Leif Thomas, director of photography, camera operator, 2nd unit dop, Cologne

Movies as director of photography

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2023	Woozle - Heut' lassen wir es krachen!	Music Video	Ulrich Höppner	Spotville GmbH [de]
2020	Nespresso - Interactive	Commercial	Nim Shapira	Sundays Film UG [de]
2019	VW - ID. Buggy 2019	Commercial	Sylvia Borges	Capture Media GmbH [de]
2019	ZDF Station ID - Simone Thomalla	Station ID	Sylvia Borges	Film Deluxe GmbH
2019	TÜV Rheinland - GPMS	Commercial	Tim Großkurth	Mpg Media Picture Group GmbH [de]
2018	ZDF - Hier ist Kultur Zuhause. Michel Hamburg	Commercial	Sylvia Borges	Film Deluxe GmbH
2018	ZDF - Hier ist Kultur Zuhause. Bauhaus Dessau	Commercial	Sylvia Borges	Film Deluxe GmbH
2018	ZDF - Hier ist Kultur Zuhause. Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek	Commercial	Sylvia Borges	Film Deluxe GmbH
2018	ZDF - Hier ist Kultur Zuhause. Insel Hombroich	Commercial	Sylvia Borges	Film Deluxe GmbH
2018	Puma - Marco Reus, Mr. Perfect (WT)	Commercial	Thiago Zanato	Simon Says Media [de]
2018	ZDF - Wilde Kunst, wilde Natur	Commercial	Sylvia Borges	Film Deluxe GmbH
2017	Eskimo Callboy - The Scene feat. Fronz Red Weapon, Kowa Anamorph	Music Video	Patrick Grzanna	ElemenTree Productions	Red Weapon, Kowa Anamorph
2017	Adidas - Ankoku Tôshi Jutsu (WT) Red Weapon, Kowa Anamorph	Commercial	Konstantinos Sampanis	Moodboard, Konstantinos Sampanis [de]	Red Weapon, Kowa Anamorph
2017	Hakle - Move Red Weapon	Commercial	Sven Stausberg	The Marmalade Studios GmbH & Co. KG	Red Weapon
2016	Bayer Crop Science - The Canadian Success Story. Detective Goodnose Investigates the Canola Case BM 4k	Corporate Film	Lars Rosmaiti	Territory CTR GmbH (formerly Medienfabrik Gütersloh GmbH)	BM 4k
2016	MyDays - Zeit zum Schenken Epic Dragon	Commercial	Multiple	Borges & Lee GbR [de]	Epic Dragon
2016	Nongfu Spring - Water nutrients (WT) Epic Dragon	Commercial	Tomislav Tomas	Phoenix Digital	Epic Dragon
2016	ACV e.V. - Atze-V (Facebook-Spots) Epic Dragon	Corporate Series	Konstantinos Sampanis	Moodboard, Konstantinos Sampanis [de]	Epic Dragon
2016	Kasalla feat. Carolin Kebekus - Kasalla-Pirate additional photography Epic Dragon	Music Video	Baris Aladag	Park17 Filmproduktion GmbH	additional photography Epic Dragon
2016	Schierker Feuerstein - Kräuter-Halb-Bitter Epic Dragon	Corporate Film	Konstantinos Sampanis	Moodboard, Konstantinos Sampanis [de]	Epic Dragon

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Movies as camera operator

Year	Title	Genre	Director of photography	Producer	Comment
2022	NBC Olympics - US Monobob	Commercial	Torsten Lippstock	Munderbar [uk]
2017	Eurowings - Zu ... sicher	Commercial	Kasper Wind	Tony Petersen Film GmbH [de]
2013	CFT - Radiallüfter im Test Red Epic	Industrial Video	Lars Rosmaiti	Mighty Movies, Lars Rosmaiti [de]	Red Epic
2011	Riefenstahl - 7 Sünden für den Frass Red One MX	Music Video	Alexander Jentz	Maxim Matthew creations Group GmbH [de]	Red One MX
2011	Heiratsschwindler küsst man nicht Alexa	TV Movie, ARD [de], Degeto [de], MDR [de]	Sven Kirsten	Askania Media Filmproduktion GmbH [de]	Alexa
2010	Opel Insignia OPC - Car and Horses (WT) Red MX	Commercial	Dominik Berg	Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg [de]	Red MX
2010	Die Trixxser Red MX	TV Movie, RTL [de]	Sven Kirsten	W&B Television GmbH	Red MX
2009	Heimspiel Red One, 1 Tag Actionunit	Short Film	Peter Schüttemeyer	ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln gGmbH	Red One, 1 Tag Actionunit
2008	Flankenwechsel - The Match Red One	Commercial	Ingo Hamacher	Bellacoola Film Production UG	Red One
2008	Deutsch Bank Story 16mm	Short Film	Michael Jörg	KHM Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln [de]	16mm
2008	Shaun Baker & Maloy - Three Wishes	Music Video	Ingo Hamacher	Filmatic Solutions GmbH

Movies as 2nd unit dop

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2015	Puma - EvoSpeed SL. Marco Reus vs. Sergio Agüero	Commercial	Zak Davis	Simon Says Media [de]
2011	Heiratsschwindler küsst man nicht	TV Movie, ARD [de], Degeto [de], MDR [de]	Dennis Satin	Askania Media Filmproduktion GmbH [de]
2009	Heimspiel Red One, 1 Tag Actionunit	Short Film	Bogdana Vera Lorenz	ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln gGmbH	Red One, 1 Tag Actionunit
2008	Deutsch Bank Story 16mm Kodak	Short Film	Ilya Pusenkoff	KHM Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln [de]	16mm Kodak
2008	Flankenwechsel - The Match Red One 2k 120 fps	Commercial	Ingo Hamacher	Bellacoola Film Production UG	Red One 2k 120 fps
2008	Shaun Baker & Maloy - Three Wishes HDV Z1	Music Video	Ingo Hamacher	Filmatic Solutions GmbH	HDV Z1
2005	Offside 16mm Fuji	Short Film	Sebastian Beele	Silent Victory Films, Bauer/Beele Gbr	16mm Fuji

Movies in other capacities

Year	Title	Genre	Director	Producer	Comment
2024	Rimowa - 2024 Campaign (WT)	Commercial	Jason Sondock	BWGTBLD GmbH [de]	1st assistant camera
2023	Mitsubishi - The Future (WT)	Commercial	Ben Brand	Bubbles Film GmbH	1st assistant camera
2022	UEFA Euro 2024 - Botschafterinnen	Commercial	Sven Richter	Parasol Island GmbH [de]	1st assistant camera
2022	Cavalluna - Geheimnis der Ewigkeit	Trailer	Multiple	Polly Films GmbH	1st assistant camera
2022	Amazon Prime Video - One Mic Stand presents.Teddy's Masterclass	Teaser	Matthias Wackrow	Wolffpack Vision GmbH	1st assistant camera
2021	ALDI - Sylvie Meis Sommerkollektion 2021 (WT)	Commercial	Fabian Hothan	Craft Deutschland GmbH	1st assistant camera
2020	Mazda CX-Range - Crafted With Passion	Commercial	Andreas Arntz	Trias Audiovisuelle Unternehmenskommunikation mbH	1st assistant camera
2020	Mazda CX-3 - Interior Craftsmanship	Commercial	Andreas Arntz	Trias Audiovisuelle Unternehmenskommunikation mbH	1st assistant camera
2020	Multiple Sklerose - #MoreThanMS (Social Video Kampagne)	Commercial	Eicke Bettinga	We Are Era	1st assistant camera
2020	Phantasialand - Rookburgh (WT)	Corporate Film	Philipp Stölzl	UFA Fiction	1st assistant camera
2020	O.B. - Ein sicheres Gefühl seit 70 Jahren (Webfilme)	Commercial	Silke Meya	We Are Era	1st assistant camera
2019	RWE - Wir sind die neue RWE	Corporate Film	Michael Mieke	soup.filmproduktion GmbH	1st assistant camera
2019	Mondo - Nachts im Möbelhaus	Commercial	Jan Bonny	Nokto Film GmbH [de]	1st assistant camera
2019	VW - Die Details machen das Spiel (Social Media Spots)	Commercial	Multiple	C3 Creative Code and Content	1st assistant camera
2019	Mazda CX-30 - Introducing the All-New Mazda CX-30	Commercial	Andreas Arntz	Trias Audiovisuelle Unternehmenskommunikation mbH	1st assistant camera
2018	C & A - X-Mas. RockPrank, Lovexmas	Commercial	David Helmut	soup.filmproduktion GmbH	1st assistant camera
2018	Volkswagen AG - The all-new T-Cross. More than one thing	Commercial	Markus Steiner	Mpg Media Picture Group GmbH [de]	1st assistant camera
2018	Volkswagen AG - The all new T-Cross. Musicians	Commercial	Markus Steiner	Mpg Media Picture Group GmbH [de]	1st assistant camera
2018	Telekom - Magenta. Eli's großes Konzert	Commercial	Matt Smukler	soup.filmproduktion GmbH	1st assistant camera
2018	C&A - #BestDeal Angebote (6 Spots)	Commercial	Lars Knorrn	Rabbicorn Films GmbH (formerly Jotz! Filmproduktion GmbH) [de]	1st assistant camera

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Nationality	German
Languages	EnglishGerman
Experience abroad	Australia and Oceania: Australia Central Europe: Austria, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Switzerland North Africa: Egypt North America: Canada, USA Northern Europe: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway East Asia: China Eastern Europe: Russia South Africa: South Africa Southern Europe: Canary Islands, Italy, Portugal, Spain Southeastern Europe: Albania West Asia: Georgia Western Europe: England, France, Netherlands
Immediate working area	Cologne
1st residence (federal state or country)	Germany - North Rhine-Westphalia
Accommodation possibilities	Berlin, Dortmund, Hamburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart

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