Sven Zellner
Sven Zellner (born December 20, 1977) is a German photographer, camera operator and documentary filmmaker.
Sven Zellner
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- Name
- Sven Zeller
- Born
- 20 December 1977
- Occupation
- * Photographer
- Awards
- Selection of awards
- Education
- University of Television and Film Munich
- Nationality
- Germany
- Fields
- film · documentary film · photography
- Languages
- German
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Sven Zellner (born December 20, 1977) is a German photographer, camera operator and documentary filmmaker.
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Sven Zellner (born 1977) is a cinematographer, documentarian and film director, among other activities, of German nationality. The cinematographer was born in Eckernförde. Activity centred on documentary film, film and photography. Languages used include German.
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• Name — Sven Zeller • Born — 20 December 1977 • Occupation — * Photographer • cinematographer • Documentary filmmaker • Awards — Selection of awards • Education — University of Television and Film Munich • Website — Official website
Life
Life
Zellner was born on December 20, 1977, in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. From October 2002 to February 2010, he studied camera in the cinema and television film department at the University of Television and Film Munich. He has been a lecturer there since 2009.
Filmography (selection)
Filmography (selection)
• 2010: Die Bumblebee (camera) • 2012: Preis des Goldes (documentary film: director, camera, editor) • 2015: Don't Look at Me That Way (cinematography) • 2020: Walchensee Forever (documentary: cinematography) • 2020: Black Milk (cinematography, production)
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 2012 „NINJAS“ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München • 2013 „NINJAS“ Deutsche Botschaft in Ulaanbaatar • 2014 „Mongolian Disco“ Leica Fotografie International Galerie, Hamburg • 2014 „Mongolian Disco“, Radialsystem V (Crossing Identities – Beginners, Experts, Hybrids Urban Nomads Mongol Citizens Festival Berlin 2014) • 2015 „Mongolian Disco“, German House, UN Plaza, New York (DAAD-Ausstellung: WESTALGIA: NOSTALGIA FOR THE WEST)
Publications
• Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 133 „Es darf wehtun“ Samstag/Sonntag 11./12. June 2016 • GEO „Zukunft auf Eis“ February 2016 • Delayed Gratification „slowing pains“ January 2016 • Das Magazin „Mongole mit Kohle“ No 10 (August 3–March 14, 2014) (weekly supplement from Tagesanzeiger, Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and the federal government). • GEO International „Ulan-Bator“ May 2014 • Leica Fotografie International „Mongolen Disko“ February 2014 • Terra Mater „Goldrausch im Wilden Osten“ December 2012 • VIEW „Knallharte Träumer“ April 2014 • Nikon Pro „Risking life and limb“ April 2015
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Awards (selection)
• 1995: Second prize at the „BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year“ • 2000: Second prize in the category Landschaft at the „BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year“ • 2009: Third prize for Tsogzol – Goldgräber in der Mongolei (later Preis des Goldes) at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool • 2012: ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis for his film Preis des Goldes • 2013: Second prize for Wounded Places at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen • 2015: Honorable Mention of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film
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- 1.Sven Zellner filmportal.de. www.filmportal.de.
- 2.German Films. DON'T LOOK AT ME THAT WAY (SCHAU MICH NICHT SO AN). German films.
- 3.Berlinale Perspektive Deutsches Kino. Walchensee Forever. 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
- 4.Berlinale Panorama. Black Milk. 70th Berlin International Film Festival.
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