Benedict Neuenfels
Born: 1966-03-11 in Bern, Switzerland
Known For: Camera
Biography
Born 1966 in Bern/Switzerland as the son of actress Elisabeth Trissenaar and director Hans . First encounter with film-industry 1982 as production assistant for the feature Penthesiliea. He worked several years as camera assistant and operator for R.W. Fassbinder's former DP Xaver Schwarzenberger and Wim Wenders close collaborator Robby Mueller. In early years he founded his own low-budget orientated production company Giselafilms Berlin. Since his study at the german film and television school (dffb) in Berlin, he is responsible for the cinematography of more than 60 features and documentaries and additional for the lighting design of various stage plays in opera and theater. He is giving master- camera -classes in major film schools in Germany for more than 20 years. Benedict Neuenfels is member of the german, austrian and european film-academy. His work has been awarded numerous times. He received several times both the prestigious Grimme Award and the German Television award, the Bavarian and the German Film Award each, as well as seven times the German Camera Award for outstanding cinematography. The counterfeiters, which he photographed in 2007, won an Academy Award for best foreign feature film the following year. In 2011 he was honored by the German Academy of Arts for outstanding achievement in cinematography. In 2018 he received various awards for the feature STYX. In 2019 he received the Lifetime Honory Award for Cinematography - German Camera Award . So he will join the chain of outstanding former recipients like Michael Ballhaus, Robby Mueller, Renato Berta, Slawomir Idziak, Xaver Schwarzenberger, Judith Kaufmann, Elfie Mikesch, Jürgen Jürges...
Filmography
2025
- Icefall ... (Director of Photography)
2024
- Stella. A Life. ... (Director of Photography)
2022
- In a Land That No Longer Exists ... (Director of Photography)
2021
- I'm Your Man ... (Director of Photography)
- Hinterland ... (Director of Photography)
2020
- Narcissus and Goldmund ... (Director of Photography)
2019
- 8 Days ... (Camera Technician)
2018
- Patient Zero ... (Director of Photography)
- Styx ... (Director of Photography)
2017
- Cold Hell ... (Director of Photography)
2016
- Fatal News ... (Director of Photography)
2015
- Girl in the Ice ... (Director of Photography)
2014
- Radical Evil ... (Director of Photography)
2012
- The Weekend ... (Director of Photography)
- Cause I Have the Looks ... (Director of Photography)
- Riskante Patienten ... (Camera Operator)
2011
- Homevideo ... (Director of Photography)
2010
- Mahler on the Couch ... (Director of Photography)
2008
- A Woman in Berlin ... (Director of Photography)
2007
- The Counterfeiters ... (Director of Photography)
- Love Life ... (Director of Photography)
- The Man from the Embassy ... (Director of Photography)
2006
- The Red Cockatoo ... (Director of Photography)
- From Dogma to Dogville: Don't Try This at Home as Himself
2004
- 21 Liebesbriefe ... (Director of Photography)
2003
- They've Got Knut ... (Director of Photography)
2002
- A Map of the Heart ... (Director of Photography)
2000
- Lost Killers ... (Camera Operator)
- Ich bin keiner von uns ... (Director of Photography)
1998
- Mein großer Freund ... (Director of Photography)
- Lady Rettich, Czerni and I ... (Director of Photography)
1997
- The Scorpion ... (Director of Photography)
1996
- Landgang für Ringo ... (Director of Photography)
1995
- Bunte Hunde ... (Director of Photography)
1994
- Frauen sind was Wunderbares ... (Director of Photography)
1993
- Ins Leere ... (Director of Photography)
1990
- Romy Award as Self
1979
- Bavarian Film Awards as Self
1970
- Scene of the Crime ... (Director of Photography)
1964
- Grimme Award as Self
1951
- German Film Award as Self