Filmography

Amir Esmann
Director of Photography (DoP)

Amir was born in Switzerland and lived during the Shah regime in Teheran, Iran.
He started his career as a cameraman shooting documentaries for numerous TV stations all over the world. Because of his ability to work quick it led him to work on high class cooperates and commercials.
Amir learned how to light feature films from Richard Kline (King Kong, Star Treck ).
For several years he has been working for VIVA and MTV music channels for Pop promotions - his work is dominated by strange angles and fancy camera operating. As an addition to his work as DoP and cameraman he operates his own Steadicam on his shoots by himself.
Amir has been awarded several times for his light- and camerawork.
The Camera Department has been founded 2001 to bundle creative force in Austria . As result he worked for International Artist Promotions directly for Whitney Huston, Jean Paul Gaultier, H-Blockx and Billy Joel. He lives in Vienna and works all over the world.

Awards
1992 Dr. Karl Renner Award
1992 Media Award for best Documentary
1998 Austrian National Award Imagefilm for “SAG”
1999 EDWARD Award Best Cinema Commercial “ Sprache”
1999 Galup Award “Milka Spot”
2001 Rose d´ORo Montreux “ Art Special for the Joel File “ (Golden Rose of Montreux)

Qualifications for Filmworks
Steadicam Operator ,Diving ,Horse Riding
Workshops with: Richard Kline,Rockport Main
Camera Operating with 35mm, 16mm and Broadcast Video and HDTV expert.
Operating Gear Heads, Hot Gears, Inovision,
Camera Maintenance various Packages (Arriflex ).
Extensive knowledge of EFP and Steadicam Systems. DOP

Aerial cinematographer over 100 flighhours with camera on Helicopter and other flying vehicles for film shooting

DIRECTORS

Michael White, Peter Patzak, Erik Will, Richard Kline ,Toni Gedes, Claus Hundsbichler, Oliver Rubenthaler, Mathias Schwäger, Christian May ,Stefan Ruzowitzky (Pop Promo)

Documentary

"When Nature Strikes Back": Earthquakes Dir:Claudia Hefner Turkey
"Artificial Hearts" BBC Documentary NASA Development AKH Vienna
"Whitney Huston" Docuemntary Euro-Tour DORO
"The Joel Files" Documentary about the Billy Joel Familie ARTE - ORF
"Küba - jorney against the current" Art-Documentary 3Sat Budapest

Cooperate & commercial Credits :

Milka for Filmfactory
Spaten Bier Visotronic Munich
Hewlet Packard Satel
Microsoft Studios
Vilage Cinema
Nivea Pegasus Film
ÖAMTC Promotion Pegasus Film
Lauda Airline Marketing film
Philips Cooperate Comtel Film
BMW-Motorsport Mediasolutien
ONE Mediaolutioen
Steyer Spezialvehicel Productfilm White Film
Wiener Zucker Cooperate Mediaart Film
RHI Mediaart Film
Eybl Mediaart Film

A1- T-Mobile futuretalk  

Other works He is also engaged in various Meta projects from virtual environment design to visual Apps. speaker on social media conferences , He also have some fun as community manager for various groups and Pages related to Austria and movie making connecting old and new media with creativity and tech. is his passion.

Workshops : Camera Workshops are hold on irregular basis for film maker ,Media training for business people.  He also work as tutor at the  Media high shool Camera Operating and Lighting.