Sebastian Thaler

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Sebastian Thaler (born 27 September 1986 in Vienna) is a Cinematographer.

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Life and career

Thaler finished his master's degree in cinematography at the Film Academy of Vienna under the guidance of Walter Kindler and Michael Haneke in 2016. He learned from and worked with Ed Lachman as a camera assistant on several projects.

He was also working as a camera operator and/or 1st AC on documentaries and feature films with his father, Wolfgang Thaler, when he is shooting as DoP. With him he worked on films like „Import/Export“ or the „Paradise Trilogy“ by Ulrich Seidl as well as films by Michael Glawogger („Workingman's Death“). [1]

Awards

First Steps Award Germany

Filmography as a Cinematographer

At the Austrian Film Awards Photo-Call Osterreichischer Filmpreis 2016 Julia Pointner Hans-Peter Krenn Sebastian Thaler Patrick Vollrath 2.jpg
At the Austrian Film Awards

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