Benedict Neuenfels, born in Bern (Switzerland) as the son of the Austrian actress Elisabeth Trissenaar and the German director and writer Hans Neuenfels, is responsible for the visual design of more than 70 feature films. He trained with the directors of photography Robby Müller and Xaver Schwarzenberger. He studied together with the representatives of the “Berlin School” at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin. In 1988, Benedict Neuenfels founded the production company Giselafilms and has since produced over a dozen theater and opera films, as well as documentaries, short films and feature films. Since 1996 he has taught as a lecturer for visual design at numerous film schools, including Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin, HFF München, Filmuniversität Babelsberg, and Hamburg Media School.

Selected Filmography
2023 | Hinterland
2020 | Ich bin dein Mensch
2018 | Styx
2011 | Homevideo
2007 | Die Fälscher
2002 | Der Felsen
2000 | Lost Killers
1988 | Europa und der 2. Apfel

Selected Awards
2023 | Marburg Camera Award for Lifetime Achievement
2019 | German Camera Award for Lifetime Achievement
2007 | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for Die Fälscher
2008 and 2019 | German Film Awards for Cinematography
1990–2019 | 6 German Camera Awards

The Ballhaus Fellowship is supported by the Federal Foreign Office.