Nikolaus Geyrhalter

Nikolaus Geyrhalter (born 1972) is an Austrian filmmaker. He has directed, produced, written, and worked as cinematographer for numerous documentaries. He has won awards for Das Jahr nach Dayton, Pripyat (1999), Elsewhere (2001), and Our Daily Bread (2005).

Life and career Geyrhalter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972. He formed his own production company at 22 years old. His first documentary was the 1994 film Washed Ashore (German: Angeschwemmt), about life on the Danube. He also filmed Pripyat (1999), a black-and-white look at residents who live near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. Elsewhere (2001) was a travelogue to a dozen different places around the world, and Our Daily Bread (2005) explored mechanical food production. 7915 Km (2008) looks at the Dakar Rally and the lives of racers and locals.

In 2023 the Munich International Documentary Film Festival dedicated an homage to his filmmaking.

Filmography Eisenerz (1992) – director Angeschwemmt (1994) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer Das Jahr nach Dayton (1997) – director, writer, cinematographer Pripyat (1999) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer Elsewhere (2001) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer Fremde Kinder (2003) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer Our Daily Bread (2005) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer 7915 Km (2008) – director, producer, cinematographer Allentsteig (2010) – director Abendland (2011) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer Donauspital (2012) – director, producer, writer, cinematographer Homo Sapiens (2016) – director, producer, cinematographer Mademoiselle Paradis (2017) - producer Die Bauliche Massnahme (2018) – director, producer, cinematographer Earth (2019) – director, producer, cinematographer Matter Out of Place (2022) – director Melt (2025) – director, producer, cinematographer