Michael Hammon

Michael Hammon (born March 3, 1955 in Johannesburg , South Africa ) is a German cameraman and film director .

Life

Michael Hammon studied painting and photography in Cape Town and then from 1985 to 1991 at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin . Since then he has been working as a cameraman. He also worked as a director in 1991 with the Grimme award-winning feature film Wheels and Deals .

Filmography (selection)

camera

• 1987: A role in showers (short film)
• 1995–1999: Wolffs Revier (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 1996: The German People (Documentary)
• 1997: By season (documentary)
• 2000: the policewoman
• 2002: Half stairs
• 2002: cancellation
• 2002: Kurt Gerron - Trapped in Paradise
• 2005: Willenbrock
• 2008: just one summer
• 2008: Hidden Heart (documentary)
• 2008: cloud 9
• 2008: Leo and Marie - a Christmas love
• 2011: Wader Wecker Vater Land (documentary)
• 2011: Stop on the open road
• 2012: Araf - In No Man's Land
• 2012: Mr. Wichmann from the third row
• 2014: The hotel room
• 2015: When we were dreaming
• 2017: Timm Thaler or laughter sold

Director

• 1991: Wheels and Deals
• 2000: Hillbrow Kids (documentary)
• 2013: Gold - You can do more than you think (documentary)

Prizes and awards (selection)

• 1992: Adolf Grimme Prize with bronze for Wheels and Deals
• 1998: German Camera Award Documentation for After Season
• 2001: German Camera Award for TV film for Die Polizistin
• 2005: German Camera Award for feature film for Willenbrock
• 2008: Bavarian Film Award for the best image composition in Cloud 9

Web links

• Michael Hammon in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Michael Hammon at filmportal.de