paul hirschauer

director of photography

PORTFOLIO 2020-2026

Hi, I’m Paul, a cinematographer from Munich! I shoot commercials, documentaries and fiction, and I’m interested in honest, authentic images. Here’s some of my work. :-)

documentary

ademi

documentary · 30 min · KAZ/GER · 2024

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credits

director: Zhamilya Sakhari
producer: Kirsten Wehr
production: HFF München
festivals: Hofer Filmtage (Special Mention) · Interfilm · Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Dok Award) · Dox-Ruhr

documentary

uomo gatto

documentary · 30 min · GER/ITA · 2024

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credits

director: Alessandro Pizzi
production: HFF München

short fiction

ein teil von mir

short fiction · 19 min · GER/AUT · 2022

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credits

director: Vivian Bausch
1. AC: Henri Nunn, Samuel Zerbato
gaffer: Clemens Frise
steadycam: Chris Werner
production: Slatter & Sommer Films, HFF München
festivals: Max Ophüls · Diagonale · Crossing Europe · Fest New Directors · Internationale Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche

short fiction

schon immer

short fiction · 10 min · GER · 2026

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credits

writer & director: Nils Dresemann
1. AC: Felix Wüller, Florian Görres
gaffer: Manuel Linke
electricians: Cedrick Kumulia, Samuel Kaufmann, Iva Mohoilnik
editor: Nils Dresemann

experimental

ecce homo

experimental · 5 min · GER · 2021

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credits

director: Paul Hirschauer
1. AC: Henri Nunn
gaffer: Henri Nunn
production: HFF München
festivals: Manaki Brothers Student Competition · Screening at Camerimage

musicvideo

club gestern nacht

musicvideo · GER · 2025

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credits

director: Derik Rodrigues
1. AC: Ferdinand Soldan
gaffer: Manuel Linke
production: Drehmetrie

short fiction

skipping

short fiction · 19 min · AT/GER · 2024

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credits

director: Sophia Küstenmacher
1. AC: Samuel Zerbato
production: HFF München

fiction

schwester, mein herz

fiction · 13 min · GER/AUT · 2025

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credits

director: Arthur Henning
1. AC: Stefanie Knebel, Rosemarie Hieret, Judith Brenneis
gaffer: Anna Avetyan
production: HFF München, Filmakademie Wien

fiction

terz

fiction · 9 min · GER · 2021

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credits

director: Luis Seemann
1. AC: Leonard Neumeister
gaffer: Samuel Zerbato
production: HFF München

short-doc

back to back

short-doc · 11 min · GER · 2021

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credits

director: Alessandro Pizzi
production: HFF München

fiction

all das… und mehr

fiction · 19 min · GER · 2022

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credits

director: Bernhardt Wohlfahrter
1. AC: Henri Nunn
gaffer: Samuel Zerbato
production: HFF München
festivals: Trostberger Filmtage · Flimmern und Rauschen Filmfestival München · Kitaso Kurzfilmabend Erlangen

fiction

amelie

fiction · 5 min · GER · 2023

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credits

director: Lea Grande
1. AC: Philipp Kaiser, Hana Reintges, Jonathan Jotter
gaffer: Michael Oberwallner
production: Drehmetrie

spec-spot

zebra at the waterhole, punker in the skaterbowl

spec-spot · 1.30 min · GER · 2026

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credits

Directing DP: Paul Hirschauer
Gaffer: Manuel Linke
Lighting AC & Cam Op: Roman Neugebauer
Costume: Onno Gaissmaier
Make-up: Manja Burnhauser

Editor: Diego Oliva Tejeda
Grading: Paul Hirschauer
Music: Michel Berger
Photography: Nicole Rodriguez
Cast: Onno Gaissmaier, Roman Neugebauer, Nicole Rodriguez

about

Since 2017, I have worked in the film industry, and after gaining experience across various departments, I began working as a director of photography on short films. I studied cinematography at HFF Munich from 2020, continuing to develop my craft.

Films I’ve photographed have premiered at the Max Ophüls Prize and the International Hof Film Festival, and have been selected for renowned festivals such as Camerimage and Manaki Brothers, as well as at the Festival du Court-Métrage de Clermont-Ferrand.

Whether shooting a documentary, a fictional film, or a commercial, I care about the people I work with behind the camera as much as the moments I capture in front of it, and I try to approach both with calm, attentiveness, and honesty.

lets get in touch. :-)

I'm available for fiction, documentary and commercial work. Based in Munich, working worldwide. If you want to see a specific movie, I'll send you a link!

mail: dop@paulhirschauer.com
phone: +49 1590 2176091
insta: @paul.hirschauer
based: munich, de