Axel Rothe, director of photography, DIT digital imaging technician, post production supervisor, Leipzig

About Axel Rothe

Software Development

Axel digitalises film and media production houses with custom software integrations, built-to-order apps and extensive consulting. For engineering and consulting enquiries please contact [email protected]

DIT & Colorist

Axel is represented by Replayboys GmbH in Hamburg. For all DIT & Coloring enquiries, please contact [email protected]

Known for

Powerwolf - Monumental Mass
2021
DIT digital imaging technician, colorist

Fictional movies as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2019	Crunch Time (NOT COMPLETED) (WT) Varicam 35, 2K 12bit, Angénieux Optimo	Short Film	Axel Rothe	Axel Rothe Produktion [de]	Varicam 35, 2K 12bit, Angénieux Optimo
2018	Crooked Iron RED MX & Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes	Short Film	Patricia Kaube	Patricia Kaube Produktion [de]	RED MX & Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes
2017	Gestern gibt es nicht Sony FS5, 2K 10bit, Zeiss Compact Zoom	Short Film	Meike Wüstenberg	Meike Wüstenberg Produktion [de]	Sony FS5, 2K 10bit, Zeiss Compact Zoom
2017	Nach dem Regen reißt der Himmel auf (Bewerbungsfilm) Sony FS7, 4k 10bit, Cine Alta Primes	Short Film	Meike Wüstenberg	Meike Wüstenberg Produktion [de]	Sony FS7, 4k 10bit, Cine Alta Primes

Advertising/Image/Music videos as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2020	Wilhelm Horn - Wahre Originale (7 Internetspots)	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]
2019	GO!Logistics - Go!liaths 2019 (Einspieler) Varicam 35, 4k 12bit, Cineo Vision 2:1 Anamorphic	Corporate Film	Guido Tiesarzik	AnyEver GmbH [de]	Varicam 35, 4k 12bit, Cineo Vision 2:1 Anamorphic
2019	Schwind Sehen & Hören - My Style Varicam 35, 4k 12bit, Cineo Vision 2:1 Anamorphic	Commercial	Thorsten Marks	22 Sparks, Thorsten Marks [de]	Varicam 35, 4k 12bit, Cineo Vision 2:1 Anamorphic
2019	Hansa Real Estate AG - Zeit Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Ultra Primes	Corporate Film	Patricia Kaube	Patricia Kaube Produktion [de]	Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Ultra Primes
2019	Berlin Last Mile - Wir bewegen Berlin Varicam 35, 4k 10bit, Angénieux Optimo	Recruiting-Video	Martin Junge [1]	Blueye Pictures, Martin Junge [de]	Varicam 35, 4k 10bit, Angénieux Optimo
2018	Musik schenkt Lächeln e.V. - Weihnachtsmoment 2018 (Social Spot) Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Ultra Primes	Corporate Film	Martin Junge [1]	Blueye Pictures, Martin Junge [de]	Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Ultra Primes
2018	Telefunken - 100 Jahre Telefunken Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cooke S4i	Corporate Film	Peter Alze	Axel Rothe Produktion [de]	Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cooke S4i
2018	Rayu - Let Me Take You (NOT COMPLETED) (WT) Varicam 35, 4K 10bit 50fps, Angénieux Optimo	Music Video	Michael Sjösten	Michael Sjösten Produktion [de]	Varicam 35, 4K 10bit 50fps, Angénieux Optimo
2018	Nice Weihnachten Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes
2018	Stern Auto GmbH - Sternedeals. Shootingstar Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes
2018	Stern Auto GmbH - Sternedeals. Datingstar Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes
2018	Stern Auto GmbH - Du willst es doch auch! feat. Friedrich Liechtenstein Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes	Commercial	Andreas Schmidt [3]	Twosyde Media GmbH	Panasonic Varicam 35, 4K 12bit, Cine Alta Primes
2017	Schnizz Restaurant - Erlebe Deinen Schnizz Moment! Sony FS7, 4K 10bit, Cine Alta Primes	Commercial	Multiple	Twosyde Media GmbH	Sony FS7, 4K 10bit, Cine Alta Primes
2016	Bäckerei Bärenhecke - Seit 1898 FS700, 2K RAW	Corporate Film	Roman Rögner	Picmention Video & Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	FS700, 2K RAW
2016	Schloss Einstein - Staffel 20 FS700, 2K RAW	Title Sequence	Florian Arndt	Sons of Motion Pictures	FS700, 2K RAW
2016	Roxana - Alice FS700, 2K RAW	Music Video	Patricia Kaube	Picmention Video & Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	FS700, 2K RAW
2016	Augenlaserzentrum Halle - Der Golfer FS5, 4K	Commercial	Patricia Kaube	Picmention Video & Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	FS5, 4K
2016	A&O Hostel - Hier schlafen Sie gut! (Webfilm) RED Scarlett MX, 5K	Commercial	Florian Arndt	Sons of Motion Pictures	RED Scarlett MX, 5K

Non-fictional movies as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	The North Drift additional photography	Documentary Feature, MDR [de]	Steffen Krones	ravir film GbR	additional photography
2017	Change Is the Only Constant Thing	Documentary Feature	Christoph Fleischer [1]	Sleep/Wake Films, Christoph Fleischer [de]

Shows/Live/Events as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	Sony Music - Culture Day 01	Event Recording	Nora Thuering	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]

Fictional movies as DIT digital imaging technician

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	Die stillen Trabanten 8K REDCode RAW 3zu1	Feature Film	Thomas Stuber	Sommerhaus Filmproduktion GmbH	8K REDCode RAW 3zu1
2020	Ein Leben lang DT 20-25	TV Movie, ARD [de], WDR [de]	Till Endemann	Flare Film GmbH [de]	DT 20-25
2020	The Girl with the Golden Hands DT14-25	Feature Film	Katharina Marie Schubert	if... Productions [de]	DT14-25
2019	Tatort - Parasomnia inkl. On-Set Grading Dailies	TV-Movie (Series), MDR [de]	Sebastian Marka	MadeFor Film GmbH [de]	inkl. On-Set Grading Dailies
2019	Die Toten von Marnow Sub DT42+43, Dailies 41-43	TV Movie (multi-part), ARD [de], Degeto [de], NDR [de]	Andreas Herzog	Polyphon Film GmbH	Sub DT42+43, Dailies 41-43
2019	Unterm Birnbaum inkl. On-Set Grading Dailies	TV Movie, ZDF [de]	Uli Edel	Mecom Fiction GmbH	inkl. On-Set Grading Dailies
2018	Crooked Iron	Short Film	Patricia Kaube	Patricia Kaube Produktion [de]

Advertising/Image/Music videos as DIT digital imaging technician

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2020	Re-start - Der Lockdown-Film (Internetfilm) Remote Workflow Design, Data Management	Commercial	Florian Meimberg	Die freien Kreativen aus Film und Werbung [de]	Remote Workflow Design, Data Management
2019	Wernesgrüner - Hinein ins Grüne	Commercial	Florian Meimberg	Bakery Films GmbH [de]

Shows/Live/Events as DIT digital imaging technician

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	Powerwolf - Monumental Mass Live Grading Multicam ARRI in LED CAVE	Concert Recording	Joerg Michael Musielak	Twisted Talent Entertainment GmbH [de]	Live Grading Multicam ARRI in LED CAVE
2021	Die Wurzeln der Leute reichten bis zum Mittelpunkt der Erde - 40 Jahre neues Theater Halle Multicam	Event Recording	Ronny Jakubaschk	Fortschritte Medien GmbH	Multicam

Advertising/Image/Music videos as post production supervisor

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer
2021	Tencel - No Matter What	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]
2020	Adobe - We Love New Work	Corporate Series	Max Langfeldt	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]
2020	Wilhelm Horn - Wahre Originale (7 Internetspots)	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]

Shows/Live/Events as post production supervisor

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2020	Deneff - Jahreskonferenz	Event Recording	Tom Schildberg	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]

Fictional movies in other activities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	Die Känguru-Verschwörung	Feature Film	Multiple	X Filme Creative Pool GmbH	data wrangler / digital loader
2020	Feel Something	Short Film	Tom Streller	Tom Streller Produktion [de]	colorist
2019	Into the Beat - Dein Herz tanzt	Feature Film	Stefan Westerwelle	Lieblingsfilm GmbH [de]	data wrangler / digital loader Ersatz DT15-19
2019	Crunch Time (NOT COMPLETED) (WT)	Short Film	Axel Rothe	Axel Rothe Produktion [de]	director
2019	Rabensang (WT)	Medium Length Film	Christian Lange	Hedwig Productions GbR [de]	colorist 35min Length
2019	Crunch Time (NOT COMPLETED) (WT)	Short Film	Axel Rothe	Axel Rothe Produktion [de]	colorist
2019	Crooked Iron	Short Film	Patricia Kaube	Patricia Kaube Produktion [de]	colorist incl. DCP Delivery
2018	Blossom	Short Film	Patricia Kaube	Patricia Kaube Produktion [de]	colorist
2017	Gestern gibt es nicht	Short Film	Meike Wüstenberg	Meike Wüstenberg Produktion [de]	editor
2017	Nach dem Regen reißt der Himmel auf (Bewerbungsfilm)	Short Film	Meike Wüstenberg	Meike Wüstenberg Produktion [de]	editor
2017	Gestern gibt es nicht	Short Film	Meike Wüstenberg	Meike Wüstenberg Produktion [de]	colorist
2017	Nach dem Regen reißt der Himmel auf (Bewerbungsfilm)	Short Film	Meike Wüstenberg	Meike Wüstenberg Produktion [de]	colorist
2017	Der letzte Hüter	Teaser (Film Concept)	Lutz Reinke	Lutz Reinke Produktion [de]	colorist
2016	Blossom	Short Film	Patricia Kaube	Patricia Kaube Produktion [de]	gaffer

Advertising/Image/Music videos in other activities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	Tencel - No Matter What	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	colorist
2020	Adobe - We Love New Work	Corporate Series	Max Langfeldt	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	colorist
2020	Tchibo - Weihnachten 2020	Commercial	Nico Beyer	Markenfilm Berlin GmbH [de]	video assist/playback operator DT 1-3
2020	Wilhelm Horn - Wahre Originale (7 Internetspots)	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	director
2020	Wilhelm Horn - Wahre Originale (7 Internetspots)	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	colorist
2020	Wilhelm Horn - Wahre Originale (7 Internetspots)	Commercial	Multiple	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	postproduction producer
2019	GO!Logistics - Go!liaths 2019 (Einspieler)	Corporate Film	Guido Tiesarzik	AnyEver GmbH [de]	colorist Anamorphic, 12bit 4444
2019	Berlin Last Mile - Wir bewegen Berlin	Recruiting-Video	Martin Junge [1]	Blueye Pictures, Martin Junge [de]	colorist
2019	Schwind Sehen & Hören - My Style	Commercial	Thorsten Marks	22 Sparks, Thorsten Marks [de]	colorist
2018	Telefunken - 100 Jahre Telefunken	Corporate Film	Peter Alze	Axel Rothe Produktion [de]	editor
2018	Telefunken - 100 Jahre Telefunken	Corporate Film	Peter Alze	Axel Rothe Produktion [de]	colorist On Set Look Managment for Client Preview
2018	Nice Weihnachten	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	colorist inkl. Live Grading / QC
2018	Stern Auto GmbH - Sternedeals. Shootingstar	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	colorist inkl. Live Grading / QC
2018	Stern Auto GmbH - Sternedeals. Datingstar	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	colorist inkl. Live Grading / QC
2018	AOK Nordwest - Natürlich erleben	Commercial	Sarah Lux	WDV Gesellschaft für Medien & Kommunikation mbH & Co. OHG	colorist
2017	Amavido - Discover the Invisible	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	colorist
2017	Paisley - This Town	Music Video	Clemens Jurk	Alive Film - MCS Sachsen GmbH [de]	colorist
2017	TU Ilmenau - Wir sind die TU Ilmenau	Commercial	Benedikt Sittko	Sittko Werner Filmproduktion	colorist
2016	Roxana - Alice	Music Video	Patricia Kaube	Picmention Video & Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	colorist
2014	VSpeed - V77	Commercial	Alexander Schulz [1]	Die Filmagentur	camera operator

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Shows/Live/Events in other activities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2021	Powerwolf - Monumental Mass	Concert Recording	Joerg Michael Musielak	Twisted Talent Entertainment GmbH [de]	colorist
2020	Deneff - Hackathon	Event Recording	Tom Schildberg	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	colorist
2020	Deneff - Hackathon	Event Recording	Tom Schildberg	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	technical manager
2020	Deneff - Jahreskonferenz	Event Recording	Tom Schildberg	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	technical manager
2020	Deneff - Jahreskonferenz	Event Recording	Tom Schildberg	Van Rothe, Motion Picture Visual Engineering GbR [de]	colorist Live Grading

Basic data

Nationality	German, U.S.-American
Languages	EnglishGerman
Experience abroad	North America: USA Southern Europe: Spain
Special skills	- Previz mit 3D - Lookdevelopment - HDR-Workflows - On-Set Color Grading (Dailies) - Live Grading - Color / Look Management (on Set) Grading Software: Resolve, Scratch, Nucoda, Pomfort Live Grade Data Management: Pomfort Silverstack Compositing/Retouching: Fusion, After Effects
Own equipment	Color Grading Studio für 4K HDR - Davinci Resolve System (1x Leipzig, 1x Berlin) incl. Meetingroom, Lounge, Desks und Balcony with Grill 3x DIT-Cart - Calibrated REC709/REC2020 Monitors - Video-Scopes - Workstations (Mac) - Live Grading Setup, QC Video Village - Mobile Video Village Setup 24" up to 4 cameras - Directors Monitors 5" - 24" - Wireless Video Systems
Licences	B (car) [eu], First Responder DGUV 304-001 [de]
Preferred place of work	DoP, Colorist, DIT
Immediate working area	Leipzig
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - Saxony
Accommodation possibilities	Berlin, Frankfurt, Leipzig
Associations	Filmverband Sachsen [de]

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