Arne is a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, and colorist from Berlin. He works worldwide in documentary and fiction, focussing on the question of how to be a human in our troubled times. His approach to filmmaking is marked by humility and patience. Endeavors into street photography, color grading and video art broaden his visual practice. Films he photographed have been screened at international festivals and received multiple awards.
// WORK
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 - made a music video for berlin synth punk band morgen teuer töten
2024-07 - i dp’ed a 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
2023-08 - color grading of tonio hecker’s latest documentary el caso freytter
2023-06 - nasim receives the sponsorship award at the german documentary awards
// FILMOGRAPHY
CARAVANERAS
documentary
MX / IT / DE 2025 --- 90 min
Director: Jakob Krese
Production: Zero Stress (IT), Majmun Films (DE)
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’
// EDU
2017 - BA Cinematography, Film University ‘Konrad Wolf’ Potsdam
2015 - Exchange student at Havana Arts University (ISA)
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), 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, 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 (Berlin), Globale Schulkino (Marburg)