---
name: "Tilman Büttner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tilman-buttner"
fi1m_id: "tilman-buttner"
imdb_id: "nm0127349"
tmdb_id: 42864
wikidata_id: "Q2433609"
roles: ["Steadicam operator"]
born: "22 January 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-26T18:01:15.265840+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."
---

# Tilman Büttner

## Identity

Tilman Büttner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tilman-buttner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tilman-buttner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0127349
- **TMDB ID:** 42864
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2433609
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2433609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42864

Steadicam operator. Born 22 January 1964 in Berlin.

## Details

- **Work:** Steadicam operator
- **Born:** 22 January 1964, Berlin
- **Active:** 1998–present
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (1), 2000s 80 (2), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 2, Action 1, Fantasy 1, Music 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $136m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2433609, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0127349/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/42864

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Russian Ark*](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md) (78)

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

## Biography

Tilman Büttner is a German cinematographer and Steadicam operator. He graduated from the Hochschule für Film- und Fernsehen „Konrad Wolf“ in Potsdam in 1988 and subsequently specialised in Steadicam work.

He operated the Steadicam on *Run Lola Run* (1998) and served as Director of Photography and Steadicam operator on *Russian Ark* (2002), Alexander Sokurov’s single-take feature filmed in the Hermitage Museum. Büttner has contributed Steadicam or camera work to numerous films including *Downfall* (2004), *The Turin Horse* (2011) and *TÁR* (2022). He has also directed episodes of television series such as *Heimat in der Fremde*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *TÁR* (2022), Fi1m 84, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Downfall* (2004), Fi1m 81, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)
- *Russian Ark* (2002), Fi1m 78, Steadicam Operator, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md)
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Fi1m 82, Steadicam Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Nuhr 2025 - Der Jahresrückblick* (2025), Steadicam Operator
- *The Investigation* (2024), as Steadycam
- *TÁR* (2022), Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/tar.md)
- *Enemies: Against the Clock* (2021), Camera Operator
- *Enemies: The Confession* (2021), Camera Operator
- *Hitman: Agent 47* (2015), Steadicam Operator
- *Room 205 of Fear* (2011), Steadicam Operator
- *The Turin Horse* (2011), Steadicam Operator
- *Pandorum* (2009), Steadicam Operator
- *Eugens Welt* (2008), series, Director
- *Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps* (2007), Director of Photography
- *Yella* (2007), Steadicam Operator
- *Große Lügen!* (2007), as Steadycam
- *Workingman's Death* (2005), Steadicam Operator
- *Kabale und Liebe* (2005), Director of Photography
- *Ghosts* (2005), Steadicam Operator
- *Downfall* (2004), Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/downfall.md)
- *Ten Minutes Older: The Cello* (2002), Director of Photography
- *Russian Ark* (2002), Director of Photography, Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/russian-ark.md)
- *Tattoo* (2002), Steadicam Operator
- *Gigantic* (1999), Steadicam Operator
- *Puccini: Turandot at the Forbidden City of Beijing* (1999), Steadicam Operator
- *Run Lola Run* (1998), Steadicam Operator — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/run-lola-run.md)
- *Stalinallee* (1991), Cinematography

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer 2002: European Film Award for Best Cinematographer (nominated), for *Russian Ark*

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

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