Carlotta Holy-Steinemann
Carlotta Holy- Steinemann
Kornhausstrasse 20
8006 Zürich
+41 76 581 57 89
- Werner Schweizer / Producer, Director / Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion / Zürich
- Pietro Zuercher / D.O.P / Lausanne
- Piotr Jaxa / D.O.P. Photograph / Romain Môtier
- Claudia Wick / Abrakadabra Films / Zürich
- Michela Pini / Cinedokké / Lugano
Director of Photography since:
2006
Carlotta Holy-Steinemann was born in 1978, in Locarno.
While studying at the École Cantonale d'Art de Lausanne and at the Hochschule für Gestaltung Zurich, she specialized in camera. Carlotta Holy-Steinemann has been working since 1999 as a camerawoman in Switzerland, Kirgistan, Jamaica, India and other places abroad. She excels in various genres (fiction, documentary, animations and advertising. In 2013, she was nominated for the Swiss Film Prize for "Best Cinematography" with the film "Verliebte Feinde".
Her approach to capturing the best possible shot is a combination of «regard douce» and stamina.
Film Education:
1999-2000 Film studies University of Zürich
2000-2003 écal (Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne)
2003-2005 Visual Communication Designer FH / ZHdK (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste)
Prefered fields:
Features / documentaries / commercials / corporate films / shortfilms / musicclips
Languages:
German / Italian / French / English
International Experience:
Ghana, Kirgistan, Jamaika, India, Europe
- 2018: DAS LEBEN SPIELT MIT / DOC / dir: Angela Rohrer / Schild Productions
- 2018 AYANEH/ SHORT FIC /dir. Nicolas Greinacher / Cognito Films / Rhode Island International Film Festival Best LGBTQ Film 2019, Los Angeles Film Awards 2019 Best LGBTQ Film,Durban Gay & Lesbian Film Festival 2019 Best Lesbian Short Film
- 2017: AUS DEM STEGREIF / DOC / dir: Angela Rohrer / Schild Productions
- 2016: THE SONG OF SCORPIONS / FIC/ dir: Anuph Singh / (2nd D.O.P) D.O.P: Pietro Züricher / Saskia Visher filmproductions, • International Women’s Film Festival – Herat: Best actor (male), Best actor (female), Best director, Best writer, and Best film. Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora Best Film and Best Actor
- 2016/17:SONÉ / DOC / dir: Daniel Kemeny / Cinédokké / Italie
- 2015: PERSI / short FIC / dir: Caterina Mona / Cinédokké
- 2015: OFFSCHORE- ELMER UND DAS ENDE DES BANKGEHEIMNISSES / DOC/ dir: Werner Schweizer/ Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion
- 2014: LINARD, MONTI UND DIE MUSIK / FIC/ dir: Anet Carle and Karin Heberlein / Abrakadabra Film
- 2013: YASIN WILL LEBEN/ DOC / dir: Christian Labhart / SRF
- 2012: KARAMBOLAGE - DIE WELT DES ARNOLD ODERMATTS / DOC / director: Gita Gsell / Schild Productions
- 2011: VERLIEBTE FEINDE / DOC-FIC/ dir: Werner Schweizer / Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion Quartz Schweizer Filmpreis / nominated: best D.O.P Queens World Film Festival: Best Director Documentary Feature
- 2010: MAK / Short FIC/ dir: Geraldine Zosso / ZhdK Quartz Schweizer Filmpreis nominated: best short
- 2006: GLASSTUNDE / Short FIC/ dir: Giordano Canova / LHdK / ZhdK One Dot Zero, best animation film
- 2005: GOURMET/ SCI-FIC/ dir: Memi Beltrame/ ZhdK Resfestival: Publikumspreis
- 2003: KIRGISTAN ZWISCHEN MARX, MANAS UND MARKT/ DOC / dir: Amir el Hamid / University of Zuerich / University of Kirgistan
- 2016: THE SONG OF SCORPIONS / FIC/ dir: Anuph Singh / D.O.P: Pietro Züricher / Saskia Visher filmproductions, International Women’s Film Festival – Herat: Best actor (male), Best actor (female), Best director, Best writer, and Best film. Festival International du Film Transsaharien de Zagora Best Film and Best Actor
- 2015: LE TEMPS D’ANNA / FIC / director: Greg Zglinsky / D.O.P: Pietro Zürcher / CAB production
- 2014: STATION HORIZON / TV Serie / dir: Pierre Adrien Irlé and Romain Graf, D.O.P: Pietro Zürcher / Jump Cut productions TSR
- 2012: UND MORGEN MITTAG BIST DU TOT/ FIC/ dir: Frederick Steiner / D.O.P. Florian Emmerich / Peter Heilrath Produktion München
- 2008: ROCKSTEADY – THE ROOTS OF REGGAE/ DOC / dir: Stascha Bader / D.O.P: Piotr Jaxa / Hesse Greutert Film and Muse Entertainment / Kanada, Jamaica Zürcher Filmpreis Cadrage: best documentary film
- 2007: DIE WELT DER TÖNE / DOC / dir: Viviane Blumenschein / D.O.P: Frank Griebe / Pumpkin Film
- 2007: TANDOORI LOVE / FIC / dir: Oliver Paulus (35mm) / D.O.P: Daniela Knapp / Cobra Film
- 2019: HELVETIA/COM/dir. Andrea Staka/ Schining Pictures
- 2019: PRIX MERET OPPENHEIM/ dir. Susanne Kaelin / 8 Horses
- 2018: AVA / COM / dir: Benjamin Weiss / Boutiq
- 2018 Swiss Guns / The Daily News (Satireshow US)/ dir: Stacey Angeles / Jump Cut Production
- 2017: GRILL HACKS – COOP / COM / dir: Benjamin Weiss / Stories
- 2017: UBS- GRUNDSÄTZE / CORP/ dir: Benjamin Weiss / Mattogrosso Entertainment
- 2013: ZUSAMMEN UNTERWEGS / CORP/ dir: Max Emmenegger / Maxfilm
- 2013: NO LIMITS /COM / dir: Claudia Bach / Gleichstellungsbüro Basel
- 2012: GRAUBÜNDÄ / COM/ dir: Roman Vital / Abrakadabra Film
- 2014: FLOWING / CLIP / dir and artist: Evelyn Trouble M4Music, nominated: Best Swiss Video Clip 2014
- 2009: SUURE REAGGAE/ CLIP / Big Zis / Nation Music Solothurn Film Festival, nominated: best videoclip
- 2016-20: Bildgestaltung und Videotechnik I und II / F+F Schule für Kunst und Design https://ffzh.ch
- 2016/17: Workshop for kidz / Jugendfilmfestival
- 2015/17: Crash Kurs Kamera Dokumentarfilm im Ausland / Scuola Vivante Buchs
- 2010: Cinema low budget sur grand ecran / Focal Seminar mit D.O.P. Piotr Jaxa
- 2009: Bildsprache im Dokumentarfilm / Gymnasium Zürich Wiedikon