IEC
#1: © Courtesy of Giselafilms
#2: From interview [Deutsche Filmakademie, 2008]
BENEDICT NEUENFELS BVK/AAC
Born: 11 March 1966, Bern, Switzerland, as son of dir Hans Neuenfels and actress Elisabeth Trissenaar.
Education: Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin [DFFB] [1988-94].
Career: Was asst working with doph Xaver Schwarzenberger and Robby Müller before entering the Film Academy in Berlin.
Ph commercials and public announcement spots ['Le petit moment' (1992), 'Wir sind gleicher als wir denken' (1992), 'Tips und Tricks' (1993) & 'Ansprache' (1993) dir by Andreas Hoffmann; 'Mut proben/Gesicht Zeigen! - S-Bahn' (2001) dir by Michael Dörfler].
Also active as producer [Gisela Films, Berlin].
Member of the BVK since 1991 and the AAC since 1997
Teaches Filmdesign [Bildgestaltung] at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, since 1996. Co-organized the first 'Young Cinematographer's Day' at the Palm Springs FF, 2002.
Awards: DKP 'Lobende Erwähnung' Spielfilm [1990] for 'Europa und der zweite Apfel'; Max-Ophüls-Preis [1992] for 'Die fliegende Kinder'; Förderpreis der Filmstiftung NRW [1994] for 'Les images d'ailleurs'; RTL 'Goldener Löwe' Deutscher Fernsehpreis [1996] for 'Tatort: Frau Bu lacht'; Adolf Grimme Preis [1997; shared] for 'Sperling und das Loch in der Wand'; DKP Spielfilm nom [1998] for 'Der Skorpion'; German Television Award nom [1999] for 'Mein großer Freund'; DKP Fernsehfilm [2000] for 'Deine besten Jahre'; DKP Spielfilm [2001] for 'Lost Killers'; DKP Spielfilm nom [2004] for 'Olgas Sommer'; German Television Award nom [2005] & DKP Fernsehspiel nom [2005] for '21 Liebesbriefe'; Deutscher Filmpreis 'Beste Kamera' nom [2007] for 'Die Fälscher'; Deutscher Filmpreis 'Beste Kamera' [2008] for 'Liebesleben'; DKP Fernsehfilm [2011] for 'Homevideo'.
| FILMS | |
|---|---|
|
1987 |
Mensch ärgere Dich nicht [Klaus Stawecki] c; short/10m; + co-prod/co-scrpl |
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1987 |
Europa und der zweite Apfel [Hans Neuenfels] c |
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1988 |
G-fallen [Mark Schlichter, Andreas Hoffmann, Maja Rokovic & Joachim Sauter] 16mm/c; short/?m |
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1988 |
La mémoire [Connie Walther] 16mm/c; short/8m; prod DFFB |
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1989 |
Felix [Mark Schlichter] 16mm-35bu/c; short/16m; prod DFFB |
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1989 |
Monarchia [Maja Rokovic] scope/c; short/9m; prod DFFB |
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1989 |
Fisch [Mark Schlichter] 16mm/c; short/12m; prod DFFB |
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1989 |
Der kaleidoskopische Dieb und sein Schatten/The Caleidoscopic Thief and His Shadow [Benedict Neuenfels] 16mm/c; exp short/15m; + scrpl/ed/prod; prod DFFB |
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1990 |
Bis ans Ende der Welt/Until the End of the World [Wim Wenders] c; 2uc; ph: Robby Müller |
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1990 |
Piekser [: Letzter Badetag am Wannsee] [Dino Simonett & Stina Werenfels] 16mm/c; short/15m |
|
1991 |
Wim Wenders Retro [Wim Wenders] b&w; short/?m; + exec prod |
|
1991 |
Die fliegenden Kinder [Torsten C. Fischer] b&w; + prod |
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1992 |
Jenseits der Schatten [Ralf Zöller] 16mm-35bu/b&w; doc/44m; prod HFFM |
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1992 |
Glasnost Junkies [Bernd Löhr] 16mm/c; short/?m |
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1992 |
Amok [Mark Schlichter] c; short/10m; prod DFFB |
|
1993 |
Bilder von Anderswo/Les images d'ailleurs [Ralf Zöller] s16-35bu/b&w; doc/89m |
|
1993 |
Meine Sterne und meine Himmel [Ralf Zöller] s16-35bu/b&w-c; doc/42m |
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1993 |
Ins Leere/Into Emptiness [Astrid Ofner] c; doc/30m |
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1993 |
Frauen sind was wunderbares [Sherry Hormann] c |
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1993 |
Flut [Stephan Puchner] c; short/25m |
|
1994 |
Bunte Hunde [Lars Becker] c |
|
1996 |
Die lebende Bombe [Walter Feistle] b&w; short/15m |
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1997 |
Frau Rettich, die Czerni und ich/Mrs. Rettich, Czerni and I [Markus Imboden] c |
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1998 |
Fremde Welten, fremde Blicke [students Film Academy Ludwigsburg] dv/c; doc/?m |
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1999 |
Lost Killers/Dakarguli mkvlelebi [Dito Tsintsadze] s16-35bu/c |
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1999 |
Der diskrete Charme des Hans Magnus Enzensberger/'Ich bin keiner von uns' - Der Schriftsteller Hans Magnus Enzensberger [Ralf Zöller] b&w-c; doc/60m |
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1999 |
Lonesome [Elke Rosthal] s16/c; + co-prod |
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2000 |
Der Felsen/A Map of the Heart [Dominik Graf] dv-to-35mm/c; 2uc: Markus Pluta, Andreas Erben & Claus-Jürgen Pfeiffer |
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2001 |
99euro-films [seg 'Die schöne Fremde' dir by Frieder Schlaich] mdv-to-35mm/c; 12 seg |
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2002 |
Sie haben Knut/They've Got Knut [Stefan Krohmer] s16-35bu/c |
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2002 |
Olgas Sommer/L'été d'Olga [Nina Grosse] c |
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2002 |
Volkswagen - Zusammen [Alice Agneskirchner] HD-to-70mm/c; corporate doc/14m; cph: Anthony Dod Mantle; 2uc: Stefan Ciupek; for Autostadt, Wolfsburg |
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2003 |
Cowgirl [Mark Schlichter] s35/c; 2uc; ph: Frank Griebe & Peter Steuger |
|
2003 |
Invasion of the Planet Earth [Moritz Langer] c; short/12m |
|
2003 |
Große Angst [Mathias Schwerbrock] scheduled to start filming in Nov 2003; now scheduled to start in June 2006; status unknown |
|
2004 |
Der rote Kakadu [Dominik Graf] c; 2uc: David Marschalsky |
|
2005 |
Der Mann von der Botschaft/The Man from the Embassy [Dito Tsintsadze] 16mm-35bu/c |
With dir Maria Schrader - "Liebesleben"
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2005 |
Liebesleben/Love Life [Maria Schrader] s35/c |
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2006 |
Die Fälscher/The Counterfeiters [Stefan Ruzowitzky] s16-35bu/c |
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2007 |
Anonyma - Eine Frau in Berlin/A Woman in Berlin [Max Färberböck] s35/c; 2uc Poland: Albert Waiblinger |
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2008 |
Villalobos [Romuald Karmakar] HD/c; mus doc/110m; cph: R. Karmakar & Katja Sambeth |
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2008 |
Mitte [Norman Ohler] RED/c; short/5m; cph: Oliver Köppel |
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2009 |
Valerie/Kleine Lichter/Small Lights [Josef Rusnak] s16+s35+RED+HD (Canon EOS 5D)+AVCHD-to-35mm/c |
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2009 |
Mahler auf der Couch/Mahler on the Couch [Percy & Felix Adlon] RED-to-35mm/c |
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2010 |
Weil ich schöner bin [Frieder Schlaich] RED+HD (Canon EOS 7D)-to-35mm/c |
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2011 |
Das Wochenende/The Weekend [Nina Grosse] RED scope/c |
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2012 |
Wettbewerb/Competition [Dito Tsintsadze] c |
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2012 |
Das radikal Böse/Radical Evil [Stefan Ruzowitzky] RED+HD (Canon EOS 5D)/c; doc/96m |
|
2013 |
Schönefeld Boulevard [Sylke Enders] RED One, Epic & Scarlet/c; 2uc: Phillip Wölke & Hannes Engler |
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2014 |
Kirsche [Manuel Siebenmann] pre-production; prod cancelled |
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2014 |
Mädchen im Eis/Girl on Ice [Stefan Krohmer] RED One, Epic & Scarlet (scope)/c; 2uc: Phillip Wölke |
|
2014 |
Golem [Dominik Graf] announced |
|
2015 |
Patient Zero/Patient Z [Stefan Ruzowitzky] HD (Sony F55) (scope)-to-D-Cinema/b&w-c; aph: Adam Sculthorp |
|
2015 |
Es war einmal in Deutschland/Auf Wiedersehen Deutschland [Sam Garbarski] HD (ARRI ALEXA XT)/c; cph: Virginie Saint-Martin; addph: Niklas J. Hoffmann |
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2016 |
Die Hölle [Stefan Ruzowitzky] RED One MX & RED Epic Dragon+HD (Sony a7s) (scope)/c; 2uc: Phillip Wölke |
|
2016 |
Styx [Wolfgang Fischer] RED Epic/c |
| TELEVISION | |
|---|---|
|
1989 |
Das blinde Ohr der Oper [Hans Neuenfels] tvm/16mm |
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1992 |
Morlock: Die Verflechtung [Dominik Graf] tvm-ep (16mm) of 4-part series, 1993 |
|
1993 |
Neues Deutschland [seg 'Opfer Zeugen' (v8/20m) dir by Philip Gröning] tvm/100m; 5 seg; other ph: Gerhard Hirsch, Jürgen Jürges, Carl-Friedrich Koschnick & Sebastian Richter |
|
1995 |
Tatort [ep #322 'Frau Bu lacht' dir by Dominik Graf] tvm-ep (s16) of series |
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1995 |
Sperling und das Loch in der Wand [Dominik Graf] tvm-ep (#1/s16) of 18-part series, 1996-2007 |
|
1995 |
Landgang für Ringo/Kebab Träume [Lars Becker] tvm/s16 |
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1996 |
Doktor Knock [Dominik Graf] tvm/s16 |
|
1996 |
Der Skorpion [Dominik Graf] tvm |
|
1998 |
Mein großer Freund/Mein Freund Balou [Marianne Lüdcke] tvm/s16 |
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1998 |
Deine besten Jahre [Dominik Graf] tvm/s16 |
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2001 |
Bloch [ep #1 'Schwarzer Staub' dir by Ed Herzog] tvm-ep (16mm) of 24-part series, 2002-13 |
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2003 |
Tatort [ep #544 'Dschungelbrüder' dir by Lars Becker] tvm-ep (16mm) of series |
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2004 |
21 Liebesbriefe/Die Verabredung [Nina Grosse] tvm/s16 |
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2006 |
Auf dem Vulkan/Dreams of Happiness [Claudia Garde] tvm/s16-to-DigiBeta |
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2008 |
Hans Magnus Enzensberger [- Mein Leben] [- ma vie] [Irene Dische] doc/43m/s8+HD+dv |
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2008 |
24h Berlin - Ein Tag im Leben [seg 'Panoramabar' dir by Romuald Karmakar] doc/1440m/HD; cph: Jörg Jeshel, Lorenz Haarmann, Frank Griebe, Thomas Plenert, a.o.; filmed 5-6 September |
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2008 |
Tatort [ep #737 'Mit ruhiger Hand' dir by Maris Pfeiffer] tvm-ep (s16-to-DigiBeta) of series |
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2009 |
Schurkenstück [Torsten C. Fischer] tvm/RED+HD (Canon HF10 & HF11) |
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2010 |
Die fremde Familie [Stefan Krohmer] tvm/RED; 2uc Hannover: Frederik Tegethoff |
|
2010 |
Homevideo [Kilian Riedhof] tvm/RED; 2uc: Moritz Anton |
|
2011 |
Riskante Patienten [Stefan Krohmer] tvm/RED+HD (Canon EOS 5D & 7D + GoPro HD Hero 2) |
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2013 |
24h Jerusalem [various] doc/24 hours broadcast (1440m) + live online footage/HD; cph: Lars Barthel, Jörg Jeshel, Sophie Maintigneux, Lutz Reitemeier, Axel Schneppat, Hajo Schomerus, a.o.; filmed on 12 April 2013 and aired exactly one year later |
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2013 |
Tatort [ep #892 'Borowski und der Engel' dir by Andreas Kleinert] tvm-ep (RED+HD [Canon EOS 5D]) series |
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2013 |
Zorn [ep #1 'Tod und Regen' dir by Mark Schlichter] tvm-ep (RED One, Epic & Scarlet) series, 2014-present; 2uc: Phillip Wölke |
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2014 |
Der Fall Barschel [Kilian Riedhof] tvm/RED+HD (Canon); 2uc: Phillip Wölke |
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2016 |
Tatort [ep #1015 'Borowski und das dunkle Netz' dir by David Wnendt] tvm-ep (HD) of series; 2uc: Phillip Wölke |
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2017 |
Acht Tage [? ep dir by ?] 8-part series/RED Epic Dragon; other ph: Jakob Wiessner |
| FILMS FOR OPERA & THEATRE PERFORMANCES | |
|---|---|
|
1988 |
Der verbotene Garten [Hans Neuenfels] 16mm/b&w |
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1990 |
Der Meister und Magarita [Hans Neuenfels] c; Opera Garnier, Paris; + prod |
|
1992 |
Das Käthchen von Heilbronn [Hans Neuenfels] 16mm/b&w; + co-prod |
|
1994 |
Die Meistersinger [Hans Neuenfels] b&w; Stuttgarter Oper; + prod |
|
1998 |
Die tätowierte Rose [Hans Neuenfels] 16mm/b&w; Münchner Residenztheater; + prod |
|
2000 |
Cosi fan tutte [Hans Neuenfels] dv/c; Salzburger Festspiele; + prod |
| MISCELLANEOUS | |
|---|---|
|
1982 |
Heinrich Penthesilea von Kleist [Hans Neuenfels] prod asst + small part; ph: Frank Banuscher & Thomas Mauch |
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1985 |
Das Mal des Todes [Peter Handke] c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
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1985 |
Otto - der Film [Xaver Schwarzenberger & Otto Waalkes] c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
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1985 |
Momo [Johannes Schaaf] co-c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
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1986 |
Mitridate, rè di Ponto [Jean-Pierre Ponnelle; opera] c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
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1987 |
Otto - Der neue Film [Xaver Schwarzenberger & Otto Waalkes] co-c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
|
1987 |
Gewitter im Mai [Xaver Schwarzenberger; tvm] c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
|
1987 |
Ödipussi [Vicco von Bülow] co-c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
|
1987 |
Der Fall Franza [Xaver Schwarzenberger; tvm] co-c.asst; ph: Xaver Schwarzenberger |
|
1992 |
Die auf die Nüsse gehn [Klaus Stawecki; short] co-thanks to; ph: Uli Schmidt |
|
1996 |
Der Clarisse-Komplex [Hans Neuenfels] theatre perf (Vienna and Munich); lighting design |
|
2006 |
The Journey of an Olive Tree [Anton Pichler] HD (Sony 750P)-to-35mm/c; doc/90m; co-superv of cameras; ph: Michael Hammon & Harald Rammler; released 2009; longer version (100m) is titled 'Tao of Peace' (2010) |
|
2010 |
Twelfth Night or What You Will [Armin Holz] theatre perf (Ruhrfestspiele); lighting design |
| FILMS AS DIRECTOR | |
|---|---|
|
1989 |
Der kaleidoskopische Dieb und sein Schatten/The Caleidoscopic Thief and His Shadow [exp short; + scrpl/prod/ph/ed] see Films |
|
2011 |
Crime [short/c/6m] ph: Peter Drittenpreis & Thomas Förster; prod Hamburg Media School |
|
2012 |
Brooding Heat/Brut-Hitze [short/c/?m] ph: ?; prod HFFM |
