A beautiful part of
"filmmaking is the opportunity to collaborate with so many wonderful people."
A beautiful part of
"filmmaking is the opportunity to collaborate with so many wonderful people."
Inigo Westmeier was born in 1973 in Brussels, Belgium.
Without speaking a word of Russian, he made the journey to Moscow in 1994 to study cinematography at the VGIK film school (Master of ART degree). Afterwards he completed postgraduate studies at the Filmakademie Baden Württemberg (diploma) in Germany. This sent him with a scholarship to a masterclass at UCLA in Los Angeles, California.
He has worked for more than twenty years as a cinematographer on award-winning documentaries, international advertisements and narrative features. Now he works as a director, cinematographer, writer and producer on award-winning documentaries and narrative films.
memberships
- director – BVR German Directors Guild
– DoP – BVK German Cinematographers Guild
– Member of “Deutsche Filmakademie”
- Professor of Communication at Normal University, Lanzhou China
Appointment as Professor in College of Communication/College of News in Northwest University /China
work experience
- europa . china . russia . usa . congo . rwanda . thailand . turkey . egypt . Czech Republic . Singapore
filmography
Dragon Girls
(Documentary Feature) shot in China, 90 min., BR / arte, Hessen-film, FFF Bayern, FFA German Film Fund
Producer, Writer, Director, and Director of Photography
Alone in Four Walls
(Documentary) shot in the urals, russia – MDR/WDR/arte, Hessenfilm
director of photography, producer
black china
(Documentary Feature), shot in Germany, 90 min. – ZDF/arte Themenabend, Hessenfilm, FFF Bayern
Writer, Director, and Director of Photography
Ins Ungewisse
(Documentary Feature) shot in Congo & China, 70 min., ARTE The- menabend, Hessenfilm, FFF Bayern
Writer, Director, and Associate Producer
Der Wimpernschlag der kleinen Nam
(TV Documentary) shot in Thailand, 30 min. – ZDF/3Sat
Producer, Writer, Director and Director
Die Haushaltshilfe
(TV Documentary) shot in Thailand, 30 min. – Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2009
director of photography
Deutschland 09 - SCHIEFLAGE
(Episodic Fiction Feature, 1 episode) shot in Germany, 152 min.
director of photography
Der entsorgte Vater
(Documentary) – 86 min.
director of photography
State of mind
(Documentary Feature) shot in Congo, 90 min. – GIZ
director of photography
Papy
(Fiction) shot in Congo 30 min.
director of photography
Unschuldig
(TV Fiction Action-Film) shot in Germany 4 x 45 min. – Bayerischer Fernsehpreis
director of photography
team
FALK GRUNING . RECHTSANWALT / FILMGESCHAFTSFÜHRER OWF
Jürgen Tröster . Line Producer
NIKO KARO . DIRECTOR
C&A, Gösser, Nivea, Lufthansa, Cinema for Peace
BENJAMIN QUABECK . DIRECTOR / EDITOR
Directing:
– Nichts Bereuen
– Verschwende Deine Jugend
Editor:
– Nichts bereuen
– Revolting Rhymes
– Dragon Girls
– Black China
– Ins Ungewisse
Awards selection:
– Oscar Nomination (Revolting Rhymes)
– Hot Docs Toronto Best Feature Documentary (Dragon Girls)
– Children's Jury Prize Chicago International Children's Festival (Dragon Girls)
– Hessischer Film Award (Dragon Girls)
KILIAN VON KEYSERLINGK . DIRECTOR / EDITOR
Directing:
„Marco und der Wolff" Award u.a.: Winner, Shocking Shorts Award
Editing:
Sparkasse ,,Sauber" – Kino und TV Werbefilm Awards u.a.: Winner, Golden Award of Montreux, ADC Auszeichnung
,,Blackout" – Miniserie, 2021 Die Bestseller Verfilmung nach Marc Elsberg mit Moritz Bleibtreu Folgen 1, 3 und 4
„Das doppelte Lottchen" nach Erich Kästner, Neuverfilmung für Kino und TV, 2016
Alexander Steimle . writer
Writer
Clemens Becker . sound design
-Drachenmädchen
-Black China
-25 km/h
-Jim Knopf und die wilde 13
-Hi AI
-Blood Red Sky
ANSGAR FRERICH . BASIS BERLIN / SOUND DESIGN
- Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel
– Ins Palermo Shooting
– Into the Unknown
– Deutscher Filmpreis für den besten Ton im Film
- Pianomania
Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel Oscar-Nominierung Palermo Shooting Cannes Wettbewerb Homs - Ein zerstörter Traum Sundance Film Festival/Preis der Jury - Bester ausländischer Dokumentarfilm
CHRISTINE HIAM . FILM COLORIST
Nick Cave documentary from 1989 "The Road to God knows where"
Festival de Cannes Pope Francis: A man of his word
Director:Wim Wenders
DOP:Lisa Rinzler
Fritz Butz . 1st AC
bvk
MARTIN BERZINS . 2nd AC
MIKE SCHMIDT . sound engineer
CHRISTOPH BLASE . HEAD LIGHTING
Chloé (Wettbewerbsbeitrag Bayern 2030) (AT)
Neben der Spur
PHILIP SCHIRMER / MAMAMATRIX . AI Consulting
JAN CLASEN . AI Consulting
Mike Liuzzi . VFX
awards
Dragon Girls
Alone in Four Walls
Official selection Sundance Film Festival
Winner Locarno International Film Festival, Grand Price of the Critics Winner
“Laurel Branch“, Best Documentary Cinema 2008, Moscow Russia
Winner BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, ACHTUNG BERLIN – NEW BERLIN FILM AWARD Film Festival
Filmfestival MAX OPHuLS PREIS, Best Documentary, Germany
Winner DOC LISBOA International Filmfestival
Winner Message to Man International Filmfestival Sant Petersburg
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE SAN LUIS SAN LUIS CINE International Filmfestival Best Documentary Argentinia
Filn Prize of Human Rights Derhunalc International Filmfestival Geneva
Official Selection Edinburgh International Filmfest
Official Selection Melbourne International Filmfest Melbourne
Official Selection Seattle International Filmfest Seattle
Official Selection Seoul Korea International Filmfest Seoul Korea
Official Selection DOCPoint Helsinki Documentary International Filmfest Helsinki
Official Selection AFI FEST International Filmfest Los Angeles
Official Selection Planet Doc Review International Filmfest Warsaw
Official Selection Energa CAMERIMAGE International Filmfest Poland
Ins Ungewisse
Black China
Official Selection Lichter Filmfestival Frankfurt AM