Discover Top Freelancers in Berlin, Germany

LILLAH HALLA (Marilia Halla, Brazil, 1981) studied Directing (Bachelor) and Screenwriting (Master) at the Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba (2010-2014). She participated in the ELAP (Emerging Leaders of America) research program on Narrative Forms in Narrative and Experimental Cinema at the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Concordia, Montreal, Canada (2014). Since 2016 Lillah Halla lives in Berlin, where she is hired as a filmmaker for different film productions in Germany and abroad. She was production manager as script consultant for the film ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS (2018, Germany / Australia), directed by Gabrielle Brady, awarded Best Documentary Language at the Festival de Tribeca and winner of the Buyens-Chagoll Prize at the Festival Visions du Réel , Lillah Halla also co-wrote the film REHEARSAL (2018, Brazil), directed by Tamar Guimarães, along with Tamar Guimarães (São Paulo / Copenhagen) and Melissa de Raaf (Berlin). The film premiered at the 68º Berlinale (2018) and the 33rd Biennale in São Paulo (2018). Lillah is the author of the screenplay for the film LIVRAMENTO, supported by the program Ibermedia 2016, which received an Award from the Tribeca Film Institute, participated in the Labs Co-Production Market of the BERLINALE 2019, and at the Curso de Desarrollo de Proyectos Cinematográ cos Iberoamericanos of the Fundación Carolina in Madrid (Course for the Development of Iberoamerican Film Projects), 2018 , BAL-BAFICI, 2018, BOLIVIALAB, 2018 (excellent), CINEMUNDI BH 2018, Lab SESC NOVAS HISTÓRIAS 2018, BrLab, 2016 (excellent). The script won in 2018 the Brazilian prize Cabíria for the best female figure. The film project, which is also directed by Lillah Halla, received funding from the FSA 2018 as Brazilian production and co-production between Brazil and Uruguay. In the meantime, Lillah also work as a camera woman and editor for smaller film productions, both commercial and artistic. Among her collaborations as a filmmaker, are film and theater works by Christoph Schlingensief, Frank Castorf, production companies and agencies in Berlin. She is currently making a shoot for Google in Zürich.

• Creative Director
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• Corporate Videographer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Commercial DP
• Fixer

Alexander Sussmann is an award winning documentary filmmaker from Berlin, Germany. Growing up in the tranquil countryside of West-Germany, Alexander developed the urge to discover the world at an early age. With footsteps in more than 40 countries, he expanded his passion for diverse mindsets, and different social and cultural backgrounds. It was a natural step for him to evolve from the adventurer to a storyteller following the path as a documentary filmmaker. As a filmmaker, Alexander employs his creative freedom in exploring the diversity of human life. He has a humorous understanding in the details of daily life interactions. The duality between the beauty of life and the absurdity of societies are constantly revealed in his films. Furthermore, Alexander believes that cinema is an experience to provoke controversial dialogue with its viewer. In 2011, Alexander completed his bachelors degree in Audio Visual Media at Stuttgart Media University. During his studies, he gained his first professional work experience in arthouse fiction and non-fiction production houses. From 2012 to 2015 he worked in Berlin as a director for the global media company Vice. While working there, he directed and produced several reportages up to 20min length. He co-founded the production company and media agency Tribes. He worked as a commercial director for clients all across the globe providing brand documentaries and social media spots. After several years in the professional field, it was time for Alexander to move on. The desire to develop an independent and distinctive style as an artist brought him back to university. In 2020 he completed the Docnomads Joint Master Degree program in Documentary Film Directing in three countries: Portugal, Hungary, Belgium. He enjoys the challenge of living and working in foreign environment, which opens new perspectives and experiences. He is eager to broaden his new adventures to create a unique voice in the field of creative documentary.

• Commercial DP
• Creative Director
• Fixer
• Production Company
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Video Editor - News

Montreal filmmaker with 15 years of experience, based in Berlin. I speak French, English, Spanish and German. I have edited content for ARTE, France Televisions and Savoir Media. --- Pierre-Yves Beaulieu is a documentary filmmaker from Montreal, now based in Berlin. Through intimate encounters, his films question rituals, roots and social norms, highlighting the contrasts that co-exist in our dislocated society. His short films have notably been screened at Festival de Cinéma de la Ville de Québec, Festival Cinéma du Monde de Sherbrooke, Ethnografilms (Paris) and Regent Film Festival (Toronto). In 2018 and 2019, he won the Best Documentary award from Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec two years in a row, for his shorts FLOYD and LA NUIT DES KRAMPUS. FLOYD also won the Best Documentary award at Ottawa International Short Films Festival. His work has been broadcasted on tou.tv (Canadian national TV), UNIS TV (Canada), Savoir Média (Canada) and Samansa (Japan/Korea).

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

I am a visual artist from Chile, based in Berlin. I grew up in the colorful and artistic city of Valparaíso, where my interest in photography and film began. With a BA in Audiovisual Arts I have developed a career as a video editor, managing to work in several important TV channels in Chile, specializing in editing documentaries and TV shows about travel, art and fashion. At the same time, I have always been linked to photography, collaborating with different local artists. My interest in seeing the world led him to move to Berlin in 2019 where my career continued to expand. In my years in Berlin I have participated in projects such as "DULCE", an award winning short film at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival (Argentina), SOIFF (Spain), Dhaka Film Festival (Bangladesh), among many others. In addition I have also actively collaborated as a photographer in different performances, events and dance studios such as Uferstudios, Ada Studios and Plataforma Berlin Festival.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Senior Editor
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Creative Director
• Portrait Photographer
• Post-Production Manager
• Colorist
• Fashion Photographer

PIPPA SAMAYA is a Berlin based photographer and film-maker with an international body of work. Awards include two-time winner of the International 60 Second Dance Film Competition (Denmark/Finland),the Australian Dance Award for Excellence in Dance on Film, winner of Best Film at the FAD Film Festival, North Carolina (US), The Berlin Motion Picture festival (Germany) and the Portland dance film festival (USA). Winner of Best Music Video at the NIMA awards, selected as a winner in the international Life Framer awards (Faces of life), exhibited finalist at the National Photography Prize, finalist in the Martin Kantor Portrait prize at the Ballarat International Foto Biennale in 2017, nominee for the International Fine Arts Photography Award and winner of Best Action Shot and Excellence in Staged Photography in the SALON exhibit at the Centre for Contemporary Photography (CCP) in Melbourne. With an insatiable curiosity for the complexities of the human experience, Pippa’s professional path turned instinctually toward the world of portraiture and international documentary/humanitarian work. She joined with USA based NGO One Voice over several years traveling to remote villages in India and Nicaragua as well as a Syrian Refugee camp in Greece. A specialisation in dance photography stemmed from the discovery that dancers provided a deeply empathetic physical vessel, which enabled her to communicate through external imagery the internal world of the human psyche. This lead on to extensive work in the contemporary dance industry in Australia, New Zealand and Europe working with leading companies and choreographers. Notable to much of this work is her collaborative film company The Samaya Wives, formed with Australian contemporary dancer Tara Jade Samaya. Using dance on camera as a medium, coming together in life and in creation to explore the many colours and tones of what it means to be alive on this earth and reveal the innate one-ness that ultimately links us all. The Samaya Wives strive towards equality, wisdom, compassion and authentic connection.

• Commercial DP
• Sound Mixer
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Documentary DP
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I have been working as a free-lance reporter for one of Europe's most well-known TV stations such as Euronews, ARTE, Deutsche Welle TV and others for more than 10 years - covering events from the world of politics, culture, sport, and business from Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. I also work as a documentary filmmaker with three character-driven films to my name so far shot in countries as diverse as Chile, China, and Croatia. Based in Berlin, Germany, I have worked also as a producer for CCTV News in the recent past and I am well-connected in the German capital and its surrounding areas so that I can react fast and effectively not wasting time on establishing the needed contacts. Another field of expertise is Eastern Europe with a special view to the Balkans, where I studied and where I can communicate in the local language. Soon, I will post my Vimeo channel onto this website as well, with work samples from my various past assignments as reporter, filmmaker, and producer.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• Translator
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial

I was born in Istanbul, Turkey. I grew up in Bodrum which is located in south of Turkey. After I finished highschool in Bodrum, I left to Istanbul for university studies. I studied in Sabancı Universit for one year. After, I left to Lodz, Poland for my main interest which is cinema. In Polish National Film School in Lodz I studied cinematography. During my studies in Poland I got the opportunity to get involved with several different projects, such as a cross-media project, a wild life travel documentary project and many film projects (documentary and fiction) The cross-media project was called SkateBoat and fully initiated by my team members and I. We applied for a grant from EU and implemented the project with the grant we got. As a result we have a 30 min documentary film about the history of skateboarding in Poland which became the first one within its media area. It was a big project with lots of partners and collaborators. In between my studies I took two years off two be able to shoot the wild-life & travel project called YABANCI. It was shot in Kenya and Rwanda mainly and it tells a story of a wild life photographer travelling in the national reserves of these two countries. It was planned to be shot more, however I only took part in the first season and did the 13 episodes as a cinematographer. Currently, I am working on my short movie. I live in Berlin for three years now.

• Documentary DP
• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Field Producer
• Production Assistant
• Translator
• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Fixer

I’m Diego Delgado, an experienced multidisciplinary visual designer based in Berlin, focused on brand expression and user experiences, with restlessness for technology and music. I work with creatives and brands, creating strong visual personalities through graphic design, video content, photography, and web applications. After studying film and design in Madrid, my restlessness has led me to continue studying in a self-taught way other disciplines related to image, sound, and creativity. I have specialized in photography, motion graphics, web development, and 3d image, fascinated by both the technical and artistic side. This duality has led me to work directly with artists and creatives, advertising agencies and big brands, advising and providing creative solutions from technical and aesthetic perspectives. ‍ After living in La Coruña and Barcelona, I currently live in Berlin. I combine my freelance profession with short documentary production for my platform octubre.tv, my music project CICCONE, analog photography, and in recent years studies in marketing, branding, and programming.

• Creative Director
• Production Company
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Assistant
• Sound Mixer
• Corporate Videographer

Milan Daemgen is a filmmaker based in Berlin/New Orleans. He is a co-owner of the award-winning production company, The Greenhouse Collective. He has produced music videos for Grammy Award Winner Mavis Staples, Grammy Award Nominee Southern Avenue, Arcade Fire and Big Freedia; produced commercials for Google, Rakuten & Samsung, and directed commercials for Polaroid and the American Institute of Architects. In 2017, Milo produced and directed the ground-breaking digital ad campaign for New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell. In 2016, Milo won a Webby for best short documentary series, THE HEART OF ICWA about forced adoption practices within Native American communities. Most recently, he was an Associate Producer for Behn Zeitlin’s feature film, WENDY, distributed by Fox Searchlight. He served on the executive board for New Orleans Public Access TV and is the founder of the New Orleans Film Collective.

• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Commercial DP
• Documentary DP
• Video Editor - News
• Fixer
• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Field Producer
• Non-Fiction Film Director

I have studied Digital Media in Berlin. That was 10 years ago. Now I am working as a Videographer for different companies. But what I really love to do, is telling stories that are not shown on mass media. I've done some Videos for youtube, just to tell the world what is happening in germany. I'm talking about racism here. About refugees living isolated for 15 years with their hole families. About Nazis protesting in Dresden, while other blocking their route. At the moment I'm watching a trial. A black man died in prison in 1996. He burned alive, while his hands an feeds where chained. The police said, he light the fire himself with a lighter. He was lying on a fireproof mattress. The trial is about to finish in about 4 Weeks. At the end no one will be call to a account. I am in contact with friends of the victim and the applicants. My native language is german, but I speak spanish at home. My english is good enough to talk to some friends.

• Documentary DP

Living and working in Berlin, I am originally from Brittany, France. In 2012, I graduated with a Master's degree in American Studies and Film Studies, focusing my research on the road movie genre and the impact of technology and mediated images on our perception of reality. ​ In 2015, I joined Manifesto Film as production coordinator and later on as editor of the documentary CAUSE OF DEATH: UNKNOWN by Anniken Hoel: a global investigation on the psychiatric pharmaceutical industry. The film premiered at CPH:DOX in 2017. I then collaborated with Mattima Film as editor of DIAGNONSENSE, by Ane-Martha Tamnes Hansgard: a self-reflexive documentary with a critical look at the diagnostic system in psychiatry. The film is currently in post-production. In parallel, I joined the interdisciplinary theatre production Costa Compagnie with editing, live projection, writing and performance. As part of that collaboration, I edited Independence (2023) by director Felix Meyer-Christian which won the award for Best Documentary at the Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Production Coordinator / Crewing

Vanessa Schlesier is a freelance TV-journalist based in Berlin. Her work ranges from breaking news war-reporting to investigative human interest stories or emotional portraits. She has worked all over the Middle East, Myanmar, covered civil unrest in Bangkok and typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. Vanessa currently works on a documentary in the DRC and Germany; the movie will be published with the ZDF, one of the largest public broadcasters in Europe. In the past she has been working for Spiegel TV, one of the top investigative television programs in Germany, uncovering IS-members posing as refugees in Germany and exposing the structures of a smuggling network operating from Turkey. Vanessa holds a Master degree in political science from the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich, graduating from the Axel-Springer Journalism School in Berlin. She took a course in investigative journalism at Columbia Journalism School, is a fellow of the Quandt Foundation and was named one of Germanys Top 30 Journalists under 30.

• Reporter / Journalist
• On-Air Reporter / Host
• News Shooter / Video Journalist
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Field Producer
• Fixer
• Production Assistant

I’m a sound designer, composer and sound mixer for hire, bringing sound to projects from a range of disciplines. I bring a hands-on approach, collaborating from concept through to final production. I manage all aspects of my projects including technical design and installation for artworks and live performances. I am hard working and will ensure the highest quality outcomes at an affordable rate. My services include: Sound design for artist’s exhibitions & installations Composition for film, theatre, games and virtual environments Compositions for performance and performing artists On-location sound recording, mixing and recording manipulation Field recordings and sound generation Live sound performances in response to art works. If you’d like to discuss you project, let’s have a chat. I offer a free 30 minute initial consultation to get an idea of your practise and project. Get in touch and let’s organise a time for an online chat or in-person in Berlin.

• Music Composer
• Sound Designer
• Sound Mixer

Born and raised in Brussels, I am a freelance colorist based in Berlin. Over the years I have had the privilege of working with a diverse range of projects, from feature films and commercials to music videos and documentaries. I am passionate about image and storytelling. Using meticulous colour work to bring visual narratives to life, I strive to make the best of each frame while continuously learning and evolving my craft. My background in communication and my experience with artists working in various fields play a big role in my understanding of aesthetics and each director's specific visions. I treat every project - big or small - with the same care and attention. In 2023 I made the shortlist of the Dehancer Colorist Awards in the documentary and short film section. When I am not behind the color wheels I play trombone in a soulful band, regularly take part in multidisciplinary artistic residencies and hit the pads at the boxing gym.

• Colorist

Senior Creative Project & Production Manager with 12+ years of international experience. Proven success in running physical and digital productions in the creative field industries for internationally renowned art institutions, artists, and agencies managing projects with budgets up to 1.2M Euro, and delivering creative solutions on tight deadlines. I offer hands-on, culturally-tuned creative operations experience across art and design, photography, film, the digital world, publishing, tech, and consumer goods industries. Working alongside an array of world-class artists such as the Turner Prize winner Douglas Gordon, Ian Cheng, Adina Pintilie, and Jonathan Monk, I collaborated with and maintained relationships with some of the world's most prominent public and private art institutions, including Gagosian, ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, LAS Art Foundation, to name a few, as well as commercial clients, and private art galleries and art collectors.

• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Executive Producer
• Line Producer / On-Location
• Production Company
• Production Coordinator / Crewing
• Content Strategist
• Social Media Producer
• Copywriter
• Copy Editor

As a freelance journalist and fixer based in Iraq, I specialise in strategic collaboration with esteemed international media organisations, including TV5, Arte TV, France 24, RFI, The World Radio, and others. My multifaceted role encompasses meticulous planning, location scouting, and coordinating interviews, ensuring a seamless workflow for compelling stories. Currently I am in Berlin, Germany working as a podcast producer. I have a robust track record of contributing to reporting from diverse regions across the country. My coverage spans critical topics, including gender inequality, armed militias, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and climate change. My passion lies in telling stories that matter, with a commitment to amplifying the voices of the marginalised and oppressed. I am excited about the prospect of contributing my skills and experiences to meaningful journalism endeavours.

• Fixer
• Reporter / Journalist
• Field Producer
• Podcast Producer
• Translator
• Copy Editor

Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing has worked as a freelance filmmaker in Myanmar since 2006, acting as director, producer, editor, and sound recordist after attending film schools in both Myanmar and Germany. Her documentary short Burmese Butterfly played festivals in more than 20 countries, including Sheffield Film Fest , and her experimental film, PERIOD@PERIOD won for Best Short at the Wathann Film Festival. Midwives is her feature documentary debut. The film premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival and won the Excellence In Verité Filmmaking World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award. Midwives won the best film award at One World Human Rights Film Festival in Prague and Asian Competition Grand Prize and Next Award at DMZ International Film Festival. Midwives has been screened at more than 40 international festivals (including CPH:Dox, Hot Docs, San Francisco Film Festival, DOK.fest Munich, Sheffield and in the "Best of fests" section at IDFA). MIDWIVES has been sold to 16 countries so far and has won several awards, including at Sundance. The film was released in Germany and the UK and is currently on the longlist for the German Documentary Film Award. It was preselected for the German Film Award and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in the USA. She is base in Germany since 2022 and frequently travel to Thailand for her new film projects.

• Video Editor - Documentary
• Non-Fiction Film Director
• Video Editor - News
• Video Editor - Commercial
• Fixer
• Art Director
• Production Company
• Executive Producer

Berlin-based freelance photographer. Born in 1989 in a small town in Córdoba, Argentina, German left his native home right after graduating from his Interactive Design studies at age 21. While absorbing inspiration from his travels around the world within the next years, his lifelong passion for photography steadily developed into his career choice. Before graduating from the Photography program at the University of Europe for Applied Science in 2020, he established himself professionally through contributions on several editions of Berlin's largest English-language "Exberliner Magazine" as well as through his work with the prestigious "Tanz im August" dance and theater festival. Adding to his experience, in 2018 he joined the team of "Holiday Pirates", one of Europe's best-known online travel companies, where he currently works as a Global Video Marketing Manager. With his artistic focus on the authenticity of his subjects, German flexibly switches between the role of an objective observer, documenting reality, and that of a more creative one, directing the subject according to the need of the client or situation. His sparkly, communicative personality and high sensitivity towards his surroundings support the process of creating an atmosphere of comfort, encouraging the subject to reveal their genuine self.

• Editorial Photographer / Photojournalist
• Event Photographer
• Portrait Photographer
• Landscape Photographer
• Product Photographer
• Digital Content Creator
• Drone Operator

Shotz Production Service is a boutique company run by its owner, Tom Ehrhardt, who has line produced more than 400 commercials, feature films and music videos for the German and international markets. Tom has an incredible knowledge of locations in Germany and a huge wealth of experience with stunts, picture cars and special effects. As the German partner for the Global Production Network, an international network of top-level production service companies, and as a member of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, AICP, Shotz falls into the top echelon of production service companies worldwide. With over 20 years of experience in the industry we have built up a large rooster of reliable and highly skilled crew and creative talent, and are perfectly acquainted with the handling of large groups of client and agency personnel. Whether you are looking for a full production service including line production, location scouting, casting and the hiring of local creative talent, or simply to hire a fixer or local camera team, you will benefit from our extensive network. Shotz is based in Berlin, one of the most attractive places for international film production, where standards are as high as in Los Angeles, New York or London. Diverse filming locations are to be found in the German cities of Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart and Dresden, as well as in a multitude of stunning outdoor landscapes. We have completed projects for production companies such as Believe Media, Caviar, Czar, Focus Features, Framework, Hungry Man, Reset Content, RSA, Stink, The Directors Bureau, Warner Bros and @radical media…, …their directors, including Abigail Fuller, Bart Timmer, Errol Morris, Harald Zwart, Karim Huu Do, Lesley Chilcott, Lieven van Baelen, Markus Walter, Martin Werner, Peter Thwaites, Philippe André, Quentin Tarantino, Reynald Gresset and Sofia Coppola… …and the brands Adidas, Apple, Castrol, Chevrolet, Coca Cola, Coty, Facebook, Fedex, Ford, Gillette, Goodyear, Gucci, Lays, Marlboro, Mercedes Benz, Nike, Nissan, Reebok, Riot Games, Samsung, Stella Artois, Vistaprint and Volkswagen to name just a few.

• Line Producer / On-Location
• Senior Producer / Project Manager
• Field Producer
• Executive Producer

Venezuelan writer and musician. He was born in Caracas in 1982. He has published two books in Spanish: Crónicamente Caracas (Caracas Chronically, 2008, non-fiction) and Dinero Fácil (Easy Money, 2014, fiction). He is a regular contributor to various literary and journalism websites, among them Prodavinci and Sacven. His short stories have been recognized with the following awards: Honorable Mention in the prestigious short story contest held by the newspaper El Nacional, 2014; first place in the 9th Edition of the Sacven Yearly Literary Contest, 2013; first place at the 4th Edition of the Metropolitan Policlinic Short Story Competition, 2010; and Honorable Mention in the 6th Annual Trans-genre Award Competition sponsored by the Socidad de Amigos de la Cultura Urbana, 2006. His narrative work has been compiled in several Venezuelan short story anthologies. As a songwriter, he published the album Caracas se quema (Caracas is burning, 2008) with his rock group Autopista Sur.

• Reporter / Journalist