Vita - Johannes Praus

+49 176 965 22 890
www.johannespraus.de | [email protected]
UPDATE
09|2016
BIOGRAPHY:
Johannes Praus was born in May 1983 in Dresden. After his school years he
gathered experience in film and television and then subsequently studied
cinematography. He lives in Dresden/Berlin and works as a director of
photography for documentary- and featurefilms. Already while he was
studying cinematography in the University of Film and Television
'Konrad Wolf' in Potsdam-Babelsberg was he nominated and won several
prizes
for
his
work.
In
2011
he
won
the
Kodak
Film
School
Cinematography Award with the shortfeature 'OPFER' and was nominated for
the Golden Tadpole at the CamerImage Film Festival Bydgosz. Aswell in
2012 'B-DAY'
was selected for the Student
Etudes
Panorama
at
CamerImage. He finished his graduate studies with distinction with the
documentary film 'NACH WRIEZEN' and his thesis 'KEINE BEZIEHUNG IST
UNMÖGLICH'. In 2015 'NACH WRIEZEN' won the Grimme-Preis. From April
2013 till March 2015 he was a Masters pupil of cinematography with
Professor Peter Badel at the Filmuniversity Babelsberg 'Konrad Wolf'.
In 2014 his featuredebut 'ANDERSWO' won the Dialogue en Perspective at the 64. Int. Filmfestspiele
Berlin was selected for the European Panorama at the CamerImage Film Festival and won the Independent
Camera Award at 49. Karlovy Vary Int. Filmfestival. 'TRANSIT HAVANA' was nominated at Competition of
DOK.fest Munich and 51. Karlovy Vary Int. Filmfestival.
FILMOGRAPHY
(SELECTION) :
2016 | S | SHORT FEATURE | POST | MAX CHRAMBACH | FEBRUARFILM | FS7 + KOWA ANAMORPHOTIC 4:3
2016 | DEUTSCHLAND SCHLAGERLAND | DOCUMENTARY | POST | ARNE BIRKENSTOCK | C-FILMS | C300 + Optimo
2016 | HOUSE OF REVIVAL | SHORT FEATURE | POST | FISCHER & EL SANI | FISCHER & EL SANI | FS7 + ZEISS HS
2015-2016 | TEUFELSKREIS | DOCUMENTARY | PROD | MILICA DJENIC | LOINJAK FILMPROD | SONY FS7 + OptimoDP
2015 | WO WORTE NICHT HINREICHEN| DOCUMENTARY | 90’ | JOSEFINE LINKS | SONY FS7 + Alura Lightweight
2013-2015 | TRANSIT HAVANA | DOCUMENTARY | 86’ | D. ABMA | WITFILM / KLOOS&CO | SONY F3/F5 + Zeiss HS
2014 | DER LETZTE REMIX | DOCUMENTARY | 90’ | OLAF HELD | MONARDA ARTS/ZDF | SONY F5 + CabrioZoom
2013 | ANDERSWO | FEATURE | 87’ | ESTER AMRAMI | DIRK MANTHEY FILM | ARRI ALEXA + Zeiss UltraPrime
2010-2012 | NACH WRIEZEN | DOCUMENTARY | 87’ | DANIEL ABMA | HFF | HDV
2012 | TOTEN HOSEN WOHNZIMMERTOUR | DOCUMENTARY | 133’ | O. HELD | ALMOST FAMOUS | SONY EX3
2011 | SCHLICHT UND ERGREIFEND | SHORT FEATURE | 27’ | KARL HAGEN-STÖTZER | RBB & HFF | S16MM + Zeiss HS
2011 | HERZBERG | SHORT FEATURE | 15’ | DAVID C. BUNNERS | HFF | ARRI ALEXA + Zeiss HS
2011 | SWAN | SHORT FEATURE | 20’ | HENRIKE NAUMANN | HFF | SONY PDW800 + Zeiss DigiPrime
2009/2010 | ROADCREW | DOCUMENTARY | 86’ | OLAF HELD | KOPPFILM & HFF | SONY F3
2010 | OPFER | SHORT FEATURE | 21’ | JOHANNES LEISTNER | HFF | S16MM + Zeiss HS
2010 | ROULETTE PROHLISIENNE | SHORT FEATURE | 5’ | BERND KILIAN | MEDIEN.KUNST | S16MM + Zeiss HS
2010 | B-DAY | SHORT FEATURE | 5’ | OLAF HELD | HFF | S35MM + Zeiss HS
2010 | AG-GEIGE | DOCUMENTARY | 80’ | CARSTEN GEBHARD | COMMA E.V. | HDV
2010 | DER ABSCHIED | SHORT FEATURE | 9’ | BERND KILIAN | MEDIEN.KUNST | S35MM + Zeiss HS
2009 | AUS DEM MEER | SHORT DOCUMENTARY | 13’ | FELIX HARMUTH | HFF | 16MM + Zeiss HS
2008 | EIN TOILETTENWESTERN | SHORT FEATURE | 13’ | HEINER HEINKE | MULTIARTFILMS | S16MM + Zeiss Zoom
FILMOGRAPHY COMMERCIAL :
2015 | WELLA – FRISEURE BEWEGEN III | COMM | 3’ | OLE WIEDEMANN | RPM | SONY FS7
2015 | BERLINER MODESALON | COMM | 3’ | OLE WIEDEMANN | RPM | SONY FS7
FILMOGRAPHY 2ND UNIT:
2015 | WELLA – FRISEURE BEWEGEN II | COMM | 3’ | OLE WIEDEMANN | PRODUCERS&ELEPHANTS | AMIRA
2013 | SCHMIDT | TV-SERIES | (EPISODEN 1-8) | A.DIERBACH & S.SORGER | CONSTANTIN TELE | ALEXA
2008 | STADLFREUNDE | DOCUMENTARY | 77’ | FRAUKE IHNEN | LÜTHJE SCHNEIDER HÖRL GBR | HDV
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS CINEMATOGRAPHY:
2014
2012
2011
2011
2011
2008
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SELECTION | CAMERIMAGE | EUROPEAN PANORAMA | ANDERSWO
SELECTION | CAMERIMAGE | STUDENT ETUDES PANORAMA | B-DAY
WON | KODAK FILM SCHOOL CINEMATOGRAPHY COMPETITION | EAMER | OPFER
NOMINATION | GOLDEN TADPOLE - CAMERIMAGE | STUDENT ETUDES COMEPTITION | OPFER
NOMINATION | GOLDEN EYE | COMP | AUS DEM MEER; ARMENSICHE FRAGMENTE; EIN TOILETTENWESTERN
WON | SHORTAWARD - NEISSE FILMFESTIVAL | COMPETITION | EIN TOILETTENWESTERN
EXHIBITIONS OF PHOTOGRAPHY:
2013
2012
2011
2010
2010
2009
2008
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MINING & SMELTING THE OR | ZIMMERTHEATER ROTTWEIL & ATRIUM HFF POTSDAM
REALITÄT DER ARBEIT | PHOTOKINA KÖLN (CO.)
MINING & SMELTING THE OR | INT. ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNSTAUSTELLUNG NÜRNBERG (CO.)
2011 | MENSCH INDIA | INT. BEGENUNGSZENTRUM DRESDEN & LADENCAFÉ AHA
MARUSZ VON DER ACHTERBAHN | INT. ZEITGENÖSSISCHE KUNSTAUSSTELLUNG KRAKÓW (CO.)
6QM DEUTSCHLAND | KUNSTRAUM WEIßENOHE IM KLOSTER WEIßENOHE (CO.)
KULTURERBE:BEWAHREN!PFLEGEN! | DREIKÖNISGKIRCHE DD/WEINBERGKIRCHE PILLNITZ (CO. EVELYN RICHTER)
CONTACT:
JOHANNES PRAUS CINEMATOGRAPHY | WWW.JOHANNESPRAUS.DE | +49 176 965 22 890 | [email protected]