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. He is able to work in situations of uncertainty and ambiguity. 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
2026-05 - documentary work in italy + germany [current affairs doc]
2025-04 - landscapes of memory by leah galant (which i contributed footage to) premieres at sheffield doc fest (uk)
2026-03 - documentary work in spain
(project in development)
2026-02 - documentary work in the uk (project in development)
2026-01 - documentary work in germany [current affairs doc]
2026-01 - television work in france and austria for arte / berlin producers
2025-12 - image film for children’s museum berlin
2025-10 - commissioned documentary for awa theater berlin
2025-06 - 2025-08 - artist residency at treasure hill artist village, taipei, taiwan
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 - documentary work for leah galant’s documentary landscapes of memory
FILMOGRAPHY (DP)
currently (2026) two feature documentaries in development / early production
CARAVANERAS
Documentary
MX / IT / DE 2026 --- 90 min
Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Mandarina Cine (MX), Zero Stress (IT), Majmun Films (DE)
LANDSCAPES OF MEMORY
Documentary
US 2025 --- 78 min
Director: Leah Galant
Production: Meerkat Media (NYC)
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)
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 Show
at Art Space Gisela, Berlin
2025 - Video Art Show
at Treasure Hill Art Village, Taipei
2024 - Video Art Show
at Art Space Gisela, Berlin
2023 - BLOCK V, Cinematography for a video installation by Dirk Cieslak
at Art Space Vierte Welt, Berlin
2020 - Analogue Photography Group Show, T at IDA Nowhere Art Space, Berlin
LANGUAGES
Chinese (conversational)
Spanish (conversational)
English (fluent)
German (native)
Farsi (beginner)
EDU
2025 - Artist Residency in Taipei, Taiwan
2017 - BA Cinematography, Film University ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam
2015 - Exchange at Havana Arts University (ISA)
2010 - Internship at a Community Theater in China
REFERENCE
ZDF Das Kleine Fernsehspiel, Arte Television, ARD, NDR, rbb, SWR, DW (Deutsche Welle), Berlin Producers GmbH, Rosenpictures Filmproduktion Halle GbR, Majmun Films (Berlin), Mandarina Cine (MX), Encantamento Filmes Sao Paolo (BR), Zero Stress Productions (IT), Lumapark Berlin, Meerkat Media New York, Eidetic Media Collective, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation, Treasure Hill Art Village (Taipei), Goethe-Institut, Sea-Watch e.V., Berlin Governance Platform, Planemo Postproduction (Berlin), Asociación Freytter (Bilbao), Grotest Maru Theater (Berlin), Vierte Welt Art Space (Berlin), Global School Cinema (Marburg), NGO Mediale Pfade (Berlin), AWA Theater (Berlin), NGO Hua Dan (Beijing)
dffb Berlin.