Hi, I'm Leander, a cinematographer based in Germany.
I work across fiction, documentary, and commercial formats.
Since 2020, I have been studying Cinematography in Department VII at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), under Professors Peter Zeitlinger (ASC) and Christian Rein (BVK), including a workshop at La Fémis with Eric Gautier (AFC).
Films for which I have served as Cinematographer have been screened in Competition at renowned festivals such as the Max Ophüls Festival, Diagonale, Interfilm, YDA, Hofer Filmtage, Clermont-Ferrand, and several others.
In 2024, I was very proud to shoot my first feature-length film Callas Darling, that was in competition at the Max Ophüls Preis 2025 and Diagonale 2025 and I am even prouder that with that film I am nominated for the German Cinematography Award DEUTSCHER KAMERAPREIS 2025 in Sektion Nachwuchs.
As a queer man from the countryside, I am especially interested in films that explore themes of identity, origin, sexuality, and the body – and more generally in cinema that is rooted in a loving gaze toward its characters. Photography and painting are my greatest inspirations, the light of everyday life my dearest friend, and I am always in search of a good story.
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CALLAS, DARLING | Feature Film Fictional - Kino | directed & produced by Julia Windischbauer | Germany, Austria, Montenegro, Albania 2025 | World Premiere in Competition Max Ophüls 2025 | Austria Premiere in Competition Diagonale 2025
MANUSCRIPT | Short Hybrid Doc-Fictional | directed & produced by Jiyar Jahan Fard | Germany 2025
NEBENAN | Short Fictional | directed & produced by Lukas März | a BitteEinenFilm Production | Germany 2024 | Premiere in Competition Internationale Hofer Filmtage 2025 | Competition BFI Flare London 2025
INEINANDERFALLEN | Short Fictional | directed & produced by Vivian Bausch | Austria 2024 | Competition DACH Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival | Competition Crossing Europe Festival Linz
IRIRS GOES BERLIN | Documentary | directed and produced by Hannah Hocker | a Apollonia Film Production | Germany 2021 - 2025
KAFANA NA BALKANU/ BALKAN BABY | Short Fictional | directed by Boris Gavrillović | produced by Kirsten Wehr | a HFF München Production | Germany 2023 - Interfilm - 2. Winner of German Competition & Winner of Audience Award, Clermont Ferrand - International Competition and Winner - best Actress
DADDY | Short Fictional | directed by Ella Knorz | produced by Natalie Seraphim | a HFF München Production | Germany 2023 - Max Ophüls 23, Competition | Winner Cannes YDA Silver 2024
NAOMI | Short Fashion | directed and produced by Petra | Germany 2022
HIER & DA| Short Fictional | directed and produced by Boris Gavrilović | a HFF München Production | Germany 2022
EIN SONNTAG AUF DEM MOND | Short Fictional | directed and produced by Moritz Möhwald | a Drehmetrie Kollektiv Production |Germany 2022
BEZAUBERTE WELT | Short Fictional | directed by David Thibaut | produced by Kirsten Wehr, Luisa Eichler, Natalie Seraphim | a HFF München Production | Germany 2021
NEIN | Short Fictional | directed by Vivian Bausch | produced by Jennifer Drake, Michaela Mederer, Christina Schmidt | a HFF München Production | Germany 2021 | Premiere at Oberhausen 2021
SCHLÄFT EIN LIED | Short Documentary/ Experimental | directed by Pirmin Sedlmaier | produced by Jennifer Drake, Rebekka Schug, Kirsten Wehr | a HFF München Production | Germany 2020
DREAMCAR | Short Documentary | directed by Jakob Legner | produced by Nora Kilroy, Jonas Windgassen | a HFF München Production | Germany 2020
KARUSELL IM KOPF | Short Fictional | directed by Lea Grande | produced by Leander Hartung, Johannes Sagmeister, Raphael Peiß | a Drehmetrie Kollektiv and Leuchtkraft VT Production | Germany 2020