Sven Zellner

Sven Zellner (born December 20, 1977) is a German photographer, camera operator and documentary filmmaker.

Life Zellner was born on December 20, 1977, in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

From October 2002 to February 2010, he studied camera in the cinema and television film department at the University of Television and Film Munich. He has been a lecturer there since 2009.

Filmography (selection)

2010: Die Bumblebee (camera) 2012: Preis des Goldes (documentary film: director, camera, editor) 2015: Don't Look at Me That Way (cinematography) 2020: Walchensee Forever (documentary: cinematography) 2020: Black Milk (cinematography, production)

Awards (selection)

1995: Second prize at the „BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year“ 2000: Second prize in the category Landschaft at the „BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year“ 2009: Third prize for Tsogzol – Goldgräber in der Mongolei (later Preis des Goldes) at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool 2012: ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis for his film Preis des Goldes 2013: Second prize for Wounded Places at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen 2015: Honorable Mention of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film

Exhibitions

2012 „NINJAS“ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München 2013 „NINJAS“ Deutsche Botschaft in Ulaanbaatar 2014 „Mongolian Disco“ Leica Fotografie International Galerie, Hamburg 2014 „Mongolian Disco“, Radialsystem V (Crossing Identities – Beginners, Experts, Hybrids Urban Nomads // Mongol Citizens // Festival Berlin 2014) 2015 „Mongolian Disco“, German House, UN Plaza, New York (DAAD-Ausstellung: WESTALGIA: NOSTALGIA FOR THE WEST)

Publications

Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 133 „Es darf wehtun“ Samstag/Sonntag 11./12. June 2016 GEO „Zukunft auf Eis“ February 2016 Delayed Gratification „slowing pains“ January 2016 Das Magazin „Mongole mit Kohle“ No 10 (August 3–March 14, 2014) (weekly supplement from Tagesanzeiger, Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and the federal government). GEO International „Ulan-Bator“ May 2014 Leica Fotografie International „Mongolen Disko“ February 2014 Terra Mater „Goldrausch im Wilden Osten“ December 2012 VIEW „Knallharte Träumer“ April 2014 Nikon Pro „Risking life and limb“ April 2015