VITA
1965 born in Darmstadt/Germany
1985 graduate in Frankfurt/Main
1986 Abandoned studies in History of Arts and Biology in Frankfurt/M
1987 working as a Lighting Electrician, Grip, 2nd AC and finally as 1st AC
1990 moved to Berlin
1992 studies at the DffB (Film and Television Academy) Berlin/Germany
1997 marriage with Katalin Gödrös
1997 birth of Imre Edschmid
1999 Diploma at the DffB (Film and Television Academy) Berlin/Germany,
since then working as a DoP
2001 birth of Emanuel Edschmid
MOVIES
2022 JAKOBS ROSS / THE SONG WITHIN +++ director: Katalin Gödrös
- TURNUS FILMPODUCTION / AMOUR FOU
A Switzerland – Luxemburg Co Production - Producers: Anita Wasser / Michael Steiger / Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu / Bady Minck
- Cast: Luna Wedler / Valentin Postlmayr / Max Hubacher / Barbara Terporten / Marie Jung / Andreas Matti / Eugénie Anselin / Luc Feit / Orell Bergkraut / Annina Butterworth
2021 GUGELHUPFGESCHWADER +++ director: Ed Herzog
- CONSTANTIN FILM
- Producer Kerstin Schmidtbauer
- Cast: Sebastian Bezzel / Simon Schwarz / Eisi Gulb / Enzi Fuchs / Lisa Marie
Potthoff / Daniel Christensen / Siggi Zimmerschied
2018 LINDENBERG/MACH DEIN DING +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- LETTERBOX FILMPRODUCTION
- Producers: Michael Lehmann / Günther Russ / Johannes Pollmann
- Cast: Jan Bülow / Max von der Gröben / Detlef Buck / Charly Hübner / Julia Jentsch / Ruby O.Fee / Andreas Lust /Saskia Rosendahl / Ella Rumpf / Janette Hain / Tim Seyfi
2017 SAUERKRAUTKOMA +++ director: Ed Herzog
- CONSTANTIN FILM
- Producer: Kerstin Schmidtbauer
- Cast: Sebastian Bezzel / Simon Schwarz / Eisi Gulb / Enzi Fuchs / Lisa Marie Potthoff / Daniel Christensen / Siggi Zimmerschied
2016 SHELTER / AUS NÄCHSTER DISTANZ +++ director: Eran Riklis
- HEIMATFILM / RIVA FILM /RIKLIS FILM
German – Israel – Co Production - Producers: Bettina Brokemper / Michael Eckelt
- Cast: Neta Riksin / Golshifteh Farahani / Lior Ashkenazi / Mark Waschke
2014 ATOMIC FALAFEL director: Dror Shaul
- ARDENFILM / GETAWAY PICTURES / JOOYAA FILMPRODUKTION BERLIN / UCM UNITED CHANNELS MOVIES TEL AVIV
Israel – Germany – Newzeeland Co Prod. - Producers: Andro Steinborn / Chilik Michaeli / Dror Shaul / Amir Feingold / Avraham Pirchi / Minu Barati-Fischer / Matthew Metcalfe
- Cast: Michelle Treves / Shai Avivi / Mali Levi / Alexander Fehling
2014 WINTER KARTOFFEL KNÖDEL +++ director: Ed Herzog
- CONSTANTIN TELEVISION
- Producer: Kerstin Schmidtbauer
- Cast: Sebastian Bezzel / Simon Schwarz / Eisi Gulb / Enzi Fuchs / Lisa Marie Potthoff / Daniel Christensen / Siggi Zimmerschied / Janette Hain
2012 DAMPFNUDELBLUES +++ director: Ed Herzog
- CONSTANTIN TELEVISION
- Producer: Kerstin Schmidtbauer
- Cast: Sebastian Bezzel / Simon Schwarz / Eisi Gulb / Enzi Fuchs / Lisa Marie Potthoff / Daniel Christensen / Siggi Zimmerschied / Nina Proll / Ernst Hannawald / Robert Palfrader
2012 QUISSA The Tale of a Lonely Ghost +++ director: Anup Singh
- HEIMATFILM / NDFC CINEMAS OF INDIA
German – Indian – French – Dutch Co Production - Producer: Johannes Rexin
- Cast: Irrfan Khan / Tisca Chopra / Tillotama Shome / Rasika Dugal
- Awards:
- 2014 Indian Filmfestival Queenslnd/Australia Best Cinematography QISSA
- 2014 Vesoul Asian Film Festival INALCO Jury Award Anup Singh
- 2014 Rotterdam International Film Festival Dioraphte Award Anup Singh
- 2013 Abu Dhabi Film Festival Best Actress Tillotama Shome
- 2013 Bombay International Film Festival India Gold Silver Gateway
- Anup Singh
- 2013 Toronto International Film Festival NETPAC Award best Asian film
2011 DIE ABENTEUER DES HUCK FINN +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- NEUE SCHÖNHAUSER FILMPRODUKTION
HIFILM PRODUCTIONS ROMANIA - Producer: Boris Schönfelder
- Cast: Leon Seidel / Jacky Ido / August Diehl / Louis Hofmann / Henry Hübchen / Milan Peschel / Peter Lohmeyer / Michael Gwisdek / Heike Makatsch / Hinerk Schönemann
2010 DIE VERLORENE ZEIT (REMEMBRANCE) +++ director: Anna Justice
- MEDIAPARK Film und Fernsehproduktion
- Producer: Sven Woldt
- Cast: Alice Dwyer / Mateusz Damiecki / Dagmar Manzel / Susanne Lothar / Florian Lukas
- Awards:
- 2011 Schwerin Art of Film Festival //Audience Award Anna Justice
- 2012 Warzawa Jewish Filmfestival // best Cinematography
2009 BLACK DEATH +++ director: Christopher Smith
- EGOLI TOSSELL FILM / ZEPHYR FILMS / DREAMWORKS ANIMATIONS
UK – German Co Prod. - Producers: Jens Meurer / Phil Robertson / Robert Bernstein
- Cast: Sean Bean / Eddi Redmayne / Carice van Houten / John Lynch / Andy Nyman
- Awards:
- Screamfest Los Angeles, California, USA // Sean Bean (actor) // SebastianEdschmid(cinematographer)
- Screamfest Los Angeles, California, USA // Sean Bean (actor) // SebastianEdschmid(cinematographer)
2008 THE LAST STATION / EIN RUSSISCHER SOMMER +++ director: Michael Hoffman
- EGOLI TOSSELL FILM / ZEPHYR FILMS / DREAMWORKS ANIMATIONS
UK – German Co Prod. - Producers: Jens Meurer / Chris Curling / Bonnie Arnold
- Cast: Helen Mirren / Christopher Plummer / James McAvoy / Paul Giamatti / Anne-Marie Duff
- Nominations and Awards:
- 2010 Academy Awards USA / Nominated Oscar // Best Performance by an actress in a Leading Role: Helen Mirren // Best Performance by in a Supporting Role: ChristopherPlummer
- 2010 Golden Globes, USA // Nominated BestPerformance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture: HelenMirren // Nominated Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: Christopher Plummer
- 2010 Screen Actors Guild Awards // Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor im a Leading Role: Helen Mirren // Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role: Christopher Plummer
- 2010 Independent Spirit Awards // Nominated Best Feature: Jens Meurer, Chris Curling, Bonnie Arnold // Best Female Lead: HelenMirren // Best Supporting Male: Christopher Plummer // Best Director MichaelHoffmann
2007 ADAM RESURRECTED/EIN LEBEN FÜR EIN LEBEN +++ director: Paul Schrader
- ADAM PRODUCTIONS GMBH
Israel – German – US Co Prod. - Producers: Ehud Bleiberg / Werner Wirsing
- Cast: Jeff Goldblum / Willem Dafoe / Ayelet Zurer / Derek Jacobi
2006 SCHWESTERHERZ / TWISTED SISTERS +++ director: Ed Herzog
- EGOLI TOSSELL FILM
- Producers: Judy Tossel / Jens Meurer
- Cast: Heike Makatsch / Anna Maria Mühe / Sebastian Urzendowsky / Marc Hosemann
2005 ADAMA MESCHUGAAT / SWEET MUD +++ director: Dror Shaul
- HEIMATFILM
SIROCCO PRODUCTION
Israel – German Co Prod. - Producers: Johannes Rexin / Bettina Broekemper / Sharon Shamir / Philippa Koworsky / Edgar Tennenbaum
- Cast: Tomer Steinhof / Ronit Yodkevitz / Pini Tabger / Henri Garcin / Shai Avivi
2004 ALMOST HEAVEN +++ director: Ed Herzog
- EGOLI TOSSELL FILM
Jamaica – Germany Co Prod. - Producers: Judy Tossell / Jens Meurer / Nathalie Thompsen
- Cast: Heike Makatsch / Nikki Amuka Bird / Wotan Wilke Möhring / Ivan Shvedoff
2002 KISS AND RUN +++ director: Annette Ernst
- STOKED FILM
- Producers: Sebastian Popp / Robert Mahlzahn
- Cast: Ken Duken / Maggi Peren / Hinerk Schönemann / Karoline Schuch / Martin Kiefer
- Awards:
2005 Grimme-Award // KISS AND RUN
- Awards:
2001 MUTANTEN (MUTANTS) +++ director: Katalin Gödrös
- EGOLI TOSSELL FILM
- Producers: Judy Tossell / Jens Meurer
- Cast: Caroline Teska / Jacob Matschenz / Sabine Timoteo / Peter Lohmeyer
1999 DEEPLY +++ director: Sheri Elwood
- Canada – German Co Prod.
DEEPLY PRODUCTIONS INC.
TIME FILM UND TV PRODUKTION - Producers: Wolfram Tichy / Carolynne Bell / Karen Arikian
- Cast: Kirsten Dunst / Lynn Redgrave / Julia Brendler / Trent Ford / Roberta Watson / Brant Carver
1999 KLEINE KREISE +++ director: Jakob Hilpert
- VON VIETINGHOFF FILMPRODUKTION
- Producer: Jochen von Vietinghoff
- Cast: Cornelius Schwalm / Jakob Matschenz / Matthias Zelic
1999 FREMDE FREUNDIN +++ director: Anne Hoegh Kronen
- MONNEYPENNY FILMPRODUKTION
- Producers: Anne Leppin / Sigrid Hörner / Martin Walz
- Cast: Karoline Eichhorn / Inga Busch / Birol Ünel
TELEVISION
2023 VIKTOR BRINGT´S +++ director: Ed Herzog
- REAL FILM for AMAZON
- Producers: Sybille Stellbrink / Henning Kamm
- Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu / Enzo Brumm / Caroline Peters / Heino Ferch / Jasna Fritzi Bauer / Jacob Matschenz /
2021 DIE WESPE +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- GAUMONT for SKY
- Producers: Sabine de Mardt / Andreas Bareiss
- Cast: Florian Lukas / Lisa Wagner / Leonard Scheicher / Ulrich Nöthen / Sahin Eryilmaz
2020 RUHE, HIER STIRBT LOTHAR +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- HAGER MOSS FILMPRODUKTION
- Producer: Kirsten Hager
- Cast: Jens Harzer / Corinna Harfouch / Elisa Plüss / Merlin Sandmeyer
2019 DER FEIND +++ director: Nils Willbrandt
- MOOVIE GMBH
- Producers: Oliver Berben / Jan Ehlert / Karsten Rühl
- Cast: Klaus Maria Brandauer / Bjarne Mädel / Franz Hartwig / Ursina Lardi / Ulrike Kierner / Katharina Schlothauer / Harald Schrott / Marc Hosemann / Anne Ratte-Polle / Samuel Finz
2017 TATORT/UNTER KRIEGERN +++ director: Hermine Huntgebuth
- HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK
- Producer: Liliane Jessen
- Cast: Margaritha Broich / Wolfram Koch / Lina Beckmann / Golo Euler /Bruno Cathomas / Juri Winkler / Stefan Konarske
2015 AUFBRUCH +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- TAGTRAUM FILMPRODUCTION
- Producer: Gerd Haag
- Cast: Margaritha Broich / Wolfram Koch / Lina Beckmann / Golo Euler /Bruno Cathomas / Juri Winkler / Stefan Konarske
2015 TATORT/DIE GESCHICHTE VOM BÖSEN FRIEDRICH +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK
- Producer: Liliane Jessen
- Cast: Margaritha Broich / Wolfram Koch / Nicholas Ofczarek / Ursina Lardi
2014 MEINE FRAU, DIE FREMDE +++ director: Lars Becker
- MONA FILM PRODUKTION WIEN
- Producer: Thomas Hroch
- Cast: Ursula Strauss / Harald Kassnitzer / Nicholas Ofczarek / Philipp Hochmair
2013 MÄNNERTREU +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- HESSISCHER RUNDFUNK
- Producer: Liliane Jessen
- Cast: Matthias Brandt / Suzanne von Borsody / Maxim Mehmet / Lisa Hagmeister / Margarita Broich / Claudia Michelsen / Peri Baumeister / Philipp Hochmair
- Awards
- 2015 Grimme-Award // MÄNNERTREU
- 2014 German Television Price // MÄNNERTREU
2010 NEUE VAHR SÜD +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- STUDIO HAMBURG
- Producer: Lisa Blumenberg
- Cast: Frederick Lau / Miriam Stein / Robert Gwiesdek / Eike Weinreich / Johannes Klausner / Rosalie Thomass / Albrecht Schuch
- Awards
- 2011 Grimme-Award // NEUE VAHR SÜD
- 2011 Grimme-Award // NEUE VAHR SÜD
2008 DAS GLÜCK IST EINE ERNSTE SACHE +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- JOSEPHINE FILMPRODUKTION
- Producers: Volker Einrauch / Lothar Kurzawa / Hermine Huntgeburth
- Cast: Eva Löbau / Christine Schorn / Devid Striesow / Friedrich von Thun
2006 TEUFELSBRATEN +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- COLONIA MEDIA
- Producer: Günther Rohrbach
- Cast: Anna Fischer / Margaritha Broich / Ulrich Nöthen / Barbara Nüsse / Peter Franke
- Awards
- 2009 Grimme Price // TEUFELSBRATEN
- 2009 Grimme Price // TEUFELSBRATEN
2005 DER ELEFANT (TV SERIES) +++ director: Ed Herzog
- TEAM WORX
- Producer: Barbara Tiehlen
- Cast: Thomas Sarbacher / Katharina Abt / Niels Bruno Schmidt / Hannes Janneke / Birge Schade / Katharina Schüttler / André Hennicke / Ulrike Krumbiegel
2005 VÄTER, DENN SIE WISSEN NICHT… +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- JOSEPHINE FILMPRODUKTION
- Producers: Volker Einrauch / Lothar Kurzawa / Hermine Huntgeburth
- Cast: Thomas Sarbacher / Katharina Abt / Niels Bruno Schmidt / Janette Hain / Barbara Focke /Annika Kuhl
2003 DER ELEFANT (TV SERIES) +++ director: Ed Herzog
- TEAM WORX
- Producer: Barbara Tiehlen
- Cast: Thomas Sarbacher / Katharina Abt / Niels Bruno Schmidt / Janette Hain / Barbara Focke / Annika Kuhl
2003 DER BOXER UND DIE FRISEUSE +++ director: Hermine Huntgeburth
- JOSEPHINE FILMPRODUKTION
- Producers: Volker Einrauch / Lothar Kurzawa / Hermine Huntgeburth
- Cast: Ulrich Nöthen / Hinerk Schönemann / Katharina Schüttler / Peter Lohmeyer / Gaby Dohm
- Awards:
- 2005 Deutscher Fernsehpreis für die beste Regie Hermine Huntgeburth
- 2005 Deutscher Fernsehpreis für die beste Regie Hermine Huntgeburth
2003 MEIN ERSTER FREUND, MEINE MUTTER UND ICH +++ director: Annette Ernst
- DREAMTOOL ENTERTAINMENT
- Producers: Stefan Raiser / Felix Zackor
- Cast: Andrea Sawatzki / Herbert Knaup / Jasmin Schwiers / Karoline Schuch
2001 DAS VERFLIXTE 17. JAHR +++ director:Hermine Huntgeburth
- JOSEPHINE FILMPRODUKTION
- Producers: Volker Einrauch / Lothar Kurzawa / Hermine Huntgeburth
- Cast: Florian Martens / Andrea Sawatzki / Peter Lohmeyer
AWARDS
2019 Bavarian Film Awards / Audience Award /// SAUERKRAUTKOMA
2015 Grimme-Award /// MÄNNERTREU
2014 German Television Award /// MÄNNERTREU
2014 Indian Filmfest Queensland best Cinematography /// QISSA
2012 Warzawa Jewish Filmfestival best Cinematography /// DIE VERLORENE ZEIT
2011 Grimme-Award /// NEUE VAHR SÜD
2010 Los Angeles Screamfest, Best Cinematography /// BLACK DEATH
2009 Grimme-Award /// TEUFELSBRATEN
2007 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Price /// SWEET MUD
2005 Grimme-Award /// KISS AND RUN
2002 Int. Short Film Festival Aspen/USA,Best Photography /// LURCH
1998 Int. Filmfestival Targu Mures/Rom,Best Photography /// KUDAMM SECURITY
LECTURER ACTIVITIES
2024 Filmschool Konrad Wolf Potsdam /// Masterstudies/Jury
2024 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// Creating Images 1
2023 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// Shooting 2 Cameras
2022 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// The special Image
2022 IFS (International Filmshool Köln) /// Lightseminar 3
2017 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// Shooting 2 Cameras
2016 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// Mise en scène
2013 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// Creating Images 1
2013 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (New York) /// Camera and Lighting
2011 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// Shooting 2 Cameras
2010 DFFB (German Film and Television Academy Berlin) /// 16 mm Camera
2009 Kyoto Filmmakers Lab (Japan) /// Samurai Seminar