Nikolaus Geyrhalter

• Name — Nikolaus Geyrhalter • Born — 1972 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Occupation — Film director Cinematographer Film producer • Years Active — 1992–present • Organization — Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion (NGF) • Notable Works — Our Daily Bread Homo Sapiens Earth

Geyrhalter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. He formed his own production company at 22 years old. His first documentary was the 1994 film Washed Ashore (German: Angeschwemmt), about life on the Danube. He also filmed Pripyat (1999), a black-and-white look at residents who live near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. Elsewhere (2001) was a travelogue to a dozen different places around the world, and Our Daily Bread (2005) explored mechanical food production. 7915 Km (2008) looks at the Dakar Rally and the lives of racers and locals. In 2023 the Munich International Documentary Film Festival dedicated an homage to his filmmaking.

• Eisenerz (1992) – director • Angeschwemmt (1994) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • Das Jahr nach Dayton (1997) – director, writer, cinematographer • Pripyat (1999) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • Elsewhere (2001) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • Fremde Kinder (2003) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • Our Daily Bread (2005) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • 7915 Km (2008) – director, producer, cinematographer • Allentsteig (2010) – director • Abendland (2011) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • Donauspital (2012) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer • Homo Sapiens (2016) – director, producer, cinematographer • Mademoiselle Paradis (2017) - producer • Die Bauliche Massnahme (2018) – director, producer, cinematographer • Earth (2019) – director, producer, cinematographer • Matter Out of Place (2022) – director • Melt (2025) – director, producer, cinematographer