German TV Award / Best Camera

This article lists the nominations and winners of the German Television Award in the Best Camera category since its introduction in 1999. The winners will be determined in a secret vote by an independent jury.

History and records

The Best Camera category was awarded from 1999 to 2009. In 2010, the award sponsors ( ARD , ZDF , RTL and Sat.1 ) announced that they wanted to reform the awarding of awards. Among other things, it stipulated that the category for cameramen / women would no longer be awarded. Among other things, the awarding of the German Television Prize should shift more to television formats / productions. From 2010 to 2014 the category was not awarded. After a further reform in 2015/2016, the category Best Camera from 2016 will be awarded again.

Each year, one winner is determined from three nominations. The first winner was Martin Langer for ARDs and WDRs Die Bubi Scholz Story , who was awarded the 1999 German Television Prize. The last winner so far is Annette Hess for ZDF's Ku'damm 56 , which was honored at the German TV Prize 2017 .

The following is a list of records from the most frequent nominees and winners in the Best Camera category . The winners and nominees in the other categories are not counted.

statistics	person	number	year
Most frequent award	Ngo The Chau	3	2005, 2016, 2020
Most frequent nominations (* = victory)	Holly Fink	4th	2001, 2002 , 2004 , 2006
Most frequent nomination without a win	Hans Fromm	2	1999, 2002
Most frequent nomination without a win	Benedict Neuenfels	2	1999, 2005

Winners and nominees

After the cameraman (s) and / or camerawoman / women have been specified, the film (s) and / or the series (s) for which he / she was / were nominated follows in italics and the associated or the associated television stations who are involved in the film or series. The winners are highlighted in bold type first.

1990s

1999

Martin Langer for The Bubi Scholz Story ( ARD / WDR )
- Hans Fromm for The Sex Thief ( ZDF / arte )
- Benedict Neuenfels for your best years (ZDF / arte) and My Friend Balou (ZDF / arte)

2000s

2000

Peter Döttling for waiting is death (ZDF / arte)
- Thomas Merker for The Soloist (ZDF)
- Axel Sand for Das Phantom ( ProSieben ) and Der Voyeur (ProSieben)

2001

Carl-Friedrich Koschnick for Beyond (ZDF / arte)
- Holly Fink for Nightmare of a Marriage ( RTL ) and Jenny Berlin - End of Fear (ZDF)
- Michael Hammon for Die Polizistin (ARD / WDR)

2002

Holly Fink for whiplash (ARD / SWR / BR / arte) and Forbidden Kisses (ZDF) and does he have a job? (ZDF / arte)
- Rudolf Blahacek for Late Revenge (ZDF / arte) and Who Loves Is Right (ZDF / arte)
- Hans Fromm for Dead Man (ZDF / arte)

2003

Theo Bierkens for The Lawyer and His Guest (ARD / SWR) and Himmelreich auf Erden (ZDF)
- Jo Heim for Under Suspicion (ZDF)
- Judith Kaufmann for Tatort : The Black Troll (ARD / RB / WDR)

2004

Holly Fink for Die Ärztin (ZDF), Carola Stern - double life (ARD / BR / WDR / arte) and life would be beautiful (ARD / BR)
- Hans-Günther Bücking for Jennerwein (ARD / BR / ORF )
- Hans Grimmelmann for In the Shadow of Power (ARD / NDR / MDR / arte)

2005

Ngo The Chau for Tatort : Scheherazade (ARD / Radio Bremen / WDR) and episode of the spring! (ZDF)
- Armin Alker and Dominik Schunk for Tatort: Where's Max Gravert? (ARD / hr )
- Benedict Neuenfels for 21 love letters (ZDF)