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Christian Almesberger

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Cinematographer
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Christian Almesberger was born on 21 September 1964. Christian is a cinematographer, known for Cloud Atlas (2012), Unknown (2011) and The International (2009).
BornSeptember 21, 1964
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    • Awards
      • 2 wins & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugh Grant, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Bae Doona, Jim Sturgess, and Ben Whishaw in Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Cloud Atlas
    7.3
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2012
    Liam Neeson, January Jones, and Diane Kruger in Unknown (2011)
    Unknown
    6.8
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2011
    Clive Owen and Naomi Watts in The International (2009)
    The International
    6.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2009
    A Cure for Wellness (2016)
    A Cure for Wellness
    6.4
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Corinna Harfouch in Lara (2019)
      Lara
      6.9
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • first assistant camera
      • 2019
    • Helen Mirren in Berlin, I Love You (2019)
      Berlin, I Love You
      4.7
      • first assistant camera
      • 2019
    • Bjarne Mädel and Lars Eidinger in 25 km/h (2018)
      25 km/h
      7.2
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • first assistant camera: 'a' camera
      • 2018
    • J.K. Simmons in Counterpart (2017)
      Counterpart
      8.0
      TV Series
      • first assistant camera: 'a' camera
      • 2017–2018
    • Babylon Berlin (2017)
      Babylon Berlin
      8.4
      TV Series
      • camera operator: "b" camera, TT unit
      • first assistant camera: "a" camera, TT unit
      • steadicam & camera operator ...
      • 2017
    • Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise (2017)
      Conny Plank: The Potential of Noise
      7.4
      • camera
      • 2017
    • James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander in Submergence (2017)
      Submergence
      5.4
      • first assistant camera: underwater camera
      • 2017
    • Dimitri Leonidas, Sullivan Stapleton, Joshua Henry, Diarmaid Murtagh, and Charlie Bewley in American Renegades (2017)
      American Renegades
      5.5
      • first assistant camera: underwater camera
      • 2017
    • Frederick Lau and David Kross in My Brother Simple (2017)
      My Brother Simple
      6.7
      • first assistant camera
      • 2017
    • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
      Sense8
      8.2
      TV Series
      • additional director of photography
      • 2015–2017
    • A Cure for Wellness (2016)
      A Cure for Wellness
      6.4
      • first assistant camera: underwater
      • 2016
    • Tristan Göbel and Anand Batbileg Chuluunbaatar in Goodbye Berlin (2016)
      Goodbye Berlin
      6.9
      • underwater camera technician
      • 2016
    • Tom Hanks in A Hologram for the King (2016)
      A Hologram for the King
      6.1
      • camera operator: 'b' camera
      • first assistant camera: 'a' camera
      • 2016
    • Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart in Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
      Clouds of Sils Maria
      6.7
      • first assistant camera
      • 2014
    • The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)
      The Grand Budapest Hotel
      8.1
      • first assistant camera
      • 2014

    Cinematographer

    • Zielfahnder 3
      • Cinematographer
      • Production Unknown
    • The Light (2025)
      The Light
      5.7
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Wilsberg (1995)
      Wilsberg
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2024
    • Babylon Berlin (2017)
      Babylon Berlin
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2019–2022
    • Devrim Lingnau in The Empress (2022)
      The Empress
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2022
    • Alina Levshin and Marko Cindric in Ein Sommer an der Moldau (2020)
      Ein Sommer an der Moldau
      5.1
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2020
    • Lusala (2019)
      Lusala
      6.8
      • supervising cinematographer
      • 2019
    • Bae Doona, Max Riemelt, Brian J. Smith, Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Tuppence Middleton, Tina Desai, Jamie Clayton, and Toby Onwumere in Sense8 (2015)
      Sense8
      8.2
      TV Series
      • director of photography
      • Cinematographer
      • 2015–2017
    • Nairobi Half Life (2012)
      Nairobi Half Life
      7.3
      • director of photography
      • 2012
    • Soul Boy (2010)
      Soul Boy
      6.6
      • director of photography
      • supervising cinematographer
      • 2010

    Personal details

    • Born
      • September 21, 1964

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    • Trivia
      Member of the German Society of Cinematographers (BVK) since 1992.

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