Sven Zellner

Sven Zellner (born December 20, 1977) is a German photographer, camera operator and documentary filmmaker.

Life
Zellner was born on December 20, 1977, in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

From October 2002 to February 2010, he studied camera in the cinema and television film department at the University of Television and Film Munich. He has been a lecturer there since 2009.

Filmography (selection)

 * 2010: Die Bumblebee (camera)
 * 2012: Preis des Goldes (documentary film: director, camera, editor)
 * 2015: Don't Look at Me That Way (cinematography)
 * 2020: Walchensee Forever (documentary: cinematography)
 * 2020: Black Milk (cinematography, production)

Awards (selection)

 * 1995: Second prize at the „BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
 * 2000: Second prize in the category Landschaft at the „BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
 * 2009: Third prize for Tsogzol – Goldgräber in der Mongolei (later Preis des Goldes) at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool
 * 2012: ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis for his film Preis des Goldes
 * 2013: Second prize for Wounded Places at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen
 * 2015: Honorable Mention of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film

Exhibitions

 * 2012 „NINJAS“ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
 * 2013 „NINJAS“ Deutsche Botschaft in Ulaanbaatar
 * 2014 „Mongolian Disco“ Leica Fotografie International Galerie, Hamburg
 * 2014 „Mongolian Disco“, Radialsystem V (Crossing Identities – Beginners, Experts, Hybrids Urban Nomads // Mongol Citizens // Festival Berlin 2014)
 * 2015 „Mongolian Disco“, German House, UN Plaza, New York (DAAD-Ausstellung: WESTALGIA: NOSTALGIA FOR THE WEST)

Publications

 * Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 133 „Es darf wehtun“ Samstag/Sonntag 11./12. June 2016
 * GEO „Zukunft auf Eis“ February 2016
 * Delayed Gratification „slowing pains“ January 2016
 * Das Magazin „Mongole mit Kohle“ No 10 (August 3–March 14, 2014) (weekly supplement from Tagesanzeiger, Basler Zeitung, Berner Zeitung and the federal government).
 * GEO International „Ulan-Bator“ May 2014
 * Leica Fotografie International „Mongolen Disko“ February 2014
 * Terra Mater „Goldrausch im Wilden Osten“ December 2012
 * VIEW „Knallharte Träumer“ April 2014
 * Nikon Pro „Risking life and limb“ April 2015