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Short Biography Christian Berger

 

Cinematography awards for THE WHITE RIBBON
Cinematographer of the year Los Angeles 09 - Hamilton Award Behind the Camera
Best Cinematography 2009 Los Angeles Film Critics award
Best Cinematography 2009 New York Film Critics Circle award
Best Cinematography 2009 US National Society of Film Critics award
Beste Kamera 2010 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik
LOLA 2010 Deutscher Filmpreis
Diagonale Kamerapreis AAC 10, Romy 2010
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography 2010, ASC (American Society of Cinematographers)
Oscar Nominierung 2010 Kamera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cinematographer for such renowned directors as Michael Haneke, Luc Bondy, Wolfgang Glück, Stephen Gaghan, Amos Gitai. Numerous Austrian and international awards.

Cinematographer, director, producer, and writer of numerous documentaries, made-for-TV films, and features.
His own projects (director and cinematographer) includes :

  • RAFFL (1983/1984)
  • HANNA MONSTER, DARLING (1988/1989)
  • MAUTPLATZ / TOLLGATE (1994).

University professor at the Vienna Film Academy.
Founding member of the Lichtakademie Bartenbach, guest lecturer at various international film schools (Bolzano, Havana, FEMIS / Paris, HFF and DFFB Berlin, danske filmskol Copenhagen, FAAP Sao Paolo).

Christian Berger developed the new “CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach” in collaboration with Bartenbach Lichtlabor.
In addition to creating new esthetic possibilities for the camera, this system gives actors and directors unprecedented flexibility and freedom.
Berger employed this system for the first time to some degree in THE PIANO TEACHER and exclusively used the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach to shoot the films DEAD MAN’S MEMORIES, NE FAIS PAS ÇA, MEIN MÖRDER, CACHÉ / HIDDEN, the commercial MASTERCARD, DISENGAGEMENT and THE WHITE RIBBON.

 

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Interview AFC Paris
Interview Movieline Los Angeles
www.pani.com
www.cine-rls.com
www.lichtakademie.com
www.mdw.ac/filmakademie/
www.ddatalent.com

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