Lucian Busse, director, director of photography, editor, Berlin

About Lucian Busse

Lucian Busse was born in Stuttgart in 1966 and moved to Berlin in 1987. Since 1995, he has been working as freelance editor, cinematographer, and director for the broadcasting stations ARD (WDR/RBB/NDR/SWR), ZDF, Arte, as well as several independent production companies in Berlin. Since 2000, he has been focusing on documentaries and reportage. In the early 1990s, he began documenting music sub-cultures. Between 1997 and 2002, he toured with his live cinema concert show Alien TV#1 from Berlin to New York City.

Fictional movies as director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2001	The Strangler One Minute Thriller	Short Film	Multiple	Ufonics Filme [de]	One Minute Thriller
2001	Attraktor II docu short	Short Film	Lucian Busse	Ufonics Filme [de]	docu short

Advertising/Image/Music videos as director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2016	Wichswut - On The Motorway	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2016	Christiane Rösinger - Eigentumswohnung	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2016	Wichswut - Bica	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2013	Wichswut - Release Me	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2012	Die Türen - Leben oder Streben	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2011	Die Türen - Rentner und Studenten	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2003	Wagner & Pohl - Really Don't Videoclip	Music Video	Multiple	Ufonics Filme [de]	Videoclip
1998	Jeff Mills - Life Cycle Remix Videoclip	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV	Videoclip

Non-fictional movies as director

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2011	Berlinized - Sexy an Eis	Documentary	Lucian Busse	Lucian Busse Produktion [de]
2007	The Joyside of Europe	Documentary	Lucian Busse	Lucian Busse Produktion [de]

Fictional movies as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2001	Attraktor II dokumentarischer Kurzfilm - DV	Short Film	Lucian Busse	Ufonics Filme [de]	dokumentarischer Kurzfilm - DV
2001	The Strangler Kurzfilm - Super 8	Short Film	Multiple	Ufonics Filme [de]	Kurzfilm - Super 8
2000	Der Durchbruch Kurzfilm - Betacam SP	Short Film	Katharina Hein	Ufonics Filme [de]	Kurzfilm - Betacam SP

Advertising/Image/Music videos as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2016	Wichswut - On The Motorway	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2016	Christiane Rösinger - Eigentumswohnung	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2016	Wichswut - Bica	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2013	Wichswut - Release Me	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2012	Die Türen - Leben oder Streben	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2011	Die Türen - Rentner und Studenten	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2003	Wagner & Pohl - Really Don't Videoclip - DV	Music Video	Multiple	Ufonics Filme [de]	Videoclip - DV
2003	Britta - Britta-Lichtjahre voraus Videoclip - DV	Music Video	Katharina Hein	Ufonics Filme [de]	Videoclip - DV
2001	Ulrich Schnauss - Between Us And Them Videoclip - 16mm	Music Video	Katharina Hein	Ufonics Filme [de]	Videoclip - 16mm
1998	Jeff Mills - Life Cycle Remix Videoclip - Super 8/DV	Music Video	Multiple	Alien TV	Videoclip - Super 8/DV

Non-fictional movies as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer
2011	Berlinized - Sexy an Eis	Documentary	Lucian Busse	Lucian Busse Produktion [de]
2008	The Joyside of Europe	Documentary	Lucian Busse	Lucian Busse Produktion [de]
2005	Beijing Bubbles	Documentary	Multiple	Lieblingslied Records

Fictional movies as editor

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer
2014	Mianzi Rei / My Legs - My Gears (WT)	Short Film	Peter Scholl	Colorado Media GmbH [de]
2001	The Strangler	Short Film	Multiple	Ufonics Filme [de]
2001	Attraktor II	Short Film	Lucian Busse	Ufonics Filme [de]
2000	Der Durchbruch	Short Film	Katharina Hein	Ufonics Filme [de]

Advertising/Image/Music videos as editor

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer
2016	Wichswut - On The Motorway	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2016	Christiane Rösinger - Eigentumswohnung	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2016	Wichswut - Bica	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2013	Wichswut - Release Me	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2012	Die Türen - Leben oder Streben	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2011	Die Türen - Rentner und Studenten	Music Video	Lucian Busse	Alien TV
2005	Florian Horwath - When The Light Came Around	Music Video	Florian Horwath	Florian Horwath Produktion
2003	Britta - Britta-Lichtjahre voraus	Music Video	Katharina Hein	Ufonics Filme [de]
2003	Wagner & Pohl - Really Don't	Music Video	Multiple	Ufonics Filme [de]
2001	Ulrich Schnauss - Between Us And Them	Music Video	Katharina Hein	Ufonics Filme [de]
1998	Jeff Mills - Life Cycle Remix	Music Video	Multiple	Alien TV

Non-fictional movies as editor

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2022	Berlin - Schicksalsjahre einer Stadt. 2010-2020 (11 Folgen)	Documentary (multi-part), rbb [de]	Multiple	solo:film GmbH
2021	42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles. Werden wir dank Corona den Krebs heilen ?	Documentary (Series), BR [de]	Gunnar Mergner	MobyDok GmbH
2021	Die Charité - Ein Krankenhaus im Kalten Krieg Avid	Documentary, ARD [de], rbb [de]	Dagmar Wittmers	RBB - Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg [de]	Avid
2021	HerStory - Wendeman(n)över. Frauen und der Mauerfall Avid	Documentary (Series), ARD [de], WDR [de]	Sabine Michel	Labo M GmbH	Avid
2021	42 - Die Antwort auf fast alles. Wie lösen wir das Atommüllrätsel? Premiere Pro	Documentary (Series), BR [de]	Boris Geiger	MobyDok GmbH	Premiere Pro
2020	Mahendra Highway	Documentary Feature	Andre Hörmann	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
2020	Election Game - Amerikas Wahlsystem in der Krise	Documentary, ZDFinfo [de]	Jan M. Schäfer	Nordend Film GmbH
2020	Nepal - Dem Himmel nah (2 Teile)	Documentary, arte	Andre Hörmann	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
2020	Berlin - Schicksalsjahre einer Stadt. 2000-2009	Documentary (multi-part), rbb [de]	Peter Scholl	solo:film GmbH
2020	Letzter Aufruf BER	Documentary Feature	Thomas Balzer	Made in Germany Filmproduktion
2019	Endlich Klartext 2.0 - der Große Sozial-Check	Documentary Series, RTL Zwei [de]	Multiple	B.vision Media [de]
2018	Schau in meine Welt - Isidro, der Langläufer	Documentary (Series), rbb [de]	Andre Hörmann	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
2018	The Mayor's Race Final Cut	Documentary	Loraine Blumenthal	Blumenthal & Mitchell Produktion [de]	Final Cut
2018	Echtes Leben - An der Kriegsfront. Deutsche Mediziner helfen im Irak Avid	Report (series), rbb [de]	Peter Podjavorsek	Peter Podjavorsek Produktion	Avid
2018	Die Karakorum Töchter - Expedition in ein neues Leben	Documentary, SR [de]	Andre Hörmann	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
2018	Echtes Leben - Vom Richterstuhl ins Rampenlicht	Report (series), rbb [de]	Petra Cyrus	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
2016	Stark! Tsering - Auf´s Dach der Welt	Documentary (Series), KiKA Kinderkanal [de], ZDF [de]	Andre Hörmann	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion
2016	Im Märkischen Sand (Webdoku)	Documentary Series	Multiple	Out of Focus, Autofocus Videowerkstatt e.V. [de]
2015	Die Story im Ersten - Steuerfrei e. V. - Millionengeschäfte mit der Gemeinnützigkeit	Report (series), rbb [de], WDR [de]	Multiple	Karawanefilm
2015	So schläft die Welt - USA	Documentary (Series), arte, RB - Radio Bremen TV [de]	Gordian Arneth	Telekult Film- und Medienproduktion

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Shows/Live/Events as editor

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2011	Schnitzel mit Promis	TV-Show, ZDFkultur [de]	Peter Scholl	Wieduwilt Film & TV Production GmbH

Basic data

Nationality	German
Languages	EnglishGerman
Experience abroad	Central America: Costa Rica Central Europe: Austria, Germany North America: USA East Asia: China Southern Europe: Canary Islands, Spain Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Thailand Southeastern Europe: Greece Western Europe: England, France, Netherlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Own equipment	Avid MC, Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci Resolve, Light and Camera
Immediate working area	Berlin
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - Berlin
Associations	Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dokumentarfilm [de] National Association of Editors [de]

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Lucian Busse

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