List of Works

Selection, in red: Director and cinematographer

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  • 2016 MON GUERLAIN “NOTES OF A WOMEN” with Angelina Jolie

    Production: Superprime California, Iconoclast Paris
    Director: Terrence Malick
    Director of Photography, CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM



  • 2016 HAPPY END


    Production: Les Films du Losange Paris, X-Filme Creative Pool Berlin, Wega Film Wien
    Director: Michael Haneke
    with Jean-Louis Trintignant, Isabelle Huppert, Mathieu Kassovitz
    Director of Photography, CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM



  • 2015 THE NIGHT OF A THOUSAND HOURS


    Production: Amour Fou Vienna/Luxembourg, KeyFilm Amsterdam, Golden Girls Vienna
    Director: Virgil Widrich
    Director of Photography, CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM



  • 2014 BY THE SEA


    (Universal Pictures)
    Director Angelina Jolie, DOP
    with Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Melvil Poupaud, Niels Arestrup, Richard Bohringer.
    Director of Photography Cinemascope digital, CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM



  • 2012 THE NOTEBOOK


    (Hunnia Film Budapest, Intuit Pictures Berlin, Amour Fou Wien)
    Director János Szász
    Director of Photography Cinemascope digital, CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM
    Int. Filmfestival Karlovy Váry: Grand Prix Crystal Globe and Europe Cinema Labels Award
    Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2013
    Haifa International Film Festival 2013
    Chicago International Film Festival 2013
    Oscar 2014 shortlist for best foreign film



  • 2011 LUDWIG II


    (Bavaria Pictures, Warner, BR, Dor Film)
    Directors Peter Sehr and Marie-Noèlle
    Director of Photography Cinemascope digital, CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM



  • 2010 PHOTO EXHIBITION

    after Paris now in Vienna!
    Galerie EDITION PHOTO
    Gonzagagasse 20, 1st district
    December 17th 2012 until January 11th 2013


    GREEN – REGARDS PHOTOGRAPHIQUES – PHOTOGRAPHIC SIGHTS- Images 1894 – 2010
    Foire d’Art Moderne et contemporain 2010, Arts Elysées Paris octobre 2010
    Galerie Catherine Houard, Paris
    TTV Production, achieved with Marika Green
    GREEN – PHOTOGRAPHIC SIGHTS Images 1894 – 2010
    Contact marika.green@christianberger.at DVD limited edition MARIKA GREEN & EVA GREEN Paris 2010 PHOTO SESSION with Sonia Sieff filmed by Christian Berger



  • 2008 THE WHITE RIBBON


    (X-Filme Berlin, WEGA film Vienna, Les Films du Losange Paris, feature)
    director Michael Haneke, DOP
    with Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, Susanne Lothar, Burghard Klaussner, Ulrich Tukur using the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach
    Cinematography awards for THE WHITE RIBBON
    • Los Angeles 2009 Movieline / Hamilton Behind The Camera Award
    • CINEMATOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
    • Nomination for best Cinematography European Filmprize
    • Los Angeles Film Critics Awards – BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2009
    • New York Film Critics Circle Awards – BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2009
    • US National Society of Films Critics New York – BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 2009
    • American Society of cinematographers (ASC) award for OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
    • British Society of Cinematographers Nomination for best Cinematography
    • Romy 2010
    • Diagonale Preise 2010 AAC
    • Deutsche Film Preise 2010
    • Deutscher Filmpreis 2010 Lola



  • 2007 DISENGAGEMENT


    (Agat Films Paris, Pandora Film Cologne, feature)
    director: Amos Gitai, DOP.
    With Juliette Binoche, Liron Levo, Jeanne Moreau, Barbara Hendricks, shot using the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach
    Venice 07, Montreal 07, Haifa 07, Sao Paulo 07, Roberto Rossellini Award Rome 07



  • 2006 THE TYPEWRITER


    (commercial, producer: Form Los Angeles, Agency McCann Erickson)
    director: Stephen Gaghan, DOP
    shot using the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach



  • 2005 SEENOMADEN

    (documentary TTVFilm) modern nomadism, writer, director, DOP.
    DVD / TTV Film contact marika.green@christianberger.at
    www.seenomaden.at



  • 2004 HIDDEN


    (WEGAFilm Vienna, Les Films du Losange Paris, feature).
    director: Michael Haneke, DOP
    With Juliette Binoche, Daniel Auteuil, Annie Girardot, shot using the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach
    Cannes 05 – Official Selection, Award for Best Director, FIPRESCI International Film Critics’ Award, Prize of the Ecumenical Jury,
    Int’l Film Camera Festival MANAKI BROTHERS in Bitola 05: International Critics Jury Prize for masterful blending of new video technology with classical cinematography and Audience Prize for Christian Berger,
    Eurimages Award, Festival de Cine, Sevilla 2005
    European Film Award Berlin 2005 nominated for Best Camera/Feature Film,
    Best European Film, Best European Director, Best European Actor, Mr. Daniel Auteuil, FIPRESCI Award (Europäischer Preis der Filmkritik)
    Best « Foreign Language Film » Los Angeles Film Critics Association,
    San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards : Best Foreign Film
    “Goldener Kader” Best Cinematography/Feature Film AAC 05



  • 2004 MEIN MÖRDER

    (ORF/Wega Film)
    director : Elisabeth Scharang, DOP.
    Shot using the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach



  • 2003 FILMLIGHTING

    Making of the feature films DEAD MAN’S MEMORIES, NE FAIS PAS ÇA and HIDDEN on the development and application of the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM in collaboration with Bartenbach laboratory of light



  • 2003 NE FAIS PAS ÇA!

    (Les Films du Lendemain Paris, Wega Film Vienna)
    director: Luc Bondy,
    DOP. Shot using the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach



  • 2001/2002 DEAD MAN’S MEMORIES


    (Kino Co, TTV, Agora Film Munich, CONTRA COSTA Lisbon)
    written and directed by Markus Heltschl. Producer and DOP.
    First exclusive application of the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach
    Carlsbad Int’l Film Festival 03, Festival des Films du Monde Montreal 03, Viennale 03,
    Filmtage Hof 03, Max Ophüls Saarbrücken 03, Istanbul Film Festival 04, opening film for the Austrian Film Week in Paris 05, Sao Paulo 05



  • 2001 MÄRZ

    (TTV, short feature) a project with Händl Klaus. Producer and DOP.
    Diagonale 02, Graz



  • 2000/2001 THE PIANO TEACHER


    (WEGA Film Vienna, MK2 Paris, feature) director: Michael Haneke.
    DOP.First application of the CINE REFLECT LIGHTING SYSTEM Berger/Bartenbach
    Cannes 2001 – Official Selection Grand Prize of the Jury



  • 1996-1998 ETHNIC IDYLLS – sketches from a postwar country


    (TTVFilm, documentary in double projection) concept, cinematographer, director. Croatia 1995, 1996, 1997
    Kroatien 1995 – 96 – 97
    Faszination & Verwerfung Wien 97, Int’l Film Festival Rotterdam 98, Museumsquartier Wien 98 as part of the special program “Sarajevo Retour”, DIAGONALE Graz 98,
    Split 98, Kunsthalle Tirol 98, 36. film festival Uherské Hradisté Czech Rep.



  • 1995 LANDLEBEN

    (TTVFilm, documentary) concept, cinematographer, director.
    Diagonale 95, NEW CINEMA Award Viennale 96, Leeuwarden 98, Viareggio European Film Festival 99, “SHORT” Rome 99



  • 1995 ES WAR DOCH EINMAL LIEBE

    (WEGA Film Vienna, feature)
    director: Wolfgang Glück, DOP.
    Hof International Film Festival 96, Shanghai 1997



  • 1983-1995 Long-term documentation of three families in Hamburg (Multimedia Hamburg, ZDF, 10 x 45 min)
    Claudia Holldack, DOP.



  • 1993/1994 TOLLGATE


    (TTVFilm, feature) co-written with Werner Sallmaier, director, DOP.
    Int. Festival du Film de Strasbourg 95 “PASSAGES” Special Prize of the Jury,
    Diagonale 95, Bergamo Film Meeting 95, Karlovy Vary 95, Autori del cinema europeo Milan 95,
    Fantas-Porto 95, Rencontres Cinéma et Monde rural St. Flour 96, Austrian Film Week Mexico City 96, 7th Festival de Cine de la Union Europea, Montevideo 97 Uruguay, Peru Lima 97, opening film for the Austrian Film Week in Paris 97, opening film at the Muestra del Nuevo Cine Austriaco – XX Festival Int. del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano Cuba 98, EU Festival Malta 01,
    Austrian Film Weeks in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro 01, Austrian Film Week in Caracas 04

    DVD – TTV Film



  • 1993 – 71 FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONOLOGY OF CHANCE


    (WEGA Film Vienna, feature)
    director: Michael Haneke, DOP.
    La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes 94



  • 1991/1992 BENNY`S VIDEO


    (WEGA Film Vienna, feature)
    director: Michael Haneke, DOP.
    La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes 92
    Festival de l´image de film Chalon-sur-Saône 93 – Sélection Européenne, Best Lighting, FIPRESCI Award, “Goldener Kader” 1994 best cinematography



  • 1991 RABENMUTTER

    (ORF/TTVFilm)
    Monodrama with Elisabeth Orth, producer, director, and DOP.



  • 1990 MIRAKEL

    (Neue Studio Film Vienna, Limbo-Film Zürich, feature) director: Leopold Huber, DOP.
    Festival Award for Artistic Excellence Chicago 91, various awards in Europe



  • 1988/1989 HANNA MONSTER, DARLING



    (TTV Film, feature) writer, director, and DOP.
    With Marika Green, Hagnot Elischka, Peter Turrini
    Austrian entry to the Venice Int’l Film Festival – Orrizzonti 89, Viennale 89,
    Trieste, Milan, Rome 89,
    Gothenburg 90, Dresden 90, XVIII Festival Strasbourg 90, 14th Festival Hong Kong 90,
    Festival de L’ IMAGE DE FILM Chalon-sur-Saône 90, Fantasporto Portugal 91,
    Film Fantastique Brussels 91,
    Santa Barbara Int’l Film Festival 1996, Austrian Film Week in Paris 97

    DVD / TTV film



  • 1987 NACHSAISON

    (Marwofilm Vienna, Voissfilm Munich, feature)
    director: Wolfram Paulus, DOP.



  • 1985 DIE WILDEN KINDER

    (TTV/Film ORF) co-written with Monika Helfer,
    director and DOP



  • 1983/1984 RAFFL


    (TTVFilm, feature) co-written with Markus Heltschl, director and DOP.
    with Lois Weinberger and Dietmar Schönherr
    La Quinzaine des Réalisateurs Cannes 84, various international festivals,
    Max Ophüls Prize 85,
    Best Camera Moscow 85,
    Special Prize of the Jury Cadiz 85,
    Goldener Kader Vienna 86,
    Austrian National Prize for Film 86,
    Austrian Film Week in Paris 97, “The Blue Light: The Mountain Film” New York 98,
    Austrian Film Days in Montreal 99.

    DVD Hoanzl-H-416



  • 1982 NÄCHSTE WOCHE IST FRIEDEN, KALTER SOMMER, WAS DER MENSCH SÄET – DAS DORF

    (Multimedia HH/ZDF) 3 x 90min,
    Director : Claudia Holldack, DOP.



  • 1981 DER WEG INS FREIE

    (ORF/Schönbrunn Film 2X 90min) Director Karin Brandauer, DOP.
    With Klaus Maria Brandauer



  • 1980 OSTERREICHS STADTE HABEN ZEIT FUR SIE

    (TTVFilm for ÖFVW) writer, DOP, director.
    1st Prize/Tour Film Carlsbad 81, “Silberner Kompass” ITB Berlin



  • 1974 DER UNTERGANG DES ALPENLANDES (THE DECLINE OF ALPENLAND)



    (ORF/TTVFilm)
    with and by Werner Pirchner, director and DOP.
    1st Prize Linz Int’l Short Film Festival 74
    Order at Edition Werner Pirchner EU
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