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Erik Schwarz

Director of Photography / Camera Operator

Salvatore Ferragamo “Signorina Eleganza” 

Director of Photography

NETFLIX Criminal (germany)

Camera Operator

Aston Martin DBX

Camera Operator

NETFLIX White Lines

Camera Operator

VW The New Passat (Social Media)

Director of Photography

«UNWANTED» Sky original

Camera Operator
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About me

Director of Photography / Camera Operator Works

I was born in Tübingen (Germany) and moved to Barcelona in the early 90´s to work on my first feature as a camera trainee. At the beginning I worked mainly in features and international commercials always in the camera department as AC. In between shootings I studied Photography at “Centre Estudis Fotografics de Catalunya” in Barcelona during 1994 – 95. I worked my way up though the ranks of the camera department gaining experience in framing, lightning, shooting and getting a intuitive eye for creativity and sensitivity. I was lucky to work and to learn from some of the best DOP’s in the industry during my assisting career: Janusz Kaminski, Wally Pfister, Benoit Debbie, Darius Khondji, Lance Acord, Stephan Fontain, Franz Lustig, Barry Ackroyd, Linus Sandgreen among others. As a creative thinker, good communicator and problem solver I frequently discovered unexpected ways to achieve and to build on each director’s vision. With more than 25 years in the film industry I have acquired great experience for coordinating and supervising complex shootings. I am equally comfortable photographing lower Budget independent films and large scale productions. I have gained a lot of experience in international car commercials as a Russian/Scorpio Arm operator. I love to explore and collaborate the diverse new styles and formats to create new visual expression on different ways as so in social media or other new medias. I am fluent in German, English, Spanish and Catalan … and a passionate catamaran sailor.