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name: "Christine A. Maier"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "1 January 1969"
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average_fi1m_score: 88
average_over: 2
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# Christine A. Maier

## Identity

Christine A. Maier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christine-a-maier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christine-a-maier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0537427
- **TMDB ID:** 4652
- **Wikidata ID:** Q21032180
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21032180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4652

Cinematographer. Born 1 January 1969 in Graz, Austria.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 1 January 1969, Graz, Austria
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Christine Maier, Christine Anna Maier
- **Frequently works with:** [Jasmila Žbanić](https://film.one/person/jasmila-zbanic.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21032180, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0537427/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4652

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Quo Vadis, Aida?*](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis-aida.md) (92)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Last of Us*](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md) (85)

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## Biography

Christine A. Maier is an Austrian cinematographer. She was born in 1969 in Graz and studied camera and image design at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She has worked as a cinematographer since the early 1990s.

Her early feature credit was *Nordrand* (1999), directed by Barbara Albert. She has collaborated repeatedly with Albert and with Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić on films including *Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams* (2006) and *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (2020). In 2023 she served as director of photography on one episode of the HBO series *The Last of Us*, directed by Žbanić.

Maier has received several awards for her work, including the Austrian Film Prize for Best Cinematography and the German Camera Prize. She is based in Berlin.

*Sources: imdb.com, de.wikipedia.org, diepresse.com, theasc.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Last of Us* (2023), Fi1m 85, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (2021), Fi1m 92, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis-aida.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

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

- *Rebecca Horn – The Secret Life of Things* (2026), Director of Photography
- *I Know Your Soul* (2023), series, Director of Photography
- *The Last of Us* (2023), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-last-of-us.md)
- *Elfriede Jelinek: Language Unleashed* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Alice Schwarzer* (2022), Director of Photography
- *Quo Vadis, Aida?* (2021), Director of Photography — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/quo-vadis-aida.md)
- *Johanna Dohnal - Visionary of Feminism* (2020), Director of Photography
- *Mademoiselle Paradis* (2017), Director of Photography
- *One Day in Sarajevo* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Quarry* (2015), Director of Photography
- *Love Island* (2014), Director of Photography
- *For Those Who Can Tell No Tales* (2013), Director of Photography
- *Festung* (2012), Director of Photography
- *Colors in the Dark* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Love of the Children* (2010), Director of Photography
- *On the Path* (2010), Director of Photography
- *Stories on Human Rights* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Itty Bitty Titty Committee* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Reclaim Your Brain* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Good Morning Austria* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Lucy* (2006), Director of Photography
- *Northern Skirts* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Sunspots* (1998), Director of Photography
- *The Fruit of thy Womb* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Somewhere Else* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Nachtschwalben* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Scene of the Crime* (1970), series, Director of Photography
- *Film or Power* (1970), Actor
- *Valie Export – Das bewaffnete Auge*, Director of Photography

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