VITA
EDUCATION
2010 - 2012 Hamburg Media School - Master of Arts in Cinematography
2005 - 2010 School of Art and Design Kassel - Master of Arts in Visual Communication / Film
FILMOGRAPHY
Year
2021
2021
2021
2021
2020
2020
20192018
2017
2016
2015
20152014
2014
2013
2013
2012
2011
2011
Title
Nord Nord Mord - Sievers sieht Gespenster
Nord Nord Mord - Sievers und der große Knall
So laut du kannst
Soko Hamburg
Solo für Weiss - Das letzte Opfer
Soko Hamburg
Soko Hamburg
Kokon
Svanurinn / The Swan
Maybe, Baby!
Abroon
Manche hatten Krokodile
Lotte
A Story of Anastacia
Nach dem Regen / When the rain is over
Ursula
Stürzende Tauben / Tumbling Birds
I have a boat
Acht Monate / Eight Months
Genre
tv feature
tv feature
tv feature
tv series
tv feature
tv series
tv series
feature
feature
feature
feature
documentary
feature
documentary
short feature
short feature
short feature
short feature
short feature
Director
Ole Zapatka
Ole Zapatka
Esther Bialas
Charlotte Rolfes
Esther Bialas
Esther Bialas / Ole Zapatka
Esther Bialas
Leonie Krippendorff
Àsa Helga Hjörleifsdòttir
Julia Becker
Henrik Peschel
Christian Hornung
Julius Schutheiß
Marcus Sternberg
Tanja Schwerdorf
Valentin Kleinschmidt
Esther Bialas
Nathan Nill
Maxim Kuphal-Potapenko
Production
Network Movie
Network Movie
Relevant Film
Network Movie
Network Movie
Network Movie
Network Movie
Jost Hering Filme
Junafilm, Vintage Pictures
Oma Inge Film
FiveSeven Films
Tamtam Film
Finderlohnfilm
Free The Dragon
Tamtam Film
Uni Hildesheim
HMS
HMS
HMS
AWARDS / SCREENINGS
The Swan
Lotte:
Stürzende Tauben:
I have a boat:
Nur eine Nacht:
*TIFF Toronto International Film Festival, Canada 2017 world premiere
*Best Film - Cairo International Film Festival, Egypt 2017
*Best Director - Kolkata International Film Festival, India 2017
*Jury Special Mention Award - Santa Barbara Film Festival, USA 2018
*Special Mention - Skip City International Film Festival, Japan 2018
*Distribution Prize - Napoli Film Festival, Italy 2018
*Best Cinematography nomination at Eddan Awards 2018
*Hamburg Fimfest 2017
*Leiden International Film Festival, Netherlands 2017
*Rome Film Festival - Alice nella città 2017
*Nordic Film Days Lübeck 2017
*Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece 2017
*Noordelijk Film Festival, Netherlands 2017
*Ljubljana International Film Festival, Slovenia 2017
*Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival 2017
*European Film Forum Scanorama 2017
*Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia 2017
*Kerala International Film Festival, India 2017
*Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden 2018
*Victoria Film Festival, Canada 2018
*Glasgow Film Festival, Scotland 2018
*Prague International Film Festival – Febiofest, Czech Republic 2018
*BUFF Malmö International Film Festival for Children & Young People, Sweden 2018
*Titanic Budapest International Film Festival, Hungary 2018
*Northern Lights Film Festival, Belarus 2018
*Nashville Film Festival, USA 2018
*Bucharest International Film Festival, Romania 2018
*Cinema Jove International Film Festival, Spain 2018
*Scandinavian Film Festival, Austrailia 2018
*Shetland Screenplay Film Festival 2018
*Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland 2018
*Vladivostok International Film Festival Pacific Meridian, Russia 2018
*Riga International Film Festival, Lativia 2018
*Tofifest International Film Festival, Pland 2018
*Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy Festival tour 2018
*in cinemas 2018 - North America, China , Lithuania, Estonia, Iceland, Italy
*Berlinale, Perspektive deutsches Kino 2016
*Best feature - Achtung Berlin / new berlin film award 2016
*Best feature - Corto Creativo UDCI Tijuana, Mexico 2016
*Best narrative feature - Queens World Film Festival, USA 2017
*in cinemas 2016
Best Cinematography - Festival International de Escuelas de Cine Barcelona, Spain 2013
1st prize / best foreign short - New York International Short Film Festival, USA 2013
1st prize / best short - Lighthouse International FIlm Festival New Jersey, USA 2013
1st prize / best youth` film - International Student Film Festival Sehsüchte Potsdam, Germany 2013
1st prize / best short / Jury Award - Film Festival Münster, Germany 2013
2nd prize / "silver pegasus" - International Short Film Festival Montecatini, Italy 2013
17th Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, USA 2013 (competition)
7th Golden Anteaters Film Festival Lublin, Poland (competition)
Umea International Short Film Festival, Sweden 2013 (competition)
34th Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival Saarbrücken, Germany 2013 (competition) (premiere)
TV: arte, Germany 2013
1st prize / Audience Award - La Meko Filmfestival Landau, Germany 2013
1st prize / best short - Filmfest Bayreuth, Germany 2013
1st prize / Jury Award & Audience Award - Short Film Festival Kufstein, Austria 2012
1st prize / best short - International Filmfestival ContraVision Berlin, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Kinofest Lünen, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Diessener Kurzfilmfestival, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Türkisches Film Festival Frankfurt, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Lampenfieber Short Film Festival Frankfurt, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Unabhängiges FilmFest Osnabrück, Germany 2012
3rd prize / Bronze - BuSho International Short Film Festival Budapest, Hungary 2012
2nd prize - Shorts at Moonlight Mainz, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Grand Prix - Shortynale Klosterneuburg, Austria 2012
1st prize / "goldener Zollstock" - Wendland Shorts, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - International Filmfest Emden, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short "movy 2012" - Filmforum NRW, Germany 2012
1st prize / best short - Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing, Germany 2012
34th Biberacher Filmfestspiele, Germany 2012 (competition)
28th Interfilm International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany 2012 (competition)
27th International Film Festival -Cinema Jove- Valencia, Spain 2012 (competition)
9th Wegiel Film Festival, Poland 2012 (competition)
18th European Short Film Festival Cambridge, USA 2012 (competition)
33th Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival Saarbrücken, Germany 2012 (competition) (premiere)
TV: Einsfestival & hr-Fernsehen, Germany 2011
1st prize / Jury Award / best short - International Film Festival Tamil Nadu, India 2010
1st prize Beste Regie & nominated for Beste Kamera - Cellu l`art Jena, Germany 2010
2nd prize / Silver - XXS Film Festival Dortmund, Germany 2010
nominated for Best German Young Short & recommended for Best German Short 2010
Audience Award - 33th Grenzland Film Festival Selb, Germany 2010
Sponsorship Award - 9th Film Festival Verden, Germany 2010
entered Saatchi & Saatchi New German Directors Showcase 2010
22th Film Festival Dresden, Germany 2010 (competition)
7th CineFest Miskolz, Hungary 2010 (competition)
8th Imaginaria Film Festival Conversano, Italy 2010 (competition)
International Student Film Festival Cinestud Amsterdam, Holland 2010 (competition)
31th Max Ophüls Preis Film Festival Saarbrücken, Germany 2010 (premiere)