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name: "Christian Almesberger"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "21 September 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T20:05:42.152851+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Christian Almesberger

Cinematographer. Born 21 September 1964.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 21 September 1964
- **Active:** 2014–2017
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021904/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1304081

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Babylon Berlin*](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md) (82)

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## Biography

Christian Almesberger is a German cinematographer. He was born on 21 September 1964 and is based in Berlin. A member of the German Society of Cinematographers (BVK) since 1992, he began his career in the camera department on feature films and later took on director of photography roles.

His early credits include first assistant camera on *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014) and *Clouds of Sils Maria* (2014), and camera operator on *Cloud Atlas* (2012). He has served as director of photography on the series *Babylon Berlin* (2019–2022, multiple seasons), *The Empress* (2022) and *Sense8* (2015–2017), as well as the features *Nairobi Half Life* (2012), *Soul Boy* (2010) and *Lusala* (2019). He received a nomination for the German Camera Award in 2020 for his work on *Babylon Berlin*.

*Sources: imdb.com, filmportal.de, crew-united.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Babylon Berlin* (2017), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md)
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), Fi1m 86, First Assistant Camera — [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Light* (2025), Director of Photography
- *Babylon Berlin* (2017), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/babylon-berlin.md)
- *A Cure for Wellness* (2017), Underwater Camera
- *A Hologram for the King* (2016), Camera Operator
- *Sense8* (2015), series, Director of Photography
- *Clouds of Sils Maria* (2014), Assistant Camera
- *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), First Assistant Camera — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/the-grand-budapest-hotel.md)
- *Passion* (2013), First Assistant Camera
- *Cloud Atlas* (2012), First Assistant "A" Camera, Camera Operator
- *Soul Boy* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Machan* (2009), Camera Operator
- *Flame & Citron* (2008), Camera Operator
- *Æon Flux* (2005), First Assistant Camera
- *Resident Evil* (2002), Focus Puller
- *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), Helicopter Camera, Aerial Camera
- *The Altar Boys* (1990), Second Assistant Camera

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