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name: "Thomas Mauch"
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imdb_id: "nm0560761"
tmdb_id: 20553
wikidata_id: "Q86102"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "4 April 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T00:10:59.612000+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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# Thomas Mauch

## Identity

Thomas Mauch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/thomas-mauch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** thomas-mauch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560761
- **TMDB ID:** 20553
- **Wikidata ID:** Q86102
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mauch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86102, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20553

Cinematographer. Born 4 April 1937 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 4 April 1937, Heidenheim an der Brenz, Germany
- **Active:** 1972–1982
- **Frequently works with:** [Werner Herzog](https://film.one/person/werner-herzog.md), [Klaus Kinski](https://film.one/person/klaus-kinski.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 86 (2), 1980s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 2, History 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $0m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mauch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86102, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560761/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20553

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Fitzcarraldo*](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md) (82), [*Stroszek*](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md) (82)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*Aguirre, the Wrath of God*](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md) (91)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Thomas Mauch is a German cinematographer and film producer. Born on 4 April 1937 in Heidenheim an der Brenz, he trained as a photographer and began working in film in the late 1950s as a camera assistant to Edgar Reitz. He became a freelance cinematographer in 1963.

Mauch is best known for his extensive collaborations with directors Werner Herzog, Alexander Kluge and Edgar Reitz. He served as director of photography on Herzog films including *Signs of Life* (1968), *Even Dwarfs Started Small* (1970), *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), *Stroszek* (1977) and *Fitzcarraldo* (1982). He has also worked on numerous films with Kluge and Reitz.

Mauch has received several awards for his cinematography, including the Deutscher Filmpreis on three occasions and the National Society of Film Critics Award.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, filmportal.de, de.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Fi1m 82, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)
- *Stroszek* (1977), Fi1m 82, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md)
- *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), Fi1m 91, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

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

- *Saroyanland* (2013), Director of Photography
- *The Bella Vista* (2012), Producer
- *Hunger* (2009), Director of Photography
- *Ich will da sein - Jenny Gröllmann* (2008), Director of Photography
- *Hitlerkantate* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Heimat 3: A Chronicle of Endings and Beginnings* (2004), series, Director of Photography
- *The King's Daughters* (2000), Director of Photography
- *Sweety Barrett* (1999), Director of Photography
- *Orson Welles: The One-Man Band* (1995), Director of Photography
- *I.D.* (1995), Director of Photography
- *Bye Bye America* (1994), Director of Photography
- *Invisible Days, or the Legend of the White Crocodile* (1991), Director of Photography
- *Murder East - Murder West* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Butterbrot* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Zug* (1990), Director, Director of Photography
- *Waller's Last Trip* (1989), Director of Photography
- *Maria von den Sternen* (1989), Director
- *Fussel* (1988), Director of Photography
- *Deadline* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Aquaplaning* (1987), Director of Photography
- *The Distant Land* (1987), Director of Photography
- *Miscellaneous News* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Das alte Ladakh* (1986), Director of Photography
- *Der T-Mann* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Assault of the Present on the Rest of Time* (1985), Director of Photography
- *Ain’t Nothin’ Without You* (1985), Director of Photography
- *The Attack* (1984), Director of Photography
- *Looking for a Practical and Realistic Behaviour* (1983), Director of Photography
- *The Power of Emotion* (1983), Director of Photography
- *God's Angry Man* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Huie's Sermon* (1983), Director of Photography
- *Kiez* (1983), Director of Photography
- *War and Peace* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Desperado City* (1982), Director of Photography
- *Fitzcarraldo* (1982), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/fitzcarraldo.md)
- *No Mercy, No Future* (1981), Director of Photography
- *The Candidate* (1980), Director of Photography
- *Palermo or Wolfsburg* (1980), Producer, Director of Photography
- *The Patriotic Woman* (1979), Director of Photography
- *Kunst in Fesseln* (1978), Director of Photography
- *The Kingdom of Naples* (1978), Director of Photography
- *Tod eines Vaters* (1978), Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Director
- *Heinrich* (1977), Director of Photography
- *Stroszek* (1977), Director of Photography — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/stroszek.md)
- *Erika's Passions* (1976), Producer, Director of Photography
- *Strafprotokoll aller und jeder...* (1976), Director of Photography, Producer, Director, Writer
- *How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Strongman Ferdinand* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Shirin's Wedding* (1976), Director of Photography
- *Metamorphosis* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Under the Pavement Lies the Strand* (1975), Director of Photography
- *Part-Time Work of a Domestic Slave* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Besitzbürgerin, Jahrgang 1908* (1973), Director of Photography
- *Aguirre, the Wrath of God* (1972), Director of Photography — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/film/aguirre-the-wrath-of-god.md)
- *The Big Mess* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Even Dwarfs Started Small* (1971), Director of Photography
- *Eine antiautoritäre Frau?* (1970), Director of Photography, Director, Writer, Producer
- *The Flying Doctors of East Africa* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Indomitable Leni Peickert* (1970), Director of Photography
- *The Cat Has Nine Lives* (1968), Director of Photography, Producer
- *Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Signs of Life* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Last Words* (1968), Director of Photography
- *E. A. Winterstein, Fire Extinguisher* (1968), Director of Photography
- *Yesterday Girl* (1967), Additional Photography
- *Frau Blackburn, geb. 5. Jan. 1872, wird gefilmt* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Au Hasard Bresson* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Lust for Love* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Die Kinder* (1967), Director of Photography
- *Die Wahl - Bundestagswahl 1965, Wahlkreis Neu-Ulm* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Varia Vision* (1965), Director of Photography
- *Speed* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Cotton* (1960), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Marburg Camera Award 2019: Marburg Camera Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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