Chris Caliman / Cinematography
My modern visual language, the feeling for the moment, creating honest images, always being curious. That's what characterises me and my camera work. As a freelance cinematographer, I live with my family in Berlin and have been working successfully with various production companies and TV stations for years. I also like to bake, but only in the winter - and then it's delicious...
Selected Honors / Awards
The Schuch Family / Fashionfilm / Julia von der Heide
Berlin Short FilmFestival 2025
Federding / Kurzfilm / Tianlin Xu
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2022
-Best Shortfilm
Blicke - Filmfestival des Ruhrgebiets 2022
-WEITBLICK - Ruhr-Preis, Film mit ungewöhnlichem Blick
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2022
-China FIRST IFF 2022 Award of Pioneering
NOWNESS Festival Shanghai 2022
-Puplikumpreis
Kanun / Spielfilm / Til Obladen und Kida Ramadan
52nd Hofer International Film Festival 2018
Coming and Going / Documentary / Tianlin Xu
16th FIRST STEPS AWARDS (Nomination, Berlin, Germany) 2015
6th OAXACA FILM FESTIVAL (Official Selection, Mexico) *BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY*
PRIZE One „Board of Director’s Award Winners“ of the North Carolina Film Awards, USA
Luis Espinal Prize at the Brazilian International Labour Film Festival / Mostra CineTrabalho, Brazil
PRIZE GOLD REMI at the 49. Annual WorldFest Houston, USA
BEST DOCUMENTARY for the section „Denied Location“ at the 14th Ischia Film Festival, Italy
SPECIAL MENTION for the section LE DONNE RACCONTANO at the 23. Sguardi Altrove Film Festival, Italy
19th Olympia International Film Festival for children and Young People (2016) Griechenland:
Best Feature Documentary Director – comment: For her thorough observation of the characters and a stunning visual language focusing on the contrast between rural and urban Chinese society.