Sven Zellner
Sven Zellner is a German photographer, camera operator and documentary filmmaker.
Life
Zellner was born on December 20, 1977, in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.From October 2002 to February 2010, he studied camera in the cinema and television film department at the University of Television and Film Munich. He has been a lecturer there since 2009.
Filmography (selection)
- 2010: Die Bumblebee
- 2012: Preis des Goldes
- 2015: Don't Look at Me That Way
- 2020: Walchensee Forever
- 2020: Black Milk
Awards (selection)
- 1995: Second prize at the „BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
- 2000: Second prize in the category Landschaft at the „BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
- 2009: Third prize for Tsogzol – Goldgräber in der Mongolei at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool
- 2012: ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis for his film Preis des Goldes
- 2013: Second prize for Wounded Places at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen
- 2015: Honorable Mention of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film
Exhibitions
- 2012 „NINJAS“ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
- 2013 „NINJAS“ Deutsche Botschaft in Ulaanbaatar
- 2014 „Mongolian Disco“ Leica Fotografie International Galerie, Hamburg
- 2014 „Mongolian Disco“, Radialsystem V
- 2015 „Mongolian Disco“, German House, UN Plaza, New York
Publications
- Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 133 „Es darf wehtun“ Samstag/Sonntag 11./12. June 2016
- GEO „Zukunft auf Eis“ February 2016
- Delayed Gratification „slowing pains“ January 2016
- Das Magazin „Mongole mit Kohle“ No 10 .
- GEO International „Ulan-Bator“ May 2014
- Leica Fotografie International „Mongolen Disko“ February 2014
- Terra Mater „Goldrausch im Wilden Osten“ December 2012
- VIEW „Knallharte Träumer“ April 2014
- Nikon Pro „Risking life and limb“ April 2015