”My aim is not only to make a beautiful image, it is rather leading us closer to that what constitutes an impressive one: intimacy, intensity and passion." Siri Klug studied cinematography at the “ German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb)”. Her works can be seen at festivals worldwide and have achieved several awards - like Main Award at IDFA Amsterdam 2013, German Feature Length Documentary Award 2015, German Film Award LOLA 2020 and Max Ophüls Best Documentary Film 2022. Since 2010 she has been working as
lecturer at various film schools in Gemany and abroa. As cinematographer she has realized projects in French Guyana, in the rainforest of the Congo Basin, in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Vietnam, Mexico, Siberia and in the USA.
Languages
German (native) | English (fluent) | French
Special Skills
CRLS Lighting System (own equipment) | Gimbal: MoVI | DJI Ronin | Gravity One | 16mm and 35mm film shooting | certified production manager (IHK) | Production Company and Services
Selected Credits
Black Shadow | 4-part documentary series | D: Liz Wieskerstrauch, Steffen Hudemann, Stjepan Klein | P: Kinescope Film, SKY Germany | Germany | 2021-2022
Anima | feature-length documentary | D: Uli Decker | P: Flare Film, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel | Germany | 2022
Loving Highsmith | feature-length documentary | D: Eva Vitija | P: Ensemble Film, Lichtblick Film, ZDF, Arte, SRF | Germany, Switzerland | 2022
Last of the Wild | feature-length documentary | D: Bernadette Weigel | P: KGP Wien, ORF | Austria | 2021 - 2022
The Fiever | feature-length documentary | D: Katharina Weingartner | P: zero one film GmbH, Pooldoks Filmproduktion, Langfilm | Germany, Austria, Switzerland | 2019
Born in Evin | feature-length documentary | D: Maryam Zaree | P: Tondowski Films, Golden Girls, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel | Germany, Austria | 2017
Song from the Forest | feature-length documentary | D: Michael Obert | P: Tondowski Films, Majade, WDR | Germany | 2013
