Born and raised in Berlin, Paul has been working as director of photography since 2012. He is currently in his fourth year of the cinematography track at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Prior, he has had the privilege of studying in Prague, Paris and New York. As an assistant he has worked for Janusz Kaminski and Dick Pope among others.
Paul has a passion for shooting on celluloid as well working with digital technologies such as virtual production. Films he has lensed have been screened at festivals including Filmfest Munich, Raindance London, Cambridge Filmfest, Kurzfilmtage Winterthur and Oaxaca. His work has been published by Ignant and t magazine. Paul receives an artist scholarship from the German Academic Scholarship Foundation. In his work he marries both fictional and documentary approaches and prides himself on taking on more experimental projects as well.
OUT OF VAIHINGEN dir. Josia Brezing (in pre-production)
RENO dir. Julius Weigel
A NEW NORMAL dir. Luzie Loose
TO BE THERE dir. Nefeli Chrysa Avgeris
NACHZEHRER dir. Lucia Knollhuber
IN BLACK AND WHITE dir. Ares Ceylan
ACH dir. Julius Weigel
HELDEN DES LICHTS dir. Diego Hauenstein
KEEPING THEM IN THEIR PLACE dir. Elisa Gomez
JIM fiction dir. Oona von Maydell & Sarah Schulze
Documentary
THE LANGUAGE OF FRIENDS dir. Paul Sonntag
VADIM OTTO URSUS dir. Paul Sonntag
SEARCH RESCUE dir. Julius Schmitt
EYE CANDY dir. Katharina Kraft
CE QUI RESTE dir. Jan Koslowski
Music Videos
DETEKTEI dir. Paul Sonntag
BODY dir. Nefeli Chrysa Avgeris
PRINZESS dir. Nefeli Chrysa Avgeris
COCHLEA dir. Diego Hauenstein
KAOS dir. Leon.Mon
EUPHORIA, LOBSTER & CHAMPAGNE dir. Malakoff Kowalski
BONITA dir. Jona Hamann
GOT ME OPEN dir. Nick Lieberman
Commercials
BROMPTON - ELECTRIC dir. Teddy Powell
FREITAGxBROMPTON - A SPIN ON BACKPACKS dir. Josia Brezing
PINTEREST - MAKE THE WORLD MAKE dir. Danielle Levitt
REGIERUNG BW - WELLENBRECHER dir. Josia Brezing
APPLExVERIZON - OSIRIX dir. Peter Sillen
WORLDS dir. Vincent Dolinsek
DEUTSCHE BAHN - DIE KLAPPE dir. Jonas Vahl
TRIUMPH - BORN IN BRITAIN dir. Luca Homolka