BIO
Photo by Frank Hammond
Christian Mario Löhr is an award-winning cinematographer with an international and intercultural background. Born in Germany to German-Colombian parents and raised in Kenya and Tanzania, he brings a perspective formed between cultures and a commitment to images that are carefully built and serve the story. He works primarily between documentary and narrative, alongside commercial work.
He studied cinematography at APA International Film School in Sydney and at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. Christian works in English, German, and Spanish, with basic French, and is comfortable at any production scale, with cameras and anamorphic lenses available to productions when appropriate.
His work has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Documentary Gold Award (NSW ACS) for Whisper of the Marimba (Ecuador), a Student Gold Award (NSW ACS) and a Student Cinematography Award at the Vilmos Zsigmond Film Festival for Ironhead (China), which premiered at the Berlinale, and a Platinum Award at the Fortean Film Festival for the feature Ashens and the Polybius Heist (UK). He shot three episodes of the series Uncivilized (ZDF), which won the Grimme-Preis, was nominated for Best Series at the Deutscher Fernsehpreis, won the Serienpreis der Studierenden at TeleVisionale, and received the Top Award and Video Award at the CIVIS Medienpreis. In 2018 he was selected for Berlinale Talents. He is a member of the Australian Cinematography Society.