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Florian Hoffmeister

Florian Hoffmeister, (born 1970), is a German cinematographer and director, best known for his work on Tár, which earned him a nomination for Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Career

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, ' 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 ', 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".

Filmography

Director

Short film

  • Stimmen der Welt (1998)

Feature film

  • ' (2005) (Also writer)
  • ' (2016) (Also co-producer)

Cinematographer

Feature film

Television

Miniseries

Awards and nominations

References

Further reading

External links