With dir Wim Wenders [right]


               


Born: 7 October 1967, Freiburg im Breisgau, [West-]Germany

Education: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg [FBW], Ludwigsburg [1991-95].

Career: Ph numerous commercials dir by Ralf Schmerberg [for Nike, Gatorade, Microsoft, a.o.], Tarsem [for Pepsi Cola], Martin Schmid [for BMW], Tim Löhr [for T-Mobile], Enda McCallion [for Deutsche Bahn], Cadmo Quintero [for T-Mobile], a.o. Ph music videos dir by Ralf Schmerberg, Matthias Freier, Wim Wenders ['Auflösen' - a: Die Toten Hosen], a.o.

Awards: Förderpreis der Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen [1998] for 'Hommage à Noir'; DKP nom [2004] & Festival de cortometrajes alemanes en Buenos Aires 'Best Cinematography' [2005] for 'Fragile'; Deutscher Filmpreis 'Beste Kamera' nom [2005] for 'Land of Plenty'; European Film Award [2005] for 'Don't Come Knocking'.

Website: Franz Lustig



FILMS & TELEVISION

1992

Heiß - Kalt/Kaltes Fieber [Markus Fischer] tvm/b&w-c; video ph; ph: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

1993

To Catch a Zimmermann [Jess von der Ahe] 16mm/c; short/14m; + ed; prod FBW

1994

Carpaccio [Johannes W. Betz] 16mm/c; short/15m; chief lighting tech; ph: Antonio Paladino; prod FBW

1995

Hommage à Noir [Ralf Schmerberg] s16-35bu/b&w; doc/47m; + co-ed

2000

Willkommen im Fußball-Land/Welcome to the Land of Football [Matthias Freier] c; short/1m30s; presentation for World Championship Football 2006

2001

Africola [Wim Wenders] commercial; uwph: Mike Valentine

2001

La Mer [Natja Brunckhorst & Frank Griebe] s35/c; short/14m

2002

2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weiß [Malte Ludin (ML)] DVcam+35mm-to-35mm/c; doc/85m; 2uc: Martin Gressmann, Birgit Gudjonsdottir, Nick Herholt & ML; filmed February-June 2002 & July 2003; released 2005

2002

Poem - Ich setzte den Fuss in die Luft, und sie trug/Poem - I Set My Foot Upon the Air and It Carried Me [seg #3 'Mörder', #8 'Sozusagen grundlos vergnügt' & #12 'Sophie' dir by Ralf Schmerberg] b&w-c; 19 seg; other ph: Darius Khondji, Robby Müller, Tom Henze, a.o.; filmed April 2000-April 2002

2002

Fragile [Sikander Goldau] s16-35bu/c; short/19m; prod HFFM

[Left] with dir Wim Wenders - "Land of Plenty"

2003

Land of Plenty [Wim Wenders] dv-to-35mm/c; filmed in 16 days

2004

Don't Come Knocking [Wim Wenders] Hawk Scope/c

2005

Dance for All [Elena Bromund & Viviane Blumenschein] mdv+s8-to-35mm/c; doc/92m

2007

8 [seg 'Person to Person' dir by Wim Wenders] c; 8 seg

2007

The Palermo Shooting [Wim Wenders] c

2008

Ninja Assassin [James McTeigue] s35/c; cph: Karl Walter Lindenlaub & Harvey Harrison; 2uc: Sönke Hansen; splinter unit ph: Sebastian Meuschel