Thomas Mauch

Thomas Mauch (born April 4, 1937 in Heidenheim an der Brenz) is a German cinematographer, screenwriter, film director and producer.

Mauch attended the Waldorf School in 1954, studying photography. In 1957 he worked in Munich as a volunteer at the Society for Visual Films, which had a specific focus on industrial and documentary films.

In Munich he met the director Edgar Reitz, and worked as his assistant from 1959 to 1963. In 1963 he became a freelance cameraman and lecturer at the Institute of Filmmaking at the School of Design in Ulm. Since1967 he has worked primarily with Werner Herzog.

In addition to his camera work and teaching, Mauch has also worked as a screenwriter and director, mostly on the series “Das Kliene Fernsehspiel” for ZDF television. In 1987 he shot his first feature film, Adrian and the Romans, with co-director Klaus Bueb.

Mauch has received the Federal Award three times for his camera work: in 1973 for Aguirre, the Wrath of God, in 1979 for The Kingdom of Naples, and in 1989 for Waller’s Last Trip. —Wikipedia