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Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Homepage: http://www.chris-kochmann.de

Movie Involvements: 10

TV Involvements: 2


Most Famous Work

Biography

Christian Kochmann is a German Director of Photography & Camera Operator working in feature films, documentaries and independent projects. After training and working as a camera assistant and lighting technician, he completed his diploma in artistic cinematography for fiction and documentary film at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in 2015. His feature film debut, Oray (2019), received numerous awards, including the First Feature Award at the 69th Berlinale, the Grand Jury Prize for Best European Debut Film at the Premiers Plans d'Angers Festival, and the Golden Olive Branch for Best Film at the Festival del Cinema Europeo in Lecce. The film Annunciation (2017) was nominated for the Student Academy Award and the experimental documentary Ocean Hill Drive (2016) won the German Short Film Award in Gold and the 1st Prize in the NRW Competition at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival. His latest feature films, HYSTERIA (directed by Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay) and SIRENS CALL (directed by Gossing/Sieckmann), had their world premiere at the 75th Berlinale in 2025, where HYSTERIA won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European film in the Panorama section.

Most Famous Work

Other Parents
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Other Parents

(2019) Camera Operator
Hysteria
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Hysteria

(2025) Director of Photography
Love, Deutschmarks and Death
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Love, Deutschmarks and Death

(2022) Cinematography
KBV - Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse
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7

KBV - Keine besonderen Vorkommnisse

(2021) Camera Operator
Tina Turner - Simply the Best
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Tina Turner - Simply the Best

(2011) Camera Operator
Oray
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Oray

(2021) Director of Photography
Annunciation
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Annunciation

(2016) Director of Photography
Before the Gate of Ictihad
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Before the Gate of Ictihad

(2013) Director of Photography

Acting

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Camera

Year Role Movie/Tv
2025 Director of Photography
2021 Director of Photography
Camera Operator
2019 Director of Photography
Camera Operator
2017 Director of Photography
2016 Director of Photography
Director of Photography
2015 Director of Photography
2013 Director of Photography
2011 Camera Operator
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Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
2022 Cinematography
Year Role Movie/Tv

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