Florian Hoffmeister, (born 1970), is a German
cinematographer and director, best known for his work on ''
Tár
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'', which earned him an
Academy Award
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nomination for
Best Cinematography. Projects he has worked on include
''Five Days'', ''
House of Saddam
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'' and AMC's
''The Terror''. He has collaborated with director
Terence Davies
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on two occasions, working on
''The Deep Blue Sea'' and ''
A Quiet Passion''. His other credits include ''
In Secret'', ''
Mortdecai'' and ''
Johnny English Strikes Again
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''.
Career
Hoffmeister graduated from high school in 1989 and got his first job as an intern electrician on a film production. He studied directing and cinematography at
Berlin's German Film and Television Academy. His first film, ' won him a Silver Leopard for Best First Feature Film at the
Locarno International Film Festival
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. A major breakthrough would come in 2011 when he served as the primary cinematographer on the British television mini-series
''Great Expectations'', winning him an
Emmy, a
BAFTA, and the
ASC award. He was listed by ''Variety'' in its "10 Cinematographers to Watch" list.
In 2016, he directed ', a film based on the novel by
Katharina Hacker.
The film is notably in black and white, which Hoffmeister explained as a strategy to "change how the audience in the theatres would view reality and whether the film would strike an emotional impact on them".
Hoffmeister was hired to shoot
Scott Cooper's horror film ''Antlers''.
Filmography
As cinematographer
Feature Films
Television
As director
References
External links
Official Website*
1970 births
Living people
Mass media people from Braunschweig
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