Thomas Dirnhofer

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Thomas C. "Thomy" Dirnhofer (born 1975 in St. Gallen, Switzerland) is an Austrian cinematographer and director.

Life[]

Thomas Dirnhofer was born in St. Gallen.[1] He is an passionate climber.[2]

Since the 1990s he was cinematographer of various advertising spots and music videos, mostly in cooperation with director Philipp Kadelbach. Under the moniker "Begbie" Kadelbach and Dirnhofer realised nearly 300 advertising spots.[3]

Dirnhofer accompanied the climbers David Lama and for Red Bull Media House from 2010 to 2013 during two attempts to climb the Cerro Torre. Based on the film material Dirnhofer produced the movie , who was recognised at Banff Mountain Film Festival 2014 as best film in the category "Climbing".[4] The film also received the Public's Choice Award at 2014.[5]

Im 2018 Dirnhofer was cinematographer for Philipp Kadelbach's film .

Together with his sister, artist , he engages for the refugee relief organisation solidarity matters.

Thomy Dirnhofer lives with his wife and his two children in Vienna.[2]

Selected filmography[]

director
  • 2013: Cerro Torre: A snowball's chance in Hell (documentary)
  • 2016: Explorers – Abenteuer des Jahrhunderts (documentary series, 1 episode)
cinematography
  • 2013: Cerro Torre: A snowball's chance in Hell (documentary)
  • 2018: So viel Zeit

References[]

  1. ^ Thomas Dirnhofer. In: rocketfilm.ch, access date May 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Thomas Dirnhofer. In: cerrotorre-movie.com, access date May 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Philipp Kadelbach, Absolvent Werbefilm. In: filmakademie-alumni.de, access date May 16, 2019.
  4. ^ Banff Mountain Film Competition – 2014 Award Winners. In: banffcentre.ca, access date May 16, 2019.
  5. ^ "Cerro Torre – Nicht den Hauch einer Chance” gewinnt den Publikumspreis beim 20. Filmfest in St. Anton. In: cerrotorre-movie.com, access date May 16, 2019.

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