Email: matography@googlemail.com
Phone: +49 173 2897351

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MATEUSZ SMOLKA

The filmmaker discovered his great fascination for the craft of artistic image creation as a child. As the son of an established painter, the Pole by birth immersed himself in the milieu of painting and sculpture from an early age, which unfolded his lasting understanding of aesthetics. His numerous trips around the world, which he best gave his impression with the help of visual language, became his photographic trademark. Through his memorable photo reports, he soon felt the desire to give the static image more diversity and to convert it into a moving one. He began his cinematic and cinematographic art at the age of 20 on various film sets in Germany and the USA. This was followed by studying cinematography at the renowned University of Television and Film, Munich (HFF). After numerous cinema, television and documentary films as well as award-winning short films, music videos and commercials, he successfully graduated with his internationally awarded film „All I Never Wanted“. His Debut Feature Film “Running Against the Wind“ was submitted for the 92nd Academy Awards 2020 in the category “Best International Feature Film“.

Mateusz is now internationally available as a DOP.

FILMOGRAPHY

FEATURE FILMS / SERIES

  • 2024 KAULITZ & KAULITZ 2 (Netflix) | Director: Michael Schmitt & Annika Blendl | Netflix-Series | 8x 45min

  • 2024 DAS PHANTOM - Auf der Jagd nach Norman Franz | Director: Annika Blendl | SKY Feature Film | 90min

  • 2023 KAULITZ & KAULITZ (Netflix) | Director: Michael Schmitt & Annika Blendl | Netflix-Series | 8x 45min

  • 2022 DIANA | Director: Annika Blendl & Leonie Stade | TV-Movie | 90min

  • 2021 BLACK MAMBAS | Director: Lena Karbe | Documentary | 90min

  • 2019 RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND | Director: Jan Philipp Weyl | Feature Film | 115min

  • 2019 ALL I NEVER WANTED | Director: Annika Blendl & Leonie Stade | Feature Film | 90min

  • 2016 WE ARE ONE | Director: Jan Philipp Weyl | Documentary | 90min

TV

  • 2024 DIE GEHEIME WELT DER SUPERREICHEN | Director: Julia Friedrichs | 45‘ | ZDF

  • 2023 THE WOMAN OF BLACK MAMBAS | Director: Lena Karbe | 60‘ | ARTE

  • 2023 DER TRAKT | Director: Annika Blendl & Leonie Stade | 45‘ | NDR

  • 2022 GEHEIMSACHE KATAR | Director: Michael Schmitt | 45‘ | ZDF

  • 2015 WAS GEHT MICH DAS AN? | Director: Anna Zirner | TV Series 4x 60min | WDR

SHORTFILMS

  • 2019 PRISONERS OF THE BODY | Director: Maria Elisa Nadal | Shortfilm 30min

  • 2015 TARIQ | Director: Ersin Cilesiz | Shortfilm 30min

  • 2013 PATTY.O | Director: Yatri Niehaus| Shortfilm 15min

  • 2012 KARIM | Director: Yatri Niehaus | Shortfilm 30min

  • 2011 ACHTTAUSEND | Director: Simon Niklas Scheuring | Shortfilm 20min

  • 2010 REBELL | Director: David Onoura | Shortfilm 15min

  • 2010 MANN AM UFER | Director: Yatri Niehaus | Shortfilm 20min

  • 2010 HERR JURINOV | Director: Ersin Cilesiz | Shortfilm 20min

COMMERCIALS

  • MERCEDES BENZ x Lena Meyer Landrut | Director: Oliver Mohr | Commercial, Red Epic

  • FREELETICS – GQ Experts | Director: Alan Alves | Commercial, Red Gemin

  • FROSCH – Such den Frosch | Director: Ersin Cilesiz | Commercial, Sony FS7

  • PUMA – UNBOXING | Director: Annika Blendl | Commercial, Red Dragon

  • OSRAM – Early Birds | Director: Adrian Campean | Commercial, Arri Alexa

  • HAPPY DOG | Director: Adrian Campean | Commercial, RED Epic Dragon

  • KINGSGARD – Superman | Director: Yatri Niehaus | Commercial, RED Epic Dragon

  • MARENGO | Director: Ersin Cilesiz | Commercial, RED Epic Dragon

  • HOFBRÄU MÜNCHEN | Director: Adrian Campean | Commercial, RED Epic Dragon

  • UHLALA BEACHWEAR | Director: Ersin Cilesiz | Commercial, RED Epic Dragon

PROJECTS as 2nd Unit - DOP | Camera Operator | Steadicam

  • 2022 SAM EIN SACHSE | Director: Sarah Blaßkiewitz | Series

  • 2022 JENSEITS DER SPREE | Director: Christoph Ischinger | Series

  • 2022 DEADLINES | Director: Johannes Boss | Series

  • 2021 Generation Beziehungsunfähig | Director: Helena Hufnagel | Feature Film 90min | 2n Unit -Dop

  • 2018 TATORT – Die harte Kern | Director: Helena Hufnagel | TV Series 90min | B-Cam Operator

  • 2018 80.000 Schnitzel | Director: Hannah Schweier | Documentary 90min | Steadicam Operator

  • 2015 KÖNIG LAURIN | Director: Matthias Lang | Feature Film 120min| B-Cam Operator

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 AWARDS & FESTIVALS:

# KAULITZ & KAULITZ - currently streaming on NETFLIX

  • Nomination - German television award

# PRISONERS OF THE BODY

  • Oscar Nominee - Student Academy Awards 2020

  • Festival de Cannes - Cannes Court Métrage

  • Nomination - KINO DER KUNST 20

# RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND - currently streaming on NETFLIX Africa

  • Ethiopia's Official Submission for International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards®

  • 2020: Golden Globe Awards, USA, Offizielle Einreichung (Äthiopien), Bester fremdsprachiger Film

  • Winner - Friedenspreis des Deutschen Films – Die Brücke

  • 2020: First Steps Award, DE, Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller (Mikiyas Wolde)

# BLACK MAMBAS

  • CPH:Dox | Copenhagen, Danemark - Winner - F:ACT Award Competition

  • IDFA | Amsterdam, Holland - Best of Docs Section

  • Dokfest München | Munich, Germany

  • Krakow International Film Festival | Krakow, Poland

  • Sydney Film Festival | Sydney, Australia

  • Durban International Film Festival | Durban, South Africa

  • Edinburgh Film Festival | Edinburgh, Scotland/the UK

  • The Norwegian International Film | Haugesund, Norway

  • Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival | Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

  • Guadalajara International Film Festival | Guadlajara, Mexico

  • Puerto Vallarta International Film Festival | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

  • DokuFest | Prizren, Kosovo

  • EIDF: EBS International Documentary Festival | Seoul, South Korea

  • Bertha DocHouse London | London, the UK

  • Reykjavik International Film Festival | Reykjavik, Iceland

  • Biberacher Filmfestspiele | Biberach, Germany

  • Cork International Film Festival | Cork, Ireland

  • Pordenone Docs Fest | Pordenone, Italy

# ALL I NEVER WANTED

  • Nomination FÖRDERPREIS NEUES DEUTSCHES KINO in 4 Categorys (Production, Script, Director, Actor) / Filmfest Munich 2019

  • GOLD Winner BEST FEATURE COMEDY, Queenpalm Filmfestival, Palm Springs 2020

  • BRONZE Winner BEST WRITER FEATURE, Queenpalm Filmfestival, Palm Springs 2020

  • Honorable Mention BEST DIRECTOR FEATURE, Queenpalm Filmfestival, Palm Springs 2020

  • Winner BEST SHOW at Female Eye Festival Toronto

  • Nomination MFG-Star 2019 / Fernsehfilm-Festival Baden-Baden, one of four nominated films

  • Nomination FIRESCI Preis / Filmfest Munich 2019

  • Nomination RHEINGOLD 2019, Audience Award / Festivals des deutschen Films in Ludwigshafen 2019

  • Nomination Jugendjurypreis FKM / Filmkunstmesse Leipzig 2019

  • Nomination KINEMA German/French Youthprize / Braunschweig International Filmfest 2019

  • Nomination BEST FEATURE MOVIE / Female Eye Filmfestival Toronto

  • Nomination DEBUTBIEBER Wettbewerb - Best Debut Feature / Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2019

  • Nomination BEST FEATURE MOVIE / Female Eye Filmfestival Toronto

# TARIQ

  • Winner Best Cinematography - 31 Festival de cine de L’Alfàs del Pi - Alicante 2019

  • 2nd Price - L’Alfàs del Pi Festival in Alicante 2019

  • Nomination - Int. Hofer Filmtage 2018