Born: 5 November 1945, Germany.

Education: Fachschule für Optik und Fototechnik, Berlin [unfinished].

Career: Ph numerous commercials dir by Gunars Martinsons, Sönke Wortmann, Detlev Buck [for Flensburger Pilsener], Mark Tiedemann [for Müllermilch], Frank Petzold [for Milka], a.o. Ph music videos. Directed commercials for Melitta, DAB Bank, Nivea, a.o. Also active as cinematography professor, e.g. at the Hamburg Media School. His wife, Svenja, is a still ph.

1970        Wie sag' ich's meinem Kinde? [Roland Cämmerer & Klaus von Schwarze] c; cph: Dieter von Soden

1982        Die leichten Zeiten sind vorbei/Männergeschichten [Ulli Weiß] c

1986        Das kalte Paradies [Bernard Safarik] c; cph: Pavel Schnabel & Tomi Streiff

1986        Jacob hinter der blauen Tür [Haro Senft] c

1987        Die Nacht des Marders [Maria Theresia Wagner] c

1991        Maß Farbe Licht/Measure Color Light [Jan Schmidt-Garre] b&w-c; doc/42m

1994        Bruckners Entscheidung/Bruckner's Decision [Jan Schmidt-Garre] 16mm/b&w; 2uc; ph: Pascal Hoffmann

1995        No Strings Attached/The Last Obsession [Josef Rusnak] c; replaced ph Richard Clabaugh; addph: Sven Kirsten; 2uc:

                    Tony Olivieri

1998        The Thirteenth Floor/Abwärts in die Zukunft/The 13th Floor - Bist du was du denkst? [Josef Rusnak] s35/c;

                    2uc: Don McCuaig; miniature ph: Britta Sell

1998        You're Dead.../You Are Dead [Andy Hurst] Arriscope/c; 2uc: Michael von Loeper

1998        Opera Fanatic [Jan Schmidt-Garre] v+s16-to-35mm/c; mus doc/96m; addph: Wolfgang Aichholzer, Julian Hohndorf, a.o.

2000        The Hollywood Sign/Der Himmel von Hollywood [Sönke Wortmann] scope/c

2000        All the Queen's Men/Die Männer ihrer Majestät [Stefan Ruzowitzky] s35/c; cph: Peter Kappel

2001        Igby Goes Down [Burr Steers] s35/c

2001        Hollywood Ending [Woody Allen] c

2003        Take Away [Georg Heinzen] c; short/8m

2003        Solo [Josef Rusnak] c

2003        The Legend of Simon Conjurer [Q. Mark = Stuart Paul] c; addph; ph: Howard Atherton & Doug Milsome

2004        Ohne Gnade/No Mercy [Birgit Stein] c

2004        The Fourth Generation/Die vierte Generation [Josef Rusnak] announced; status unknown

2004        The Physician/Der Medicus [Uli Edel] announced (October) as feature film & 2-part tvm for ZDF-tv

2005        Meet the Devil [Josef Rusnak] announced (December)

2006        The Contractor/The Shooter [Josef Rusnak (replaced Antoine Fuqua)] c/V; 2uc: Lorenzo Senatore

2007        It's Alive [Josef Rusnak] c; remake of film (1974)

2007        Lulu und Jimi [Oskar Roehler] c; 2uc: Nicolay Gutscher

2008        Jazz, Frauen und Schuhe [Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock] HD-to-35mm/c; short/7m

2008        Pandorum [Christian Alvart] c; 2uc: Sebastian Meuschel & Hagen Bogdanski

1978        Profis [Christian Weisenborn & Michael Wulfes] doc/16mm; co-addph; ph: Dieter Matzka

1982        Flucht aus Pommern. Schicksale im Kriegswinter 1944-45 [Eberhard Schubert] tvm

1987        Villa Rouge [Bernd Bajog] doc/87m/16mm; cph: Klaus Lautenbacher

1988        Le Gorille/Codename: Gorilla [ep 'Der Gorilla und der Berliner Kongreß/Le Gorille se mange froid' dir by Josef Rusnak]

                    13-part series; other ph: Alfio Contini & Étienne Szabo

1995        Die Partner [ep #1-8 dir by various] 26-part series, 1995-96; other ph: Clemens Messow

1996        Schimanski [ep #1 'Die Schwadron' dir by Josef Rusnak] series, 1997-present

1998        Das Gelbe vom Ei [Lars Becker] tvm; 2uc: Jörn Pott

1999        Aïda's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera [Jan Schmidt-Garre & Marieke Schroeder] 2-part mus doc; cph:

                    Craig Braden; in USA ep PBS-tv series 'Great Performances'

2000        Zwei Brüder [ep #15 'Tod im See' dir by Lars Becker] 17-part series, 1994-2001

2001        [Jenny Berlin -] Einsatz in Hamburg [ep #1 'Rückkehr des Teufels' dir by Lars Becker] series/s16, 2002-present

2002        Nachtschicht [pilot 'Amok!' dir by Lars Becker] series

2002        Liebe Schwester [Matti Geschonneck] tvm/16mm

2003        Tod im Park [Martin Eigler] tvm; 2uc: Gert Kappes; followed by series 'Solo für Schwarz'

2003        Nachtschicht [ep #2 'Vatertag' dir by Lars Becker] series

2004        [Jenny Berlin -] Einsatz in Hamburg [ep #5 'Bei Liebe Mord/Ende einer Dienstfahrt' dir by Lars Becker] see 2001

2004        Liebe nach dem Tod/Die Liebenden [Matti Geschonneck] tvm; 2uc: Rodja Kükenthal

2004        Die Nachrichten [Matti Geschonneck] tvm; 2uc: Rodja Kükenthal

2005        Tatort [ep #640 'Pauline' dir by Niki Stein] tvm-ep series, 1970-present (2006); 2uc: Matthias Bolliger

2006        Tatort [ep #663 'Das namenlose Mädchen' dir by Michael Gutmann] tvm-ep/s16 series, 1970-present (2007); 2uc:

                    Maximilian Lips

2007        Das jüngste Gericht [Urs Egger] 2-part tvm; addph; ph: Martin Kukula

2009        Mit Glanz und Gloria [Dieter Wedel] 2-part tvm; 2uc: Maximilian Lips & Rodja Kükenthal (+ c.op 'a' cam)

2009        Die Auflehnung [Manfred Stelzer] tvm