Christian Sebaldt

Christian Sebaldt , is a German cinematographer best known for his work on the long-running CSI: Crime Scene Investigation television series, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (One Hour) in 2010. In addition, he has worked on numerous major motion pictures, including Resident Evil: Apocalypse, FearDotCom, Reagan and Final Destination Bloodlines, and commercials for companies like Toyota, Samsonite and Energizer.

Early life Sebaldt was born and raised in Munich, Germany. Sebaldt's first serious exposure to the film industry was as a trainee at Bavaria Film, a studio in Munich. He spent time in multiple departments, including the visual effects unit, gaining experience that later served him well on effects-heavy projects.

Career Sebaldt's first professional credit was on the Rainer Werner Fassbinder film Lili Marleen, where he served as an assistant to director of photography Xaver Schwarzenberger. In 1984, Sebaldt relocated to Los Angeles and began work on numerous projects, including music videos and television commercials. He shot 13 episodes of the Nickelodeon series The Secret World of Alex Mack, and over 50 episodes of the series America's Most Wanted. He served as DP for the first two seasons of the crime drama Pacific Blue. Around this time, he became a regular collaborator of director Sean McNamara, shooting films like Galgameth, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, P.U.N.K.S., and Race to Space. In total, he has accumulated over 40 feature film credits.

Since the 2002 direct-to-video science-fiction film Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation, many of Sebaldt's projects have been filmed on digital video rather than film. He applied this style of dark, gritty photography onto films like Resident Evil: Apocalypse and FeardotCom, and on television series like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series and a Kodak Vision Award, as well as a nomination for an ASC Award. His most recent project has been the dark fantasy series Lucifer.

Personal life Sebaldt is a member of the American Society of Cinematographers, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Visual Effects Society, among others. He has been married since 2001 to script supervisor Mary Anne Seward, with whom he has had one child.

Christian currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Filmography Film Year Title Director Notes 1988 Children of the Empire Clif Lord1989 Mortal Passions Andrew Lane Wedding Band Daniel Raskov Hollywood Chaos Sean McNamara Also credited as co-executive producer 1993 Scorned Andrew Stevens1994 Caroline at Midnight Scott McGinnis Inevitable Grace Alex Monty Canawati Revenge of the Red Baron Robert Gordon No Dessert, Dad, till You Mow the Lawn Howard McCain Illicit Dreams Andrew Stevens 1996 GalgamethSean McNamara 1999 P.U.N.K.S. 2001 Race to Space 2002 FeardotCom William Malone 2004 Resident Evil: Apocalypse Alexander Witt 2005 The Dark John Fawcett 2006 Crossover Preston A. Whitmore II 2007 Bratz Sean McNamara 2008 Parasomnia William Malone 2013 Robosapien: Rebooted Sean McNamara 2017 ZBurbs Greg Zekowski Also credited as co-executive producer 2023 On a Wing and a PrayerSean McNamara 2024 Reagan 2025 Final Destination Bloodlines Zach LipovskyAdam Stein 2027 21 Down Sean McNamara

Direct-to-video

Television Year Title Director Notes 1994-1995 The Secret World of Alex Mack Season 1 1995 America's Most Wanted Robin U. Russin Episode "John Bertsch" 1996-1997 Pacific Blue 31 episodes 2000 The Brothers García Virgil L. Fabian Episode "The Right Stuff"2007 On the Lot 3 episodes Die Hardly Working Zach LipovskyTV short Open House Shira-Lee Shalit 2008-2015 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 74 episodes 2016 Rush Hour Sylvain WhiteSteve BoyumMaja VrviloJames Roday Rodriguez 6 episodes 2017 Lucifer 15 episodes2019 Grey's Anatomy Michael W. WatkinsBill D'EliaAllison Liddi-BrownKevin McKidd 4 episodes For the People Season 2 2019-2020 How to Get Away with Murder 8 episodes 2021-2022 Station 19 Paris BarclayStacey K. BlackDaryn OkadaPaula Hunziker 4 episodes 2022-2024 CSI: Vegas 12 episodes

TV movies Year Title Director 1998 Addams Family Reunion Dave Payne 2000 Time Share Sharon von Wietersheim 2003 The Even Stevens Movie Sean McNamara 2004 Species III Brad Turner 2005 Haunting Sarah Ralph Hemecker 2006 Stephen King's Desperation Mick Garris 2016 Forever Boys Adam Stein