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Bernhard Pötscher

  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Director
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Bernhard Pötscher was born in 1961 in Schwanenstadt, Austria. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Piano Teacher (2001), The Rounder Girls (2000) and Otto Lechner - Der Musikant (2025).
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    • Known for

    Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel in The Piano Teacher (2001)
    The Piano Teacher
    7.5
    • Camera and Electrical Department
    • 2001
    The Rounder Girls (2000)
    The Rounder Girls
    • Cinematographer
    • 2000
    Otto Lechner - Der Musikant (2025)
    Otto Lechner - Der Musikant
    • Cinematographer
    • 2025
    Geraubte Kindheit - und damit leben lernen (1994)
    Geraubte Kindheit - und damit leben lernen
    • Cinematographer
    • 1994

    Credits

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    Cinematographer

    • Otto Lechner - Der Musikant (2025)
      Otto Lechner - Der Musikant
      • Cinematographer
      • 2025
    • Stimmen Stimmen Gegenstimmen (2014)
      Stimmen Stimmen Gegenstimmen
      • Cinematographer
      • 2014
    • Kreuz & Quer (1997)
      Kreuz & Quer
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2011–2013
    • FeierAbend
      TV Series
      • Cinematographer
      • 2013
    • Kleine Perestrojka
      • Cinematographer
      • 2012
    • 42plus (2007)
      42plus
      5.3
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Aus der Zeit (2007)
      Aus der Zeit
      8.0
      • Cinematographer
      • 2007
    • Life is a drama - Drama for life (2006)
      Life is a drama - Drama for life
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Aufzeichnungen zum Widerstand (2006)
      Aufzeichnungen zum Widerstand
      • Cinematographer
      • 2006
    • Diesseits von Afrika - Entdeckung Lesachtal
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • Ich stelle mich noch einmal vor: Ich heisse Franz Kafka
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • director of photography
      • 2004
    • Kleine Schwester (2004)
      Kleine Schwester
      6.7
      TV Movie
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • Africa Representa
      • Cinematographer
      • 2004
    • In Out - Bewege die Welt
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002
    • Vollgas (2002)
      Vollgas
      6.1
      • Cinematographer
      • 2002

    Camera and Electrical Department

    • Nihal G. Koldas and Begüm Akkaya in Kuma (2012)
      Kuma
      6.7
      • additional camera operator
      • 2012
    • Mozart - Eine Spurensuche
      TV Movie
      • additional camera
      • 2006
    • Isabelle Huppert and Benoît Magimel in The Piano Teacher (2001)
      The Piano Teacher
      7.5
      • first assistant camera
      • 2001
    • Heimkehr der Jäger (2000)
      Heimkehr der Jäger
      7.3
      • assistant camera
      • 2000
    • Nordrand (1999)
      Nordrand
      7.1
      • assistant camera
      • 1999
    • Sandrine Bonnaire in Die Schuld der Liebe (1998)
      Die Schuld der Liebe
      5.1
      • first assistant camera
      • 1998
    • The Unfish (1997)
      The Unfish
      6.4
      • camera: second unit
      • 1997
    • 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)
      71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance
      7.1
      • assistant camera
      • 1994
    • India (1993)
      India
      7.9
      • camera operator: second unit
      • 1993
    • Arno Frisch in Benny's Video (1992)
      Benny's Video
      7.1
      • assistant camera
      • 1992
    • Echte Helden - E.A.V. Live (1989)
      Echte Helden - E.A.V. Live
      Video
      • camera operator
      • 1989
    • Arbeitersaga (1988)
      Arbeitersaga
      5.3
      TV Series
      • assistant camera
      • still photographer
      • 1988–1989
    • Die wilden Kinder
      TV Movie
      • second assistant camera
      • 1988
    • Nachsaison (1988)
      Nachsaison
      7.0
      • second assistant camera
      • still photographer
      • 1988

    Director

    • Otto Lechner - Der Musikant (2025)
      Otto Lechner - Der Musikant
      • Director
      • 2025
    • Kleine Perestrojka
      • Director
      • 2012
    • The Rounder Girls (2000)
      The Rounder Girls
      • Director
      • 2000
    • Achtung Staatsgrenze
      • co-director
      • 1996
    • Geraubte Kindheit - und damit leben lernen (1994)
      Geraubte Kindheit - und damit leben lernen
      • Director
      • 1994
    • Es war einmal
      • Director
      • 1992

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • 1961
      • Schwanenstadt, Austria

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