Christine A. Maier’s cinematography has been featured in films by Henner Winckler, Amie Siegel, Jamie Babbit, Barbara Albert and Jasmila Žbanić, whose film Grbavica won the Golden Bear at Berlinale in 2006. Quo vadis, Aida?, her most recent cooperation with Žbanić, celebrated its premiere in 2020 in the competition at the Venice International Film Festival and is chosen for the International Feature Film category of the 2021 OSCAR and BAFTA shortlists. Venice is also where Maier’s career began 23 years ago, with her first feature film „Nordrand“, directed by Barbara Albert. In 2018, she received the Austrian Film Award for Best Camera for Mademoiselle Paradis by Barbara Albert. In 2020, she was honoured with the FC Gloria Award.
Languages
German | English | French (basic)
Selected Credits
Serviam (WT) | feature film | D: Ruth Mader | P: EPO film | Austria | 2021
Quo Vadis, Aida? | feature film | D: Jasmila Zbanic | P: Deblokada, COOP99, Razorfim | BIH,AUT,D,ROU,NL,POL | 2020
Life Guidance | feature film | D: Ruth Mader | P: KGP Filmproduction | Austria | 2018
Mademoiselle Paradis | feature film | D: Barbara Albert | P: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion, LOOKS Filmproduktion | Austria, Germany | 2017
Free Rainer – Dein Fernseher lügt | feature film | D: Hans Weingartner | P: Kahunna Film, COOP 99 | Germany, Austria | 2008
Die Liebe der Kinder | feature film | D: Franz Müller| P: 2Pilots Filmproduktion | Germany | 2008
Grbavica | feature film | D: Jasmila Zbanic | P: COOP 99, Deblokada, Film Noir | Austria, Bosnia, Germany | 2006
