Florian Hoffmeister

• Name — Florian Hoffmeister • Born — 1970 • Birthplace — Braunschweig, West Germany • Education — German Film and Television Academy Berlin • Occupation — Cinematographer, director • Spouse — Mona Kino • Website — http: florianhoffmeister.de/ • Years Active — 1996–present

Hoffmeister graduated from high school in 1989 and got his first job as an intern electrician on a film production. He studied directing and cinematography at Berlin's German Film and Television Academy. His first film, Three Degrees Colder won him a Silver Leopard for Best First Feature Film at the Locarno International Film Festival. A major breakthrough would come in 2011 when he served as the primary cinematographer on the British television mini-series Great Expectations, winning him an Emmy, a BAFTA, and the ASC award. He was listed by Variety in its "10 Cinematographers to Watch" list. In 2016, he directed The Have-Nots, a film based on the novel by Katharina Hacker. The film is in black and white, which Hoffmeister explained as a strategy to "change how the audience in the theatres would view reality and whether the film would strike an emotional impact on them".

Short film • Stimmen der Welt (1998) Feature film • Three Degrees Colder (2005) (Also writer) • The Have-Nots (2016) (Also co-producer)

• Year — Title — Director — Notes • 2003 — Polizeiruf 110 — Buddy Giovinazzo — Episode "Tiefe Wunden" • Mutterkind — Alfa Conradt — TV short • Tatort — Buddy Giovinazzo — Episode "3 x schwarzer Kater" • 2007 — Five Days — Otto Bathurst Simon Curtis — Series One • Post Mortem — Elmar Fischer — Episode "Notwehr" • 2009 — 10 Minute Tales — Tony Grisoni — Episode "Syncing" • 2011 — Silk — Peter Moffat — Episodes "The Bitter End" and "High and Dry" • 2012 — Playhouse Presents — Jim Cartwright — Episode "King of the Teds" • 2014 — Hysteria — Otto Bathurst — Pilot • 2018 — The Terror — Edward Berger — Episodes "Go for Broke", "Gore" and "Punished, as a Boy" • 2022 — Pachinko — Kogonada — 4 episodes • 2024 — True Detective — Issa López — Season 4 ("Night Country") • 2026 — Lanterns — James Hawes — Episodes "Pilot" and "Trust Fall" Miniseries • Year — Title — Director • 2008 — House of Saddam — Alex Holmes Jim O'Hanlon • 2009 — The Prisoner — Nick Hurran • 2011 — Great Expectations — Brian Kirk