Christoph Krauss (cameraman)

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Christoph Krauss (* 1964 in Hof (Saale) ) is a freelance cameraman and director of photography for scenic film and TV productions, documentaries and art projects (film and video installations).

Life

Christoph Krauss learned the camera trade at the State College for Optics and Photo Technology in Berlin and initially worked as a lighting technician , camera assistant and operator. Since 1995 he has been responsible as a cameraman for numerous productions in Germany and abroad. His filmography includes feature and television films, television series as well as documentaries, underwater recordings, action sequences and art projects.

Furthermore, in 1993 he helped set up the development-political video project "Theater for development" at the Bricks Township Center in Windhoek / Namibia and in 2010 taught at the Bauhaus University Weimar (Department of Media Design / Media Art) as part of a teaching assignment. Christoph Krauss lives in Berlin and is a member of the BVK, the professional association for cinematography . He is a member of the German Film Academy and the European Film Academy and is represented by the Players agency. With Manifesto he won the German Camera Award 2017 in the feature film category and a nomination for the German Film Award 2018 in the category "Best Camera / Image Design".

collaboration

Christoph Krauss worked with the following directors (alphabetical listing):

Christian Alvart , Angeliki Antoniou, Kevin Bachar, Walter Bannert , Axel Barth, bauhouse, Jürgen Bretzinger , Roland Busch, Sibylle Dahrendorf, Nicole-Nadine Deppé, Simone Dobmeier, Matl Findel, Herwig Fischer, Gunter Friedrich , Holger Gimpel, Nana Grote, Tsui Hark , Raoul W. Heimrich , Hermann Joha , Heidi Kranz, Torsten Künstler , Sylvie Lazzarini, Nicos Ligouris, Mathias Luther, M + M , Yingli Ma, Wojciech Marczewski , Uli Möller , Claudia Müller , Till Müller-Edenborn, Michael Muschner, Marc Ottiker , Stefan Richter, Julian Rosefeldt , Sigi Rothemund , Christoph Rüter, Christoph Schnee , José van der Schoot, Wolfram Seipp, Monty Simons, Torsten Striegnitz, Charly Weller , Rolf Wellingerhof, Eric Will, Donnie Yen , Chen Yifei, Tom Zenker, and others . a.

Projects

Fictional projects (selection):

  • A heavenly lazy angel (TV film, Germany 2019), director: Christoph Schnee , production: Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion / ZDF
  • Dogs of Berlin (Netflix series, episodes 05-10, D 2018), director: Christian Alvart , production: Syrreal Dogs / Netflix
  • Climb. Not. Out! (Feature film, Germany 2018), director: Christian Alvart , production: Syrreal Entertainment / Traumfabrik Babelsberg u. a.
  • Manifesto , (linear version of the film installation with Cate Blanchett in 13 roles, D 2015/16, 94 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt , production: Schiwago Film Berlin
  • Die Rosenheim-Cops (TV series, 44 episodes, Germany 2008-2017), directors: Walter Bannert , Herwig Fischer, Holger Gimpel, Tom Zenker, production: Bavaria Film / ZDF
  • Hubert and Staller (TV series, 3 episodes, Germany 2016), director: Holger Gimpel, production: Entertainment Factory / ARD
  • Die Garmisch-Cops (TV series, 16 episodes, Germany 2012–2013), directors: Walter Bannert, Holger Gimpel, production: Bavaria Film / ZDF
  • Schloss Einstein (children's series, 12 episodes, Germany 2010-2011), director: Till Müller-Edenborn, production: Saxonia Media / KiKa
  • White and blue stories (TV series, 10 episodes, Germany 2014 and 2010), directors: Walter Bannert, Gunter Friedrich , production: Bavaria Film / ZDF
  • Veterinarian Dr. Mertens (TV series, 17 episodes, Germany 2005–2009), directors: Mathias Luther, Heidi Kranz, production: Saxonia Media / ARD
  • Die Kommissarin (TV series, 3 episodes, Germany 2005), director: Charly Weller , production: Odeon TV / ARD
  • A Fall for Two (TV series, 2 episodes, Germany 2005–2006), director: Charly Weller, production: Odeon TV / ZDF
  • In the name of the law (TV series, 25 episodes, Germany 2001–2006), directors: Holger Gimpel, Mathias Luther, Charly Weller, Uli Möller , Axel Barth, Rolf Wellingerhof, production: Opal Film / RTL
  • Krimi.de (TV series, 2 episodes, Germany 2006), director: Mathias Luther, production: Kinderfilm / MDR / KiKA
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 (TV series, 7 episodes, Germany 2001-2004), directors: Axel Barth, Raoul W. Heimrich , Holger Gimpel, production: Action Concept / RTL
  • Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2 (TV series, 2 episodes, Germany 2003), director: Sigi Rothemund , production: Action Concept / RTL
  • "Tsui Hark - EFA Master Class 2001" (camera work for the action workshop under the direction of Tsui Hark ), production: European Film Academy
  • Der Puma - Fighter with Heart (TV series, 2 episodes, D 2000), director: Jürgen Bretzinger , Donnie Yen , production: Nostro Film / RTL
  • "Ways of seeing actors - directing actors" (camera work for the directing workshop under the direction of Wojciech Marczewski , 1999/2000), production: Master School Script / Focal
  • All time of the world (feature film, Germany 1997), director: Matl Findel, production: Schramm Film / ZDF
  • Days of Miandi (feature film, China / D 1996), director: Yingli Ma, production: DFFB Berlin / Wanhai Co. Beijing

Documentary projects (selection):

  • Fetish Karl Marx (D 2018, 52 min.), Director: Torsten Striegnitz a. Simone Dobmeier, Production: Medea Film / Arte
  • Artists - Katharina Grosse (TV series, 1 episode, Germany 2016, 45 min.), Director: Claudia Müller , production: Phlox Film / ZDF
  • Crackling time (partly, Burkina Faso / D 2010-11, 106 min.), Director: Sibylle Dahrendorf, production: Perfect Shot Films Berlin / ZDF / 3 Sat
  • Klaus Kinski, I'm not an actor (D 2000, 45 min.), Director: Christoph Rüter, production: Zero Film / WDR / Arte
  • Mummies: Frozen in Time (German part, D / USA 1999, 52 min.), Director: Kevin Bachar, production: Pangolin Pictures NY / Learning Channel
  • Now the night is coming to an end (Kinomagazin: Max Färberböck, D 1999), Director: Nicos Ligouris, Production: 3 Sat / WDR
  • Escape to Shanghai (German part, D / USA / China 2000, 70 min.), Director: Chen Yifei, production: Shanghai Yifei Culture Film
  • Byebye - Hello (D / Hong Kong 1997, 65 min.), Director: Yingli Ma, production: Hartmut Jahn Film / ZDF
  • Fire River (D / Croatia / Serbia / Bosnia-Herzegovina 1997, 50 min.), Director: Sibylle Dahrendorf, production: Sibylle Dahrendorf Film
  • Dances of the Night (German part, D / Egypt 1996, 60 min.), Director: Angeliki Antoniou, production: Jost Hering Filmproduktion / SFB / 3 Sat
  • Onder Broeders - Among Brothers (D / Netherlands 1996, 15 min.), Director: José van der Schoot, production: Jost Hering Filmproduktion / Arte
  • Der gute Mensch (Germany 1990, 60 min.), Director: Wolfram Seipp, production: Seipp Filmproduktion / HFF Munich

Art projects (selection):

  • Manifesto , (13-channel installation with Cate Blanchett in 13 roles, D 2015, 12x 10 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt , production: Schiwago Film Berlin
  • The Creation / In the Land of Drought (Single-Screen-Installation, D 2015, 45 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, Production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Ruhrtriennale
  • Deep Gold (single-screen installation, Germany 2013-14, 18 min., B / w), part of the Cadavre exquis Der Stachel des Scorpions , director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion
  • My homeland is a gloomy, cloud-covered country (4-channel installation, Germany 2011, 39 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion
  • American Night (5-channel installation, Germany / Spain 2009, 42 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion
  • European Film Award (3-channel live installation, Germany 2009), director: bauhouse, production: European Film Academy
  • The Shift (4-channel installation, Germany 2008, 22 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Schaubühne Berlin
  • Milk! (Single-screen installation, D / France 2007, 39 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Temps d'Image / Arte
  • Ship of Fools (4-channel installation, Germany 2007, 20 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + Partner
  • Lonely Planet (1-channel installation, D / India 2006, 16 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Goethe-Institut
  • Trilogy of Failure, The Perfectionist (3-channel installation, D 2005, 25 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + Partner
  • Trilogy of failure, Stunned Man (2-channel installation, Germany 2004, 25 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + Partner
  • Trilogy of Failure, Soundmaker (3-channel installation, Germany 2004, 35 min.), Director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + Partner
  • La Mecanique (video installation, Germany 2003, 12 min.), Director: M + M , production: M + M
  • Art pieces (2-channel installation, Germany 2001, 12 min.), Director: Michael Muschner, production: Michael Muschner / Akademie der Künste Berlin

Individual evidence

  • [1] "What should art be?", CineArte article on the Manifesto filming (log-in at Crew United required to access)
  • [2] "Christoph Krauss, BVK, on ​​Shooting Manifesto", interview on the "American Cinematographer" website
  • [3] "I like doing art projects", interview as part of the 100-year-old Arri project

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Krauss, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Hof (Saale)