Louis Dickhaut

works both in Germany and internationally as a cinematographer. In addition to numerous projects in advertising, he especially enjoys shooting fictional and doc films.  He is particularly fascinated by films that like to include space, either nature or architecture, as an additional visual storytelling element. Together with the director he loves to find the right visual approach for each project. Key to this is spending time together: Walking through many locations, talking about colour or finding the best quality of light just in the backyard around the corner. Building up a consistent visual world which can support the emotional structure is always a starting point.

Many stories led him to several places such as Canada, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Portugal or Italy. Those options are always great to get to know new crew members, to find new inspiration and to get challenged by foreign limitations.

His fictional and doc work has already been shown at the Berlinale, Cannes Film Festival, Camerimage, Max Ophüls and the DOKfest in Munich.
Some of his commercial projects have been honoured, for example with the Spotlight Gold Award and the Clio Silver Award.