Arne is a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, and colorist from Berlin. He works worldwide, primarily in non-fiction, focussing on how to be human in troubled times. His approach to filmmaking is marked by humility and patience. Endeavors into street photography and video art broaden his visual practice. Films he photographed have been screened at international festivals and received multiple awards.
// WORK
2026-01 - television work in france and austria for arte / berlin producers
2025-12 - image video for children’s museum berlin
2025-10 - commissioned documentary for awa theater berlin
2025-06 - 2025-08 - artist residency in taipei, taiwan / video art exhibition
2025-04 - pre-production for undisclosed project in colombia and ecuador
2025-03 - documentary work for caravaneras in the united states
2025-02 - ceasefire by jakob krese (which i colorgraded) premieres at berlinale
2024-12 - television work for deutsche welle chinese service
2024-11 - color grading of jakob krese’s latest documentary ceasefire
2024-09 - documentary work for arte (”psycho”)
2024-09 - music video for berlin synth punk band morgen teuer töten
2024-07 - commercial for berlin-based audio-manufacturer resør electronics
2024-06 - lo que queda en el camino
is screened in educational workshops with globale schulkino
2024-06 - nasim is screened in educational workshops with rosa e.v.
2024-01 - i dp’ed the last stretch of leah galant’s documentary landscapes of memory
// FILMOGRAPHY (DP)
CARAVANERAS
documentary
MX / IT / DE 2025 --- 90 min
Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Zero Stress (IT), Majmun Films (DE)
LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY
documentary
US / DE 2025 --- 90 min
Director: Leah Galant
Production: Meerkat Films (NYC)
BLOCK V
video installation
DE 2023
Director: Dirk Cieslak
Production: Vierte Welt Berlin
NASIM
documentary
DE 2021-2022 --- 85 min
Director: Ole Jacobs and Arne Büttner
Production: Rosenpictures (DE), ZDF
LO QUE QUEDA EN EL CAMINO
(What remains on the way)
documentary
DE / BR / MX 2021 --- 93 min
Director: Jakob Krese and Danilo Do Carmo
Production: Majmun Films (DE), Encantamento Filmes (BR)
LA ESPERA
documentary
DE / BR / MX 2020 --- 14 min
Director: Jakob Krese and Danilo Do Carmo
Production: Majmun Films (DE)
// COLORIST
CEASEFIRE
documentary
DE 2024 / 30 min
Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Majmun Films
EL CASO FREYTTER
documentary
ES 2023 / 90 min
Director: Tonio Hecker
Production: Asociación Freytter
HOME SWEET HOME
documentary
DE 2023 / 100 min
Director: Annika Meyer
Production: Majmun Films
INSURGENTE
documentary
DE 2020 / 180 min
Director: Tonio Hecker
Prodction: Dffb Berlin
// AWARDS
2023 - German Documentary Awards: Sponsorship Award for ‘Nasim’
2022 - German Cinematography Award (Theatrical Documentary) for ‘Lo que queda en el camino’
2022 - Achtung Berlin: Best Cinematography for ‘Lo que queda en el camino’
2021 - Dok Leipzig: ver.di Union Award for Solidarity, Humanity and Fairness for ‘Nasim’
2021 - Dok Leipzig DEFA Foundation Award for ‘Nasim’
// EXHIBITIONS
2025 - Video Art Presentation at Art Space Gisela, Berlin-Lichtenberg
2025 - Video Art Exhibition at Treasure Hill Art Village, Taipei
2024 - Video Art Presentation at Art Space Gisela, Berlin-Lichtenberg
// EDU
2025 - Artist Residency in Taipei, Taiwan
2017 - BA Cinematography, Film University ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam
2015 - Exchange at Havana Arts University (ISA)
2010 - Volunteer at a Community Theater in China
LANGUAGES:
Chinese (conversational)
English (fluent)
Farsi (beginner)
German (native)
Spanish (conversational)
// REFERENCE
Rosenpictures Filmproduktion Halle GbR, Majmun Films Berlin GbR, Encantamento Filmes Sao Paolo (BR), Zero Stress Productions (IT), Mandarina Cine (MX), Lumapark Berlin, Meerkat Media New York, Berlin Producers, weloveartbuying Stuttgart, ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, ARD (Tagesschau, Tagesthemen, Brennpunkt), NDR, rbb, SWR, Deutsche Welle, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Treasure Hill Art Village (Taipei), EFA Green Faction in EU parlament, Goethe-Institut, Partei Die Linke, Sea-Watch e.V., Berlin Governance Platform, Planemo Postproduction (Berlin), Asociación Freytter (Bilbao), Grotest Maru Theater (Berlin), Vierte Welt (Berlin), Globale Schulkino (Marburg), Mediale Pfade (Berlin), AWA Theater (Berlin)