Biography
Nicolai Mehring, also credited as Nicolai Manuel Mehring, is a German cinematographer and director of photography based in Berlin. He studied cinematography at the HFF 'Konrad Wolf' in Potsdam-Babelsberg, completing his diploma in 2012. He has worked as a freelance DoP since 2013 and is a member of the BVK.
Mehring is known for his work on the documentary Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021) and the forthcoming Schumacher ’94 – The Birth of a Legend (2026). Other credits include Erfundene Wahrheit – Die Relotius Affäre (2023), Bis es blutet (2025) and Ein Sommer in Italien - WM 1990 (2025). He has received the Deutscher Kamerapreis for his cinematography on Erfundene Wahrheit – Die Relotius Affäre.
