Discover Top Documentary DPs in Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Max Langfeldt is a visual storyteller. With ten years of experience in the media industry, as a creative director, director, editor, reporter, and author working for TV broadcasters, companies, magazines, art institutions and NGOs, he has created audiovisual campaigns and films for a diverse set of clients. The formats ranging from documentary films to commercial video campaigns. He was nominated for an Grimme Award and selected as an Arthur F. Burns Fellow 2018 to join the video editorial team of "The New Yorker" that year.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Creative Director

We are American owned and operated and offer native-English speaking camera crews, producers, location fixers and researchers to English-speaking producers and coming to Germany to shoot. We have been providing personnel to companies around the world since 1999. We do our best to remove for you the hassles of shooting in a foreign country. For individual personnel needs, we offer the following services: DoP, lighting cameraman, sound recordist, camera crew, fixer, location scout, translator, line producer, and researcher.

• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Commercial DP
• Production Assistant

- Report, shoot, write, edit news stories and compose graphics within assigned deadlines. - Research ideas using contacts, the internet, and other media sources. - Schedule and shoot interviews and video for news stories. - Write and edit news stories using linear and non-linear edit systems. - Deliver on-air stories, including live reports and breaking news coverage, demonstrating energy, confidence, professional appearance and voice quality. - Adhere to established journalistic ethics, standards and practices. - Perform other duties as assigned.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I am a Swedish born, Berlin-based documentary filmmaker with over 8 years of experience in the industry. Throughout my career, I have worked as an in house DOP, editor and director for a large, global production company producing corporate, image film. Today, apart from working independently, I am Co-founder of Oblique Collective which creates videos to support positive change. Since 2022 I am a member of Transparency International’s Young Journalists program. My favourite projects are those that challenge prejudices through inspiring personal stories.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Executive Producer

I am a freelance videographer and cameraman with 10 years of experience. I work for Spiegel Online, Spiegel TV, German television and produce content for companies. I have a sense for good stories. I covered the Egyptian Revolution on Tahrir and recently filmed in the refugee camps in Greece. After I graduated from University in Sociology, Literature and History, I studied at filmArche and trained as a videographer. I speak Spanish, English, French and a little bit of Russian. I am living in Berlin, where I enjoy a large network.

• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Production Company
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Shane Thomas McMillan is a filmmaker and photographer investigating human connections to each other and the planet. As director, co-director, and cinematographer, he has worked on over 100 documentary shorts and multiple feature films in over 25 countries since 2016. His work with an environmental and social focus has sprung from collaborations with organizations like the Jane Goodall Institute, Ecosia, and the Association for Wildlife Protection, among others. His images have been featured by Vox, BBC, and Arte. Since 2019 Shane has been a lecturer at the German Journalism School.

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial

Matthias Schatz works as a multimedia journalist in Hamburg, Germany. After finishing his studies at the universities of Münster/Westfalen and Hamburg with a PhD thesis on the French artist Odilon Redon he worked for the Axel Springer Verlag and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Later he became a spokesperson and director of publications at Beiersdorf AG for ten years. He then joined Bloomberg LP in London, where he worked for almost eight years as Senior Producer for their German TV channel. As a print, online and video journalist he focuses on the economy and fine art.

• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Emma is a Filmmaker and Photographer with a passion for visual storytelling. She has produced reportage films and videos for a variety of clientele around Europe, and worked previously as Senior Producer for a global video agency in Berlin. Her first feature documentary filmed in Kosovo is currently in postproduction. Emma has extensive experience in directing, camera operating, editing and photography. She is available for corporate gigs as well as for longer format film or photography projects.

• Corporate Videographer
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Senior Editor
• Executive Producer
• Documentary DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director

Anastasiya Plotnikova. DoP/camera operator/gaffer. As a war refuge from Mariupol, I now reside in Berlin, where I pursued my second MA in Cinematography, having previously obtained MA in Journalism. As a cinematographer, I excel in collaborative environments, working closely with directors and artists to bring their art and vision to life. I have experience in capturing documentary films and participating in collaborative artistic projects. Lots of experience in choreographed videos, short films, graphic design for the projects and drawing story boards.

• Drone Operator
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Storyboard Artist
• Graphic Designer
• Illustrator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Fashion Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Gaffer
• Grip
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Immersive/Spatial Video Capture
• Sound Designer
• Creative Director
• Music Composer
• Colorist
• Senior Editor
• Art Director

Ruben Teshmar is a German-born and an enthusiastic filmmaker with a degree in media design and production. He started working as a Director of Photography on smaller and independent movies and later began working with much skill versatility on larger projects as a lighting technician, and camera assistant. Furthermore, his 2021 big projects include working on special effects with "Netflix's 1899" and was also opportune to join the production team of "John Wick 4". As for his most latest project, he recently finished working with "Dune Part 2" special effects team last 2022.

• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Colorist
• Gaffer

Chiara was born in Italy, where studied languages and got a degree in Communication Sciences at the University of Bologna, with a thesis on the German Ostalgie [nostalgia for the former GDR]. After working at the archive of the agency VU' in Paris, she is now a freelance photographer based in Berlin and Chisinau (Moldova Republic). She graduated at the Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie with her project Wandertage about the German tradition of the Wanderschaft and the traveling journeymen. She is interested in European issues, focusing on collective memories, identities and border stories.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Reporter / Journalist
• Documentary DP

Born in 1967, study of Architecture 1990-1995 in Hamburg. Freelance photojournalist, videographer, editor. Covering sports, travel, documentary. Shortlisted PR-Bild Award 2018, 2017, 2015 (Branding Photo Award of Germany, Switzerland, Austria). Bronze winner IPA Philippines 2016. International published by Medias like Stern, Guardian, Neue Zürcher Zeitung Online, Greenpeace, WDR, Tagesanzeiger.ch, Daily Mail, Cordon Press, VIAJAR, Lufthansa.com, Sueddeutsche.de.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Sound Mixer
• Fixer
• Translator
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Company
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Creative Director
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Audio Storyteller

I shoot for film production companies and global brands such as Samsung, Hermès, Cartier, Maserati worldwide. After 6 years in Dubai, I'm back to my hometown Berlin. I'm also a passionate traveller. Own equipment: Canon EOS R5C Canon EOS C200 Canon 5D Mark III Atomos Ninja V Canon L lenses 35mm, 1.5, 50mm 1.4, 24-70mm 2.8, 100mm 2.8, 70-200 2.8, Sony 7RII + Sony 6300 Sennheisser wireless microphone kit Manfrotto Slider Ronin SC Gimbal

• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Translator
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Video Editor - News
• Reporter / Journalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist

Chilean visual artist, film director, and video editor based in Germany since 2015. My interests are centered around visual culture studies and auteur films, with a focus on documentary formats. I believe that film and more specifically film editing serves as a creative, political, and educational tool for social change. Parallel to my artistic/film practice, I love to create audiovisual projects with musicians and artists, and document different types of events.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Commercial DP

I am a California native living in Berlin. I studied in Los Angeles and have a B.S in filmmaking. I’ve been working in the camera department for the last 8 years and since moving to Berlin have taken the freelance videography route shooting everything from social media advertising for companies such as Jaegermeister and JBl, to internal corporate videos for companies such as Microsoft and The Red Cross. I’m a one stop shop, covering all your production needs from prep to post.

• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Creative Director
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Field Producer
• Fixer

Hi! My name is Artem, for the last 12 years I have been producing photo and video content as well as presentations for large international companies such as Unilever, Philip Morris, Pfizer, Hyundai, Mercedes. I had my own small production company, but after the war started in Ukraine, I had to move to another country. Now I am living in Berlin and learning German, we plan to stay in Germany and work. I have a drone pilot license in EU. See you :)

• Art Director
• Drone Operator
• Executive Producer
• Corporate Videographer
• Documentary DP
• Production Company
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Animator / Visual Effects Artist

Hello! My name is Alex and I'm a freelance videographer and editor based in Berlin. I specialize on producing short documentaries, music videos and event videos. I have over 5 years of experience as a videographer and editor fulfilling projects for businesses like OstWest TV, FinMarie, LISK, VisaRight, Lightcurve, Soundcloud, Hudara. If you need a video production service for your business, please, don't hesitate to drop a line!

• Corporate Videographer
• Commercial DP
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Production Assistant
• Motion Graphics Designer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Sound Designer

I have a background in Producing and managing video productions through out the Caribbean region in the documentary and short film space. I have experience working internationally as a DOP/Camera operator on my other types of project and really enjoy set dressing/production design as well. Am very passionate about building things on set and rigging cameras in unusual ways to get interesting camera movements. I'm familiar with different types of Drone systems and cameras too.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Commercial DP
• Drone Operator
• Production Assistant
• Gaffer
• Grip
• Fixer
• Colorist

The stories that excite me are those of personal struggle and determination, that reveal the beauty in the world even in challenging times; stories of empowerment and love, and above all stories that celebrate human differences so that we might learn from each other. Please check out my website for examples of my work and feel free to give me a call or contact me here for further information. I look forward to hearing from you.

• Documentary DP
• Sound Mixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

Felix Franz works as a freelance journalist in Berlin. His most recent work includes covering the Armenian revolution for Deutsche Welle and the Christian Science Monitor; a documentary about the Binge Eating Disorder for Germany's public broadcaster (ARD) as well as regular contributions as a TV producer and reporter for BBC News. He speaks Spanish, French and Portuguese and publishes in English and German.

• Non-Fiction Film Director
• On-Air Reporter / Host