelrun Goette, Super16, 90', 2008)
- "Lila, Lila" (D: Alain Gsponer, Super35, 110', 2008)
- "Polizeiruf 110 - Wie ist die Welt so stille" (D: Alain Gsponer, 90', 2007)
- "Märzmelodie" (D: Martin Walz, Super16, Super35, 112', 2007)
- "In passing" (D: Ann-Sofi Sidén, DV, 4-channel-projection, 15', 2006)
- "Anna's nightmare" (D: Roland Suso Richter, S16mm, 90', 2006)
- "Reinhard Mohn" (D: Roland Suso Richter, 35mm, S16, Super8, 2006)
- "GG19 (part of art. 11)" (D: Marcel Ahrens, S16mm, 8' of 120', 2006)
- "Life actually" (D: Alain Gsponer, S16mm, 100', 2005)
- "Rose" (D: Alain Gsponer, S16mm, 93', 2005)
- "The first word is missing" (D: G. Tsikarishvili, DV35K, 21', GEO 2004)
- "Wolfsschlucht" (D: Anja Jacobs, 35mm, 26', 2003)
- "Vida!" (D: Lisa-Marie Dickreiter, Winni Oelsner, S16mm, 26', 2002)
- "Kiki & Tiger" (D: Alain Gsponer, DV35K, 56', 2002)
- "Kuscheldoktor (Dr. Cuddle)" (D: Anja Jacobs, S16mm, 20', 2002)
- "Maifest" (D: Thomas Kühnl, S16mm, 15', 2001)
- "Nach Norden (northbound)" (D: David Spaeth, 16mm, 19', 2000)
- "Alte Zeiten (good old times)" (D: Winni Oelsner, 16mm, 18', 2000)
- "Talis" (D: Daniel Steiner, 16mm, 16', 1999)

commercials

- "CO₂-Fußabdruck" [BP] (D: Stephan Hadjam for TELEMAZ, 2006)
- "Andreas Walter" [Christoffel Blindenmission] (D: Stephan Hadjam for TELEMAZ, 2004)
- "Lauter" ['Emma' magazine] (D: Daniel Steiner, spec, 2002)
- "Winterzeit" [Citizen] (D: Steffen Doehner, spec, 1998)
- "6x Reisen" [Schulz & Schulz] (D: Till Fuhrmeister, 6x15" for Schulz & Schulz, 1998)