Personal

Nationality
German
Languages
German: native
English: fluent
Spanish: intermediate
Professions
Director of photography, Camera operator
Preferred working area

Director of Photography

Camera Operator (Remote Wheel Head / Tripod / Handheld)

Accommodation options
Berlin, Leipzig, Mexico City, Barcelona, Freiburg

Experience & skills

Education

Filmuniversität Babelsberg Bachelor & Master of Cinematography

Studies Abroad:
Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica A.C. (Mexico City)

ESCAC Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (Barcelona)

Experience abroad
Guinea, Mexico, South Africa
Licenses
Car class
Special skills

Arrihead 2 / DJI Master Wheels / Gearhead / Kurbelkopf

Trained on Arrihead for precise camera movements by Mercedes Porter Hope (Alfonso Cuaron, "ROMA") at Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica A.C. (Mexico City)

Experienced in Indiefilmmaking

Own equipment

Proaim Orion V2 Camera Geared Head (Fluid Head Arrihead Alike)

Blackmagic URSA Mini G2 4.6K incl. Canon FD Lens Kit, Tripods, Wireless Focus System, Monitoring (...)

Canon J18x8.5B4 IRS with 2x extender (Mechanical EB Zoom Lens Kit with T1.8 Highspeed)

Indie-Cinefilm Kameraequipment

Further references

Director of Photography for the short fiction film I Was Never Really Here (16 mm), awarded Outstanding Cinematography at Tallgrass Film Festival; nominated for the German Short Film Award; rated “particularly valuable” by FBW Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung; screened internationally at Clermont-Ferrand, BFI Flare London, Filmschoolfest Munich (Audience Award), Poitiers Film Festival (Student Jury Award), Interfilm Berlin, Go Short Nijmegen, Vienna Shorts; international distribution via AG Kurzfilm in collaboration with German Films and Goethe-Institut.

Cinematography training in 35mm under Donald Bryant, AMC (operator on Total Recall, Amores Perros), with focus on exposure discipline, Push/Pull/Silver Retain, narrative camera work on ARRI BL3

ESCAC Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (Barcelona) - Camera Operating (Handheld, Dolly, Tripod, Crane, Gimbal, Gimbal On Crane w/ Wheel/Joystick)

Experience working across international contexts (Mexico, Spain, Guinea, South Africa, Greece), contributing to a broad cultural perspective and adaptability in collaborative film environments.

Awards

Outstanding Cinematography (Short film)
Director of photography

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