Production guide

Director of Photography / Producer Peter Zeitlinger Filmmaker, cinematographer, director, author, editor,VFX artist, drone pilot
Peter Zeitlinger has been Werner Herzog's Principal director of photography since 1995. Born in Czechoslovakia, Peter Zeitlinger is a naturalized Austrian filmmaker with a background in photography with an illustrious career in film and television productions.
He has made 13 films with the legendary director Werner Herzog, six feature films with Gotz Spielmann, three with Ulrich Seidl and two with James Franco. with James Franco. He has won five awards for Best Cinematography, including two Romy TV Award and a German Cinematography Award. Encounters at the End of the World' was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2009. He has been a member of the German Film Academy since 2014 and a member of the BVK (German Society of Cinematographers). Peter Zeitlinger speaks five languages. His work has taken him to almost every country in the world. He lives in Italy with his family, where he founded the production and service company Film Srl.