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About Börres Weiffenbach

Director of Photography for scenic and documentary productions, awarded with numerous prizes. Among them are the Grimme Prize and the German Camera Prize twice each. Films photographed by Weiffenbach have received the European Film Prize, three times the Bavarian Film Prize and have been represented at national and international film festivals.

Lecturer for artistic image design (among others at the dffb Berlin)
Camera workshop digital cinematography, 16mm and 35mm cinefilm and many more

Known for

Non-fictional movies as director of photography

YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2024Zeit zwischen den Fingern (WT)DocumentaryJens SchanzeMascha Film GbR [de]
2022Ein Traum von Revolution (WT)Documentary FeaturePetra HoffmannHope Medien Film und Fernsehproduktion [de]
2022Auf der Spur des Wahnsinns (WT)Documentary FeatureEdgar HagenVollbild Film GmbH
2020Who We WereDocumentary FeatureMarc BauderBauderfilm [de]
2020Stolz auf dichShort DocumentaryJens SchanzeMascha Film GbR [de]
2020Behind the HeadlinesDocumentary FeatureDaniel SagerBauderfilm [de]
2019Heimat is a Space in Time
1 DT für 24h Berlin (Ostkreuz)
Documentary FeatureThomas HeiseMa.ja.de. Filmproduktions GmbH [de]1 DT für 24h Berlin (Ostkreuz)
2018Body of TruthDocumentary FeatureEvelyn SchelsIndi Film GmbH [de]
2018Scala Adieu - Von Windeln verwehtDocumentary FeatureDouglas WolfspergerDouglas Wolfsperger Filmproduktion [de]
2018On the Fault-Line - Beekeepers in MecklenburgDocumentaryAnne AndersenAnne Andersen Film [de]
2017Melodie Raum 222Documentary, ZDF [de]Anton PichlerZischlermann Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
2017Sympathisanten - Unser Deutscher HerbstDocumentary FeatureFelix MoellerBlueprint Film GmbH [de]
2017Searching for Ingmar BergmanDocumentary FeatureMargarethe von TrottaC-Films (Deutschland) GmbH [de]
2016The ConferenceDocumentary FeatureFilip MalinowskiSoleil Film
2015The Golan SwimminpoolDocumentary FeatureEsther ZimmeringZischlermann Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
2014Was bleibt? Das Prinzip Apfelbaum
Regie nur bei den Dreharbeiten
Short DocumentaryBörres WeiffenbachDFC Deutsche Fundraising Company GmbH [de]Regie nur bei den Dreharbeiten
2014The Price of ParadiseDocumentary FeatureBettina BorgfeldFilmtank GmbH [de]
2013The AuditionDocumentary Feature, ZDF [de]Till HarmsFlare Film GmbH [de]
2013The Good Life
Robert Geisendörfer Preis
Documentary FeatureJens SchanzeMascha Film GbR [de]Robert Geisendörfer Preis
2013Master of the UniverseDocumentary Feature, arte, HR [de], SWR [de]Marc BauderBauderfilm [de]

Shows/Live/Events as director of photography

YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2004Friss oder Stirb - Die TV-Show der Toten HosenTV-Show, MTVStefan KloosKloos & Co. Medien GmbH

Fictional movies in other activities

YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2010EckliebShort FilmMarcela BraakFilmarche Berlin e.V. [de]gaffer
2002Inas GeburtstagShort FilmAndré Bergeltambel astgaffer

Non-fictional movies in other activities

YearTitleGenreDirectorProducerComment
2014Was bleibt? Das Prinzip ApfelbaumShort DocumentaryBörres WeiffenbachDFC Deutsche Fundraising Company GmbH [de]director
2005Full Metal VillageDocumentarySung Hyung ChoFlying Moon Filmproduktion GmbH [de]2nd unit dop (4 DT während dem Festival)

Film awards

YearFilmAwardCategory 
2017The Good LifeRobert Geisendörfer PreisKameraWinner
2017Dead Man WorkingGrimme PreisFiktionWinner
2017Dead Man WorkingDeutscher KamerapreisFernsehfilm (Kamera)Winner
2014Master of the UniversePreis der deutschen Filmkritik 2013KameraNominated
2012Raising ResistanceDeutscher Kamerapreis 2012Dokumentarfilm / DokumentationNominated
2007Full Metal Villagenew berlin film award / Achtung BerlinBeste KameraWinner
2006End of a Journey - The Last Slovak TinkersDeutscher KamerapreisBeste Kamera - DokuNominated
2002Waste LandDeutscher KamerapreisFörderpreis Kamera Dokumentation/KulturfilmWinner
2002Waste LandGrimme-PreisInformation & KulturWinner
2002Waste LandBayerischer FernsehpreisDokumentarfilmWinner
2002Waste LandSehsüchte Internationales StudentenfilmfestBester DokumentarfilmWinner
2002Waste LandDeutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis2. PreisWinner

Basic data

NationalityGerman
LanguagesEnglishFrenchItalian
Experience abroadCentral Europe: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
North Africa: Sudan, Tunisia
North America: USA
East Africa: Kenya
East Asia: Japan
Eastern Europe: Belarus, Russia
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay
South Asia: Afghanistan, Nepal
Southern Europe: Canary Islands, Italy, Malta, Portugal
Southeastern Europe: Albania, Greece, Serbia
West Africa: Niger, Senegal
West Asia: Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Syria
Western Europe: Belgium, England, France, Ireland, United Kingdom
Central Asia: Kazakhstan
LicencesC1 (truck < 3,5t <= 7,5t) [eu], International Press Card, Media (I) Visa (Journalist Visa for USA) [us], Press Card [de]
Immediate working areaHannover
1st residence (federal state or country)Germany - Lower Saxony
Accommodation possibilitiesBerlin
Associations