Tomas Erhart – Director of Photography

TOMAS ERHART – DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Tomas Erhart has shaped more than 80 feature films and television productions as Director of Photography, along with numerous documentaries and high-end commercial projects. His body of work spans iconic titles such as Bernd Eichinger’s Manta – Manta and Die Superbullen, Volker Schlöndorff’s acclaimed drama The Ninth Day, Jo Baier’s Schwabenkinder, and the Golden Rooster–winning historical epic A Breath of Heaven.

As a director, Erhart helmed several theatrical and TV productions, including the successful Constantin Film / Rat Pack comedy Bruder vor Luder.
He is a co-founder of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and a long-standing member of the German Film Academy.

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WORK AS PRODUCER
In 2004, Tomas Erhart produced the groundbreaking international 3D music documentary WACKEN 3D – Louder than Hell, a major theatrical success. He engineered custom 3D rigs and developed documentary-ready stereoscopic workflows, creating one of the most electrifying music films of the decade. During the two-year production phase, he staged the largest 3D screening in film history—over 70,000 festival fans watched the Wacken 3D trailer at Wacken Open Air 2003.

_MG_7980 — 70.000 METAL-HEADS WATCHING „WACKEN 3D“ TRAILER

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY
Parallel to his film work, Erhart explored the conceptual potential of digital photography beginning in the mid-1990s. His acclaimed art series “CellPhonology” and “Deconstructive Nudes” were featured in multiple exhibitions and widely covered in the press.

SafeTheDate_final Kopie — DECONSTRUCTIVE NUDES

AWARDS & NOMINATIONS

winner: Austrian „Romy“ 2018
winner: NY Festival – Worlds Best TV & Films, Silver World Medal
nominee: austrian „Romy“ 2014 / 2015 / 2016
winner: The Golden Rooster (‚chinese oscar‘) 2012
nominee: austrian „Romy“ 2011
winner: German Camera Award 2007
winner: Prix Europa 2007
nominee: Intl. Emmy 2007
winner: best cinematography, Montenegro intl. 2006
nominee: Camerimage 2004
nominee: German Camera Award 2005
nominee: German Camera Award 2004
honorable mention: German Camera Award 2000
nominee: Goldener Löwe 1998

SELECTED CREDITS

2026

•THE HEALER — dir. Can Aydin

2021

•Rumspringa — dir. Mira Thiel / Netflix

2019

•Wuensch‘ mir Glueck— Bob Odenkirk, dir: Can Aydin / Lightburst Pictures

•Freddy — dir. Katja Benrath / Amusement Park

•Petrenko @ Berliner Philharmoniker — dir. Nils Brandt / HBDG

2018

•Phönixsee Season 2 — dir. Bettina Woernle / Eikon

2017

•Der namenlose Tag — dir. Volker Schlöndorff / Provobis

2016

•Atempause — dir. Aelrun Goette / Polyphon

•Piss of – Snowhite — dir. Cüneyt Kaya / Constantin Film

2015

•Phönixsee — dir. Bettina Woernle / Eikon

•Bruder vor Luder — dir. Tomas Erhart / Constantin Film

2014

•Plan B — dir. Ufuk Genc + Can Aydin / Cinechromatix

2013

•Alles Fleisch ist Gras — dir. Reinhold Bilgeri / Allegro Film

•Wacken 3D – Louder Than Hell (Y2) — dir. Norbert Heitker / Jumpseat – Wüste

2012

•Tatort: Hinkebein — dir. Manfred Stelzer / Colonia Media

•Wacken 3D – Louder Than Hell (Y1) — dir. Norbert Heitker

2011

•The Lazarus Protocol / Harodim — dir. Paul Finelly / Tomcat Productions

2010

•The Berlin Philharmonics 3D in Singapore — dir. Michael Beyer & Tomas Erhart / Shaksfin

•Die Superbullen — dir. Tom Gerhard & Tomas Erhart / Constantin

•Der Blender — dir. Tom Gerhard & Tomas Erhart / Crazy Film

2009

•A Breath of Heaven — dir. Reinhold Bilgeri

2007

•Zweier Ohne — dir. Jobst Oetzmann / Lichtblick

2006

•Manatu — dir. Edzard Onneken / Hoffmann & Voges

•Burning Heart — dir. Manfred Stelzer / Polyphon

2005–1986