Tanja Häring studied cinematography at the collage of Art in Dortmund and at the renowned Filmakademie in B-W. Her work is honored with several awards, including the german camera award. Her strength as a cinematographer is the capability to create strong atmosphere with versatile character in lighting and she has a creative and open-minded approach to camerawork. Tanja continues to work successfully across genres utilizing her unique and modern style. Her deep personal interest in photographing people and telling their stories remains a constant theme throughout. Therefore she travels the world several times. Great girl from Berlin.

Languages

German | English

Leena Koppe was born in Vienna and studied cinematography at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. During her studies she already worked as camera assistant and lighting technician for commercials, TV productions and feature films. One of her student works was invited to Cannes in 2002 and won the Best Photography Award in Tarragona. Since her graduation Koppe has shot five feature films, several documentaries, TV movies, a few commercials and projects with visual artists and dancers. She was nominated three times for the Austrian Film Award, and twice for the Romy Award which she won in 2015. She also won the Best Picture Award in 2011 as the first female Director of Photography and the Kodak Analog-Filmaward in 2019.

Languages

German | Finnish | English | French (basic)

Special Skills

Diving | Film analog 35mm and 16mm | Greenscreen | Remotehead

Since having finished her studies of cinematography at the University of Film “Konrad Wolf” Kirsten Weingarten works as Director of Photography for documentaries, fiction film, art film productions, image films and music videos.
Working experience abroad in several Countries including Lithuania, Turkey, Poland, Ukraine, Ivory Coast and Jerusalem. She is based in Berlin.

Languages

German | English (fluent) | French (basic)

Jennifer Günther has worked as a cinematographer since she graduated from filmschool in 2006. Her focus is feature films and documentaries, but also music videos and corporate films. She started shooting fictional shorts on 16mm, continuing with documentaries, two feature films and a TV series. In 2014 she shot the prime time feature film "Aus der Kurve" (dir: Stanislaw Mucha) for German Television ARD as a DoP, followed by the documentaries "Geld Macht Kunst" (dir: Martina Müller), "Lucica and her children" (dir: Bettina Braun) and the german austrian coproduction "All for the countryside" (dir: Gesa Hollerbach).
Jennifer has worked throughout Europe, as well as in Kenia, Cuba, China.

Languages

German (native) | English (fluent) | French (fluent) | Spanish (basic)

Special Skills

analog film

Britta Mangold was born in Lübeck and spent her childhood in Ethiopia, Zuoz/Engadin, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Heidelberg and Bonn. Already at a young age she recognized her passion for cinema and theatre. She began her career in the art department of theater and feature film, working with well-known artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Jerome Savary, Otto Schenk and Percy Adlon. Eventually, she joined ARRI Camera Rental for a one year internship - as the first woman ever. She then worked worldwide for national and international cinematographer as focus puller (1st AC). From 1994 she worked as a cinematographer for Hollywood, among others, in Roland Emmerich's team on the miniature units of the films 13th Floor, The Patriot and 10 000 B.C. She has also worked on hundreds of commercials for many major brands. In addition to working as a DoP for commercials, feature films and documentaries, Britta also works as a directing DoP for commercials. She lives with her husband and daughter in Munich.

Languages

German (native) | English (fluent) | French (basic)

Special Skills

Gimbal | Drohne | VFX | film analog 35mm, 16mm | Blue - Greenscreen | Miniatures | High Speed | Skiing

I was born in Romania, based in Berlin and Munich, graduated from HFF Munich in 2017. I am a cinematographer and filmmaker, fiction-documentary-crossover-projects specialist, a highly creative visual artist and empathic human being who loves communication and creative exchange. I have a unique ability to go with the flow and incorporate the existing and changing circumstances. I am extremely passionate about the process in which ideas transform into visualization and I love working in an intimate, focused and creative relationship with my directors. I work both in fiction and documentary.
I am engaged with projects that aim to bring awareness to various topics of our modern, contemporary society and I Iove to work on projects that aim to bring awareness to women ́s rights issues around the globe.

Languages

German (native) | English (fluent) | Norwegian (fluent) | Romanian (fluent) | French (basic)

Special Skills

16mm | 35mm | Drone