Philipp Kaiser - Director of Photography
Philipp Kaiser is seen as one of Austrias most renowned DoPs of the last decade. Many of his commercials and image films were internationally recognized and awarded over the last years. 1991 he started his career as 1st AD and later as camera operator for over 100 tvc´s and 18 feature films. Since 1998, Philipp Kaiser has been working as a freelance Director and DoP. To date, he has created over 150 commercials and corporate films in Europe, Canada, Africa and Australia. In 2012 Philipp Kaiser was brought on board as DoP to film the historical TV Drama, "Charlemagne". In 2008 he sold his first script and finished developing it in 2012. As a result of his four year effort, 45 episodes of the 10 minute ORF Cult Do It Yourself Comedy Series "Selfman" were aired. What one instantly appreciates in Philipp Kaiser is his humor, his sensitivity towards actors, and the art in which he tells stories and transforms them into beautiful pictures.
General Infos
Website
Specialities
Commercials • Corporate Films • Feature Films • Music Videos • Television
Styles
Beauty • Car • Dialog • Food • Kids • Landscape • People • Storytelling • Vignette
Skills
35mm • Alexa • DSLRs • RED-CAM • Super16
Languages
English • German
Productions
Commercials
AMA • AMS • Antenne Wien • Bauhaus • BauMax • Café Super Brasil • Calzados Navarro • Cello • Citroen • Danone • Dialogforum Chemie • Die Presse • European Telecom • Gemüse Essen • Glaxo Hepatitis • GolfRange • Hyper Dino, Spain • Iglo Gemüse • Ikea • Inku • KIWWI • Kurier • Milka • Nescafé • Öko Box • Opel • Prefa • Puntigamer Bier • Quatriga • Radlberger • Reinkartonation • Superfund • Tchaé Tee Lipton • Telefonica • Telekom Austria • Tirol Werbung • Tiroler Wasserkraft • Toyota • Verkehrsministerium Austria • Vinzi Gemeinschaft • Werbeakademie • Wien Tourismus • Zipfer
Documentaries
"Blitz und Donner", TV • "Die mit dem Strauß tanzen", TV • "Point break on the Lake", TV
Feature Films (DoP)
Tirol "Geteilte Heimat"
Feature Films (2nt Unit DoP)
"Der Henker" • "Medicopter 117", 16 Folgen RTL/ORF • "Ragin" • "Silentium"
Corporate Films
Böhler-Udeholm • Cafe Hag • European Telecom • Jungpunzlauer, “Hello America” • Jungpunzlauer, “Not about Malibu” • Kiwwi –Telecomunication • KSV • Kurier • Mayer – Melnhof, “Kartonage“ • One • Shell Oil • Wien Tourismus
TV Productions
ORF - "selfMan"
Directors
Axel Stummer • Curt Faudon • Ernst Gossner • Hans Selikovsky • Kirill Serebrennikov • Michael Haneke • Richard Linklater • Simon Aeby • Thomas Nickel • Wolfgang Murnberger
Awards
The New York Festival: Silver World Medal for Österreichwerbung
THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: Jungpunzlauer "New Factory", Finalist
THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: Jungpunzlauer "Hello America", Finalist
THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: Wien Tourismus "Vienna waits for You", Gold
PRIX VICTORIA: Wien Tourismus "Vienna waits for You", Gold
AD Festival Spain: Milka "The Kiss", Best use of TV, Food, Sweets & Snacks, Gold
THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: Jungpunzlauer "New Factory", Finalist
THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: Jungpunzlauer "Hello America", Finalist
THE NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK: Wien Tourismus "Vienna waits for You", Gold
PRIX VICTORIA: Wien Tourismus "Vienna waits for You", Gold
AD Festival Spain: Milka "The Kiss", Best use of TV, Food, Sweets & Snacks, Gold