Photo: Valerie von Boehn
Hi, I am Tenzin – a Munich based DoP/Cinematographer with Tibetan roots,
born and raised in Freiburg im Breisgau.
In 2006, I started filming with a small digital camera with a running time of 30 seconds and no sound recordings, which trained me early on to think about my shots efficiently. Me and my childhood friend Leon spent days and hours to do short-films for “YouTube”, which wasn’t that famous at the time. At the age of 21, I moved to Manhattan for 3 months, where I decided to become rich and famous – or at least work in the Film Industry.
After completing filmschool in Munich at the Bavarian Academy of Television in the subject camera and digital cinematography, I worked more and more with light and learned to control the light and contrasts at the ARRI Academy in Berlin by the master of light: Morris Flam (Gaffer of: I am Legend, The Tourist, Spotlight, Black Swan, …).
Since I have moved to Munich, I have been working as a Cinematographer for documentaries and commercial projects in more than 600 places in 15 countries. I really got fascinated by the way of telling stories from all over the world and meeting people like Reinhold Messner, Helene von Damm (the assistant of US President Ronald Reagan), filming with astronauts or visiting places like the Silicon Valley or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
My debut documentary film as a DP was shown at the well-known dok.festival Munich in 2020 and was nominated for the audience award.
Today, I love to be responsible for small and bigger projects like TV Commercials, TV Documentaries, passion projects and analog projects on 16mm film.
I’m Munich based, but working worldwide
TRAINING
2025 | Cinematography online course
Trainer: Lewis Potts2024 | Masterclass | Creativity and Film
Trainer: David Lynch2024 | Masterclass | Filmmaking
Trainer: Martin Scorsese2024 | Masterclass | Filmmaking
Trainer: Werner Herzog2024 | Cinec
Speaker: Jost Vacano (Das Boot, RoboCop, Total Recall)2024 | Euro Cine Expo | The Art of Cinematography
Speaker: Dion Beebe (Collateral, Miami Vice, Edge of Tomorrow)2024 | Masterclass | Photography
Trainer: Annie Leibovitz2024 | Cinec | Cinematography for streaming series
Speaker: Tim Kuhn (Luden)2024 | CBM Munich | Canon C400, C80 Hands-on
Trainer: Martin Bilik (Canon)2024 | RGB Rental & Cinegrell | Shooting on Film: Kodak Ektachrome
Trainer: Michael Boxrucker, Ludwig Hagelstein2024 | Euro Cine Expo | Lens & Look
Speaker: Prof.Dr. Slansky2024 | Euro Cine Expo | Image Based Lighting
Speaker: Tim Kang ASC, Roberto Schaefer ASC, David Stump ASC2024 | Teltec | Mastering the light
Speaker: Zhong To, Dominic Heim2023 | Masterclass | Directing
Trainer: Ron Howard2023 | Masterclass Documentary Filmmaking
Trainer: Ken Burns2023 | Masterclass | Independent Filmmaking
Trainer: Spike Lee2023 | LED Lighting
Trainer: James Friend (ASC, BSC, “Im Westen nichts Neues"
Trainer: Harlon Haveland (Luther: the fallen sun, operation fortune)2023 | 16mm & 35mm Film Workshop
Trainer: Florian Bellack2023 | Lightbridge CLRS System Workflow Talk
Trainer: Jakob Ballinger, Uwe Greiner2020 | Color Grading Basics DaVinci Resolve
Trainer: Axel Rothe vanRotheAcademy2018 | ARRI Academy | Lighting Techniques
Trainer: Morris Flam
(Gaffer of: I am Legend, The tourist, prince of Persia, Black Mass etc.)
2019 | DEDOLIGHT | light workshop
Trainer: Dedo Weigert2018 | HFF Hands on xK | Sony S-log | Varicam
Trainer: Ulrich Mors, Matthias Bollinger2018 Sony FX9 | FX9 overview hands on
Trainer: Nino Leitner (CineD)2014 BAF | Commercial & Portrait-light
Trainer: Stephan Vorbrugg (BvK)
Trainer: Joseph Wollinger (MLL Master of light and lighting)2016 Flying shots | Quatcopter Training
Trainer: Michael RadeckBilderfest GmbH
3 years employed as Cameraman2014/15 Bavarian academy of Television
Camera & Digital Cinematography (Diploma)2009-2013
Shortfilms, musicvideos, image videos2007 | BeWo TV
Voluntary Internship
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
2025 | Berlin Indie Film Festival
Winner “Best Short Documentary” | Konrad Stoll | Master violin maker2025 | Brussel Capital Film Festival
Winner ”Best Cinematography ” | Konrad Stoll Master Violin Maker2025 | Berlin Lift-Off Festival
”Selected” | Konrad Stoll | Master violin maker2022 | Fashion Film Festival Milano
"Official Selection" | Dir. Andrej Jelic2020 | DOK.Fest "if you don't know"
Nominated | Audience Award2018 | Glücksspirale Filmaward
Winner ”Best Film”2018 | Glücksspirale Filmaward
Silver ”Audience Award”2017 | International travel photo award
Winner11.th collection | "Berlin Calling".2017 | International travel photo award.
Winner 11.th collection | "Reflection"2017 | International travel photo award
Winner 10.th collection | "Blackforest"2017 | International travel photo award
Winner 10.th collection | "Winterworld"2017 | International travel photo award
Winner 9. collection | "timeless"2017 | International travel photo award
Winner 9. collection | "Nightlife Atmosphere"2016 | International travel photo award
Winner 8. collection | "The lonely Ride"