Armin Franzen
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Armin Franzen resides in Berlin, working in various countries as director of photography in feature-fiction and commercial-advertising. During his studies in the cinematography class at the FILMACADEMY BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, armin collected 3 nominations for the ‘GERMAN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD’ (DEUTSCHER KAMERAPREIS). 2004, after receiving the SCHOLARSHIP BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG, he spent one year at the POLISH NATIONAL FILM SCHOOL PWSFTVIT, LODZ (POLAND). 2008 he was awarded the KODAK CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD for KRONOS and his ‘outstanding achievement in cinematography- and lighting-composition during his studies’. Shortly after he successfully finished his studies at the FILMACADEMY BW, the GERMAN CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD 2009 (section feature-fiction) was awarded to Armin Franzen for his work on “KRONOS”.