Richter, Sebastian
Biography:
Sebastian Richter was born in Berlin in 1963. From 1983 to 1984, he worked as an assistant cameraman at the DEFA Studio for Documentary Films. Richter then studied at the Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg until 1989. During these years, he worked as a cameraman on student films by Andreas Voigt and Andreas Kleinert, including Kleinert’s diploma film Leb’wohl Joseph (1989), which was nominated for a Student Academy Award. In 1989, Richter joined the DEFA studio as a cameraman. While at the studio and, as of 1991, as a freelancer, he continued to collaborate with Kleinert and Voigt.
Richter’s filmography includes a long list of both feature films and documentaries, for cinema and television, by internationally-known directors such as Eduard Schreiber, Thomas Heise, and Eric Till. Sebastian Richter lives in Berlin.
Festivals & Awards:
| 2000 | Golden Nymph, Euroopean TV Film Festival Monte Carlo for Bonhoeffer—Die letzte Stufe |
| 1997 | Greek Competition Award, Thessaloniki Film Festival for Verspielte Nächte |
| 1991 | German Short Film Award for Östliche Landschaft |
Filmography:
| 2011 | Linda geht tanzen (Linda goes Dancing, TV) |
| 2010 | Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (The Princess and the Pea, TV) |
| 2009 | Rapunzel (TV) |
| 2008 | Mamas Flitterwochen (Mom’s Honeymoon, TV) |
| 2008 | Das Morphus-Geheimnis (The Mystery of Morphus) |
| 2006 | Das Wunder der Liebe (The Wonder of Love, TV) |
| 2002 | Der Fluch des schwarzen Schwans (The Curse of the Black Swans, TV) |
| 1999 | Bonhoeffer – Die letzte Stufe (Bonhoeffer – Agent of Grace) |
| 1997 | Im Namen der Unschuld (In the Name of Innocence, TV) |
| 1997 | Große weite Welt (Big Wide World, doc.) |
| 1994 | Neben der Zeit (Outside Time) |
| 1993 | Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (Belief, Love, Hope, doc.) |
| 1993 | Kurzschluß (Short-Circuit, doc.) |
| 1992 | Verlorene Landschaft (Lost Landscape) |
| 1992 | Grenzland (Borderland, doc.) |
| 1991 | Stau – jetzt gehts los (Jammed—Let's Get Moving, doc.) |
| 1991 | Eisenzeit (Iron Age, doc.) |
| 1991 | Letztes Jahr Titanic (Last Year Titanic, doc.) |
| 1991 | Östliche Landschaft (Eastern Landscape, doc.) |
| 1990-95 | Lange nach der Schlacht (Long after the Battle, doc.) |
| 1990 |
Imbiß-Spezial (Snack Bar Special, doc.) |
| 1990 | Ich war ein glücklicher Mensch (I Was a Happy Person, doc.) |
| 1990 | Kehraus (Sweep It Up, doc.) |
| 1989 | Leipzig im Herbst (Leipzig in the Fall, doc.) |