Tilmann Rödiger works in the vast field of cinematic and documentary images. Trained as an artist in the field of media and image production, he has experience both in experimental and professional contexts. Via the course of numerous collaborative projects, he has been a Director of Photography in several countries as well as in crisis situations such as the 2014 Maidan uprising in Ukraine. He also developed advanced knowledge as an on-set audio recordist and did some editing and sound mixing. In his time at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design he had teaching assignments for technical introduction courses and was a teaching assistant to Prof. João Tabarra, organizing guest lectures, workshops, and exhibitions. He was granted PROMOS and DAAD scholarships, and together with media artist Lukas Rehm he won the national award “Federal Prize for Art Students” with their documentary work “Default”. After finishing his studies in Media Art with a Diploma he moved to Sofia, Bulgaria where his son was born. He continues to shoot for art and independent film projects, as well as to develop his own artistic projects.
Director of Photography video work “Застани до мен/Stand by me” by Kalin Serapionov, funded by the Ministry of Culture, Bulgaria
2022
Video artist opera “Tannhäuser” from Richard Wagner at Aalto Theater Essen, together with Vincent Stefan
2022
Video artist opera “Hänsel und Gretel” from Engelbert Humperdinck at Brandenburger Theater
2022
Director of Photography for the documentary “Guns and Roses” (WT), by Rayna Teneva, Kazanlak (BG)
2021
Director of Photography short fiction “The Last Dream of the Patient”, by Klara Stoyanova, Kula (BG)/Babelsberg, Potsdam
2021
Video artist revival opera “Trouble in Tahiti” from Leonard Bernstein at Staatsoper Stuttgart
2020–2021
Director of Photography video work “Time (WT)” for Valentina Sciarra, within a residency at Solitude
2020–ongoing
Commercial work in Bulgaria for clients like Fantastiko and Goethe-Institute
2019
Camera Operator for Kalin Serapionov’s video installation “The Dessert (with the cherry on top)”
2018–ongoing
Director of Photography for Rebecca Hirneise’s Debut “Funkstille (WT)” (a long-term documentary project, produced by Ruth Beckermann, Vienna)
2018
Director of Photography for Hannah Cooke’s “Ada vs. Emin” and “Ada vs. Abramović”
2017–2019
Director of Photography for the opera “Castor&&Pollux”, (shot in several countries, in studio and on location, premiered at the festival “Heidelberger Frühling” 2019)
2015–ongoing
Freelancing jobs as cameraman, assistant, and production sound mixer for advertisement, web series and image films
2016–2017
Student research and teaching assistant of Prof. João Tabarra (dept. Moving Images)
2014–2016
Teaching assignment at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (technology for moving image production: camera-, editing- and colour- introductory courses)
2014
Projectionist in a local cinema
2013
Student assistant at the Digital Printing and Analogue Photography Lab
Education
2012–2019
Diploma / Master of Arts in Media Art, with minors in Art Research and Media Philosophy and Scenography at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (Prof. João Tabarra, Prof. Răzvan Rădulescu, Prof. Andrei Ujica, Prof. Jonathan Bepler, Prof. Isaac Julien, Prof. Omer Fast amongst others)
2017
PROMOS scholarship at the Athens School of Fine Arts
2018
Member of the Jury Student Award 33. DOK.fest Munich
Additional workshops/Master classes
Camera for independent cinema with Luchian Ciobanu
Editing for film with Dana Bunescu
Editing with Karl Riedl
Documentary film with Erwin Wagenhofer
Stereoscopic camera for cinema with Joséphine Derobe
Film history with Otto E. Rössler
Sound recording with André Rigaut
Sound for film with Eckhardt Kuchenbecker
Sound mixing with Michael Hinreiner
Sound design with Andreas Bick
Prizes + Scholarships
2018
Project development grant Riemschneider Foundation
2017
Federal Prize for Art Students of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
2017
Award and project grant of the Development Fund for Art and Mediatechnology at ZKM