JAKOB BALLINGER Gaffer	Since he quit Circus school to join the film business 21 years ago, Jakob Ballinger has been working in the film and television industry. While at a young age, he pursued his interest in developing lights, rigs and fixtures, then became an electrician. He enrolled at the National Film School in Vienna to deepen his knowledge of the craft. Back in the field of his choice, he has been working as a gaffer ever since. Specializing in large scale feature films (for directors Michael Haneke, Angelina Jolie, Virgil Widrich etc.) and commercials, his international career has taken … Read more →
HEIDRUN HOLZFEIND Artist, Photographer, Filmmaker	Austrian born artist and documentary filmmaker Heidrun Holzfeind studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and at Cooper Union in New York. After 15 years in New York City she moved back to Vienna and currently lives in Sweden where she teaches photography at the Umeå Art Academy. Her work has been shown at numerous international art institutions and film festivals. She was awarded the 2011 Camera Austria prize for contemporary photography for her important contribution to the continuity and rephrasing of questions pertaining to the documentary … Read more →
PIOTR JAXA Cinematographer, Photographer	Piotra Jaxa is a Polish cinematographer and photographer living in Switzerland. He graduated from the Polish National Film School in Lodz and has worked as Director of Photography on a range of fictional and documentary films worldwide (his work has been shown at festivals such as Cannes, Mannheim, Krakow, Los Angeles and Berlin). His film style draws from the period when he did numerous documentaries. For the last few years, he has been extensively exploring the creative possibilities of digital cinematography in independent European productions … Read more →
LEENA KOPPE Cinematographer	Leena Koppe was born in Vienna and studied cinematography at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. During her studies she already worked as camera assistant, lighting technician and director of photography for commercials, TV productions and feature films. One of her student works („Yoake-a-chewinggum-story“) was invited to Cannes in 2002 and won the Best Photography Award in Tarragona. Since her graduation Koppe has shot four feature films, several documentary movies, a few commercials and projects with visual artists and … Read more →
NINO LEITNER DoP, Producer, Director	Nino Leitner is an award-winning filmmaker, director of photography and film producer based in Vienna. Nino’s work mainly focuses on documentaries, TV commercials, corporate films for international brands and narrative short film productions with his film production company Nino Film GmbH. He is also a well-known blogger as a partner at cinema5D.com, one of the world-leading websites for camera and accessory reviews, as well as his own personal blog ninofilm.net/blog, where he shares insights into how he works on his shoots and … Read more →
REINHOLD VORSCHNEIDER Cinematographer	Reinhold Vorschneider was born in 1951 and went to the DFFB (German Film- and Television-Academy, Berlin). Since he graduated in 1988 he has been working as director of photography, frequently working with auteur filmmakers like Rudolf Thome, Angela Schanelec, Maria Speth, Michael Kreihsl, Thomas Arslan, Christoph Hochhäusler und Benjamin Heisenberg. Many of his films have been presented at international film festivals such as Cannes and Berlin. For his image composition in Benjamin Heisenberg’s film “Der Räuber“ (“The Robber“) Reinhold Vorschneider … Read more →