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After graduating in cinematography at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Germany - one of the largest and best equipped film schools in Europe - Kathinka Minthe participated in the master class of Witold Soboczinski in Lodz, Poland. She started working as a freelance lighting camerawoman and operator in 2002. Her intense and elegant style has won her two cinematography awards so far and her technical skills cover all film formats, most video formats and include SFX work such as working with green screen, CGI, composites, claymation and front projection. |
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GRANTS AND AWARDS |
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- Best Cinematography at Eerie Film Festival, Pensilvania, USA, 2009 for "Strigoi" |
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- femme total cinematography award 2002, honorary mention for the Cinematography in "Lichtspiel" |
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- Bronze Tadpole for the Cinematography in "Schäfchen zählen" (Counting Sheep), at the CAMERIMAGE festival for Cinematography in Poland 1999 |
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- student Oscar nomination for "Schäfchen zählen" 2000 |
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- selected participant for the exchange program between Filmakademie Ludwigsburg and Pwftit National Film school, Lodz, Poland |
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- 15.000 € grant from the German Academic Exchange Service for two semesters in the film program of the Simon-Fraser-University, Vancouver |
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| SELECTED CREDITS |
| date production | director/production company/ broadcaster, format |
| feature films | |
| 2008 Strigoi | Faye Jackson/St Moritz Production, 35mm (D.O.P.) |
| 2006 Kaltmiete (featurette) | Gregor Buchkremer/KHM, S-16mm (D.O.P.) |
| 2005 Your Heart in my Head | Rosa von Praunheim/RvPFilmproduktion (2nd Camera) |
| 2002 Der Rattenkonig | Pawel Kokambasis/SWR3, S-16 (camera operator) |
| music promos, docs, installation | |
| 2009 The Body Shop "Love" | ESA Films, HD (in production) |
| 2009 Charlotte Hatherley | Elliot Manches, S8mm, 16mm, HDV |
| 2009 "Alexander" | |
| 2008 Amber "Dirty Step" | Abner Pastoll/February Films, 35mm |
| Elements from this video were shown at the 2009 Grammys | |
| 2008 Abigail Williams "Ashes" | Khaled Lowe/Kino Persona, HD |
| 2008 Capital Woman | Alex Kalymnios/Mayor Of London Capital Woman Conference, HD |
| 2008 London Eye Screens | Faye Buzzard/Buzzard Films and BA, HDV |
| 2007 Hotel Motel "Sucker men" | Luke Blair, HD |
| 2004 Nachlader "Fett" | Mark Lauffert/Dicklaurentisisdead Production/ MTV, DV |
| 2004 Tin Lizzi in Concert | Mark Lauffert/Dicklaurentisisdead Production, DV |
| 2004 Seelenpfeile | Daniela Siebert/Siebert Produktion/XXP, DVCPro |
| 2000 Wetter | video installation for EXPO 2000/Die Basis |
| short films | |
| 2008 Litterpicker | Ashley Horner/Pinball Films, HD. Funded 'stinger' |
| 2007 Sharing Germs | Kirstin Peters/Wüste Filmproduktion/ARTE, HD |
| 2007 Mastermind | Dictynna Hood/Central St. Martins, DV |
| 2007 Strangers | Karim Wathen/LFA, S-16 |
| 2006 Lump | Faye Jackson /St. Moritzproduction, 35mm |
| 2006 Speed Dating | Gregor Buchkremer/KHM, S-16 |
| 2006 Runaways | Zaheer Ahmad/ ESA Film London, S-16 |
| 2005 Tagging | Alex Winckler/Columbia University NY, DV |
| 2003 Die Besucherin | Wassiliki Noulesa/GoLightly Production, S-16 |
| 2002 Lichtspiel | Henning Backhaus/Backhaus Dresden, 16mm |
| 2001 Survival of the Fittest | Samira Rashdi/ Magma Films for TG4 Ireland, Digi-Beta |
| 2001 Go-Hay | Jens Opatz /Filmakademie for ZDF "Siebenstein", 16mm |
| 2001 Summerdaysdream | Gunther Grossholz, 35mm |
| 2000 My Alien Neighbour | Thorsten Schrecke/Filmakademie, 35mm |
| 1999 Schäfchen Z ählen | Sven Taddicken/Filmakademie for Arte, Student Oscar nomination and many other international awards, S-16 |
| 1998 Ice-Cream | Sven Taddicken/Filmakademie, 16mm and S-8 |
| 1998 Gefühlsecht | Joachim Bihrer/Filmakademie, 16mm |