Sven Zellner

Zellner was born on December 20, 1977, in Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.^[1]

From October 2002 to February 2010, he studied camera in the cinema and television film department at the University of Television and Film Munich. He has been a lecturer there since 2009.

• 2010: Die Bumblebee (camera)
• 2012: Preis des Goldes (documentary film: director, camera, editor)
• 2015: Don't Look at Me That Way (cinematography)^[2]
• 2020: Walchensee Forever (documentary: cinematography)^[3]
• 2020: Black Milk (cinematography, production)^[4]

• 1995: Second prize at the „BBC Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
• 2000: Second prize in the category Landschaft at the „BG Wildlife Photographer of the Year“
• 2009: Third prize for Tsogzol – Goldgräber in der Mongolei (later Preis des Goldes) at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Telepool
• 2012: ARTE-Dokumentarfilmpreis for his film Preis des Goldes
• 2013: Second prize for Wounded Places at the Filmfest München at the Dokumentarfilmwettbewerb by Bayerischer Rundfunk and Global Screen
• 2015: Honorable Mention of the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation for Documentary Photography and Film

• 2012 „NINJAS“ Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München
• 2013 „NINJAS“ Deutsche Botschaft in Ulaanbaatar
• 2014 „Mongolian Disco“ Leica Fotografie International Galerie, Hamburg
• 2014 „Mongolian Disco“, Radialsystem V (Crossing Identities – Beginners, Experts, Hybrids Urban Nomads // Mongol Citizens // Festival Berlin 2014)
• 2015 „Mongolian Disco“, German House, UN Plaza, New York (DAAD-Ausstellung: WESTALGIA: NOSTALGIA FOR THE WEST)