Biography

Working for more than two decades in the industry, Thomas is known for his passion in advertisement, documentary and feature film work. After co-directing alongside his companion Philipp Kadelbach in the advertisement and music video industry, he has quickly become a popular director/cinematographer in the outdoor and action sports world. After his successful feature documentary "Cerro Torre, a snowballs chance in hell" - he now branched out into commercial and feature film shooting.

(CO-) Director / DoP - 1998 - now

Thomas has shot various music videos and commercials for international brands like: Volkswagen, Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Chevrolet, Amnesty International, Caritas, UBS, Burger King, Hornbach, Wrigley's, OMV, Swiss Tourism,..

Author / director / Dop - 2010 - 2013

Directing for Red Bull Media House, Thomas followed world class climber David Lama documenting the free climbing ascent of Cerro Torre, known as one of the most difficult mountains to climb. After 3 long years of production, the film changed the face of climbing movies and set new standards in action sports and aerial filmaking. The picture premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival.

Author / director / Dop - 2014

For Autostadt's "Panoramakino" Thomas created a series of 5 Mini-biopics directed an shot by himself to be screened on the largest LED screen in Europe. He employed a specially designed rig with three 6K cameras to capture the seamless immersive 12K format.

DOP - 2017

Thomas signed as DoP for his longtime companion and co-director Philipp Kadelbach on Philipp's feature film "So viel Zeit" for UFA Fiction. Alongside other highly acclaimed german actors the picture stars Jürgen Vogel, Jan-Josef Liefers, Armin Rohde and Ritchie Müller. The picture is announced to be released winter 2018

AWARDS:

Cannes Lions Shortlist, Clio award, ADC Awards, Moebius Award, Die Klappe, Winner Santa Barbara Film Festival, San Sebastian Film Festival,...
- IMDb mini biography by: Thomas Dirnhofer