Christoph Krauss
Christoph Krauss is a freelance cinematographer and director of photography for fictional movie and TV-productions, documentaries and art projects.
Life
Christoph Krauss learnt the craft of cinematography at Berlin's Technical College for Optics and Photo-Technics and started his professional career as a lighting technician. Then, he went on to become an assistant cameraman and camera operator later. Since 1995, he has had responsibility for cinematography on numerous productions in Germany and abroad. His filmography includes feature films, TV-series and documentaries as well as underwater photography, action film shoots and art projects.In 1993, he helped set up the developmental video project "Theatre for Development" at the Bricks Township Center in Windhoek, Namibia. Later, he also taught at the Faculty of Media Design/Media Art at the Bauhaus University Weimar as part of a lectureship in 2010.
Christoph Krauss lives in Berlin and belongs to the German Society of Cinematographers,.
He is a member of the German Film Academy as well as the European Film Academy and is represented by the agency "Players".
With Manifesto he won the German Cinematography Award 2017 in the category feature film and a nomination for the German Film Awards 2018 / Best Cinematography.
Co-operation
Christoph Krauss has co-operated with the following directors :Christian Alvart, Angeliki Antoniou, Kevin Bachar, Walter Bannert, Axel Barth,, Jürgen Bretzinger, Roland Busch, Sibylle Dahrendorf, Nicole-Nadine Deppé, Simone Dobmeier, Max Färberböck, Matl Findel, Herwig Fischer, Gunter Friedrich, Holger Gimpel, Esther Gronenborn, Nana Grote, Tsui Hark, Raoul W. Heimrich, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Hermann Joha, Sebastian Ko, Heidi Kranz, Olaf Kreinsen, Torsten Künstler, Sylvie Lazzarini, Nicos Ligouris, Mathias Luther, M+M, Yingli Ma, Wojciech Marczewski, Uli Möller, Claudia Müller, Till Müller-Edenborn, Michael Muschner, Christian Niccoli, Marc Ottiker, Stefan Richter, Julian Rosefeldt, Sigi Rothemund, Christoph Rüter, Christoph Schnee, José van der Schoot, Wolfram Seipp, Monty Simons, Torsten Striegnitz, Charly Weller, Rolf Wellingerhof, Eric Will, Donnie Yen, Chen Yifei, Tom Zenker
Projects
Fictional projects :Tatort: Driving home for Christmas, director: Sebastian Ko, production: Bremedia Produktion / Radio BremenTatort: Trotzdem, director: Max Färberböck, production: Hager Moss Film / BRPolizeiruf 110: Cottbus Kopflos, director: Christoph Schnee, production: Eikon Media / RBBZielfahnder - Polarjagd, director: Sebastian Ko, production: W&B Television / ARDNächste Ausfahrt Glück, director: Esther Gronenborn, production: Producers at Work / ZDFStrafe / Der Taucher, director: Oliver Hirschbiegel, production: Moovie / TV NOWDas weiße Schweigen, director: Esther Gronenborn, production: Nordfilm / TV NOWMatze, Kebab und Sauerkraut, director: Christoph Schnee, production: CCC Cinema and Television / ZDFDie Heiland - Wir sind Anwalt, director: Christoph Schnee, production: Olga Film / ARDDer faule Engel, director: Christoph Schnee, production: Neue Schönhauser Filmproduktion / ZDFDogs of Berlin, director: Christian Alvart, production: Syrreal Dogs / NetflixSteig. Nicht. Aus!, director: Christian Alvart, production: Syrreal Entertainment / Traumfabrik BabelsbergManifesto, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Schiwago Film BerlinDie Rosenheim-Cops, directors: Walter Bannert, Herwig Fischer, Holger Gimpel, Tom Zenker, production: Bavaria Film / ZDFHubert und Staller, director: Holger Gimpel, production: Entertainment Factory / ARDDie Garmisch-Cops, directors: Walter Bannert, Holger Gimpel, production: Bavaria Film / ZDFSchloss Einstein, director: Till Müller-Edenborn, production: Saxonia Media / KiKaWeißblaue Geschichten, directors: Walter Bannert, Gunter Friedrich, production: Bavaria Film / ZDFTierärztin Dr. Mertens, directors: Mathias Luther, Heidi Kranz, production: Saxonia Media / ARDDie Kommissarin, director: Charly Weller, production: Odeon TV / ARDEin Fall für Zwei, director: Charly Weller, production: Odeon TV / ZDFIm Namen des Gesetzes, directors: Holger Gimpel, Mathias Luther, Charly Weller, Uli Möller, Axel Barth, Rolf Wellingerhof, production: Opal Film / RTLKRIMI.DE, director: Mathias Luther, production: Kinderfilm / MDR / KikaAlarm für Cobra 11, directors: Axel Barth, Raoul W. Heimrich, Holger Gimpel, production: Action Concept / RTLAlarm für Cobra 11 – Einsatz für Team 2, director: Sigi Rothemund, production: Action Concept / RTLTsui Hark - E.F.A. Master Class 2001, production: European Film AcademyCodename: Puma, director: Jürgen Bretzinger, Donnie Yen, production: Nostro Film / RTLWays of seeing actors - directing actors, production: Master School Drehbuch / FocalAlle Zeit der Welt, director: Matl Findel, production: Schramm Film / ZDFDays of Miandi, director: Yingli Ma, production: DFFB Berlin / Wanhai Co. BeijingDocumentary projects :Unsere Herzen – Ein Klang, director: Torsten Striegnitz and Simone Dobmeier, production: Gebrüder Beetz / ArteFetisch Karl Marx, director: Torsten Striegnitz and Simone Dobmeier, production: Medea Film / ArteKünstlerinnen - Katharina Grosse, director: Claudia Müller, production: Phlox Film / ArteKnistern der Zeit, director: Sibylle Dahrendorf, production: Perfect Shot Films Berlin / ZDF / 3 SatKlaus Kinski, Ich bin kein Schauspieler, director: Christoph Rüter, production: Zero Film / WDR / ArteMummies: Frozen in Time, director: Kevin Bachar, production: Pangolin Pictures N.Y. / Learning ChannelNun geht die Nacht zu Ende, director: Nicos Ligouris, production: 3 Sat / WDREscape to Shanghai, director: Chen Yifei, production: Shanghai Yifei Culture FilmByebye - Hello, director: Yingli Ma, production: Hartmut Jahn Film / ZDFFeuerfluss, director: Sibylle Dahrendorf, production: Sibylle Dahrendorf FilmTänze der Nacht, director: Angeliki Antoniou, production: Jost Hering Filmproduktion / SFB / 3 SatOnder Broeders - Unter Brüdern, director: José van der Schoot, production: Jost Hering Filmproduktion / ArteDer gute Mensch, director: Wolfram Seipp, production: Seipp Filmproduktion / HFF Munich
Art projects :Euphoria, director: Julian RosefeldtManifesto, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Schiwago Film BerlinThe creation / In the Land of Drought, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / RuhrtriennaleDeep Gold, part of the cadavre exquis Der Stachel des Skorpions, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt FilmproduktionMy home is a dark and cloud-hung land, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt FilmproduktionAmerican Night, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt FilmproduktionEuropean Film Award, director:, production: European Film AcademyThe Shift, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Schaubühne BerlinMilk!, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Temps d'Image / ArteShip of Fools, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + PartnerLonely Planet, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Goethe InstitutTrilogy of failure, The Perfectionist, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + PartnerTrilogy of failure, Stunned Man, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + PartnerTrilogy of failure, Soundmaker, director: Julian Rosefeldt, production: Julian Rosefeldt Filmproduktion / Arndt + PartnerLa Mecanique, directors: M+M, production: M+MKunst-Stücke, director: Michael Muschner, production: Michael Muschner / Akademie der Künste Berlin