Johannes Praus

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Johannes Praus (born May 14, 1983 in Dresden ) is a freelance cinematographer and photographer.

Life

Johannes Praus was born in May 1983 in Dresden, the former GDR . He works as Director of Photography / Cinematographer for documentaries and feature films, is a member of the BVK Cinematography Association and a freelance photographer. Johannes lives in Berlin and Dresden.

Johannes Praus received various awards and nominations for his work during his studies in the camera course at the University of Film & Television "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam-Babelsberg . a. won the Kodak Cinematography Award three of his films were selected for the CamerImage Film Festival Bydgoszcz. He completed his diploma studies as a picture designer in 2013 with the theoretical work No relationship is impossible with distinction. His graduation film Nach Wriezen won the Grimme Prize in 2015 .

From April 2013 to March 2015 he was a master class student with Peter Badel at the Babelsberg Film University. His feature film debut Elswo won the Dialogue en Perspective award at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival , was selected for the European Panorama at CamerImage and won the Independent Camera Award at the 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . The documentary films Transit Havana (nomination for the competition at the International Documentary Film Festival Munich and the 51st International Film Festival Karlovy Vary) and Du warst mein Leben (Grimme Prize 2018 and nomination IMAGO - International Award for Cinematography 2019) received further awards . He was nominated for the German Camera Prize 2020 with pressure , and the series also received a nomination for the German Television Prize 2020 .

In addition to his cinematic work, he works as a freelance photographer and presented his work in various solo and group exhibitions. In 2018 he published his illustrated book, Moments of Reality brought with him, with 54 black and white illustrations of his photographic work.

Filmography (selection)

documentary

  • Roadcrew (2011, director: Olaf Held)
  • Toten Hosen - The Living Room Anniversary Tour (2012, Director: Olaf Held)
  • AG Geige - An Amateur Film (2012, Director: Carsten Gebhard)
  • After Wriezen (2012, director: Daniel Abma)
  • Forward Gear (2014, Director: Daniel Abma)
  • The Last Remix (2015, Director: Olaf Held)
  • Transit Havana (2016, director: Daniel Abma)
  • You were my life (2017, directed by Rosa Hannah Ziegler)

Feature film

TV movie, series, commercial

  • Wella - Friseure Bewegen II (2015, directed by Ole Wiedemann)
  • Berliner Modesalon (2015, director: Ole Wiedemann)
  • Wella - Friseure Bewegen III (2015, directed by Ole Wiedemann)
  • History of Central Germany, Episodes 94–97 (2017, director: diverse)
  • Print , Season 3, Episodes 28–30 (2019, Director: Chris Miera)

Short film, music video, installation

  • A toilet west (2008, directors: Heiner Heinke, Johannes Praus)
  • Armenian Fragments (2009, directed by Holger Wendland)
  • Farewell (2010, director: Bernd Kilian)
  • From the Sea (2010, Director: Felix Harmuth)
  • Sacrifice (2011, director: Johannes Leistner)
  • Roulette Prohlisienne (2011, director: Bernd Kilian)
  • Simple and moving (2012, director: Karl Hagen-Stötzer)
  • B-Day (2012, directed by Olaf Held)
  • Herzberg (2012, directed by David C. Bunners )
  • Swan (2012, directed by Henrike Naumann)
  • Freedom of movement (2017, directed by Fischer & el Sani)
  • Tristan Brusch - I'll Never Let Go (2018, Director: Lewis Lloyd)
  • Tristan Brusch - Here comes your best friend (2018, director: Tristan Brusch)
  • S (2019, director: Max Chrambach)
  • What do people do all day (2020, director: Simon Dybbroe Møller )

Awards and nominations (selection)

Cinematography Awards

Film awards

Photography exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

  • 2010: Mensch-India, International Meeting Center, Dresden
  • 2011: Mensch-India, Ladencafé Aha, Dresden
  • 2013: mining and smelting the or, Zimmertheater, Rottweil
  • 2018: Moments brought back from a reality, Karl-Liebknecht-Haus , Berlin
  • 2018: Moments brought back from a reality, Made in Wedding, Berlin
  • 2018: Moments brought back from a reality, Alte Feuerwache Loschwitz , Dresden
  • 2019: Moments brought back from a reality, Magic Mountain, Berlin

Group exhibitions

  • 2008: Cultural heritage: Preserve! Maintain !, Dreikönigskirche, Dresden (c / o Evelyn Richter )
  • 2008: Cultural heritage: Preserve! Maintain !, Weinbergkirche Pillnitz, Dresden (c / o Evelyn Richter )
  • 2010: Mariusz from the roller coaster, International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Kraków
  • 2011: mining and smelting the or, international contemporary art exhibition, Nuremberg
  • 2012: Reality of Work, Photokina , Cologne

Publications

Monographs

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 51st Grimme Prize 2015: Prize winners - 51st Grimme Prize 2015. (PDF) Retrieved on March 4, 2015 .
  2. ↑ 64th Berlinale 2015 - Perspektive Deutsches Kino: DFJW Prize Dialogue en perspective. Retrieved February 14, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Christoph Gröner: Explore the body . January 2015 ( Body Explore - Interview trade journal Film & TV Kamera - Issue: 01-2015 [PDF; accessed on February 27, 2015]).
  4. ↑ 49th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015: Independent Camera Award.
  5. ↑ 54th Grimme Prize 2018: Prize winners - 54th Grimme Prize 2018. (PDF) Retrieved on April 14, 2018 .
  6. ↑ German Camera Prize 2020: List of nominations for the German Camera Prize 2020. (PDF) Retrieved on March 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ German Television Prize 2020: Nominations - German Television Prize 2020. Accessed on June 4, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Moments brought back from a reality - Johannes Praus in Berlin - RLS
personal data
SURNAME Praus, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH May 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden