Most recently he made BALDIGA – UNLOCKED HEART about the photographer Jürgen Baldiga. The film celebrated its world premiere at the 74th Berlinale in the Panorama Dokumente section.
He won the prize for best cinematography at the Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for the film MID SAISON in 2022. The film follows four young adults on the island of Usedom through their training.
He graduated from the University of Film and Television ‚Konrad Wolf’ in Potsdam-Babelsberg with a Diploma in Cinematography in 2013.
Before his studies, he worked as a freelance cameraman and assistant for public and private TV stations in Munich. He started his career as a trainee in a local TV station in 1999.
Furthermore he workes for a arthouse cinema in Bavaria since 1996. He is the proramming CEO and was responsible for the film selection and the organisation of various events. Their work has been honoured with numerous awards at state and national level. As part of his commitment, he was appointed to the jury of the AG Kino/Gilde (Competition section) in 2014 and to the jury of the CICAE (Panorama section) of the Berlinale in 2004.
since 2013 | freelance DoP |
2007 – 2013 | studies of cinematography at the University of Film and Television ‚Konrad Wolf’ |
2002 – 2007 | freelance cameraman & AC |
1999 – 2001 | trainee |
He is experienced with all current camera systems (digital and film). He has got advanced skills in lighting and colour grading.