# Florian Hoffmeister

Florian Hoffmeister, B.S.C. (born 1970), is a German cinematographer and director, best known for his work on Tár, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography. Projects he has worked on include Five Days, House of Saddam and AMC's The Terror. He has collaborated with director Terence Davies on two occasions, working on The Deep Blue Sea and A Quiet Passion. His other credits include In Secret, Mortdecai and Johnny English Strikes Again.

## Career

Hoffmeister graduated from high school in 1989 and got his first job as an intern electrician on a film production. He studied directing and cinematography at Berlin's German Film and Television Academy. His first film, Three Degrees Colder [de] won him a Silver Leopard for Best First Feature Film at the Locarno International Film Festival. A major breakthrough would come in 2011 when he served as the primary cinematographer on the British television mini-series Great Expectations, winning him an Emmy, a BAFTA, and the ASC award. He was listed by Variety in its "10 Cinematographers to Watch" list.
In 2016, he directed The Have-Nots [de], a film based on the novel by Katharina Hacker. The film is notably in black and white, which Hoffmeister explained as a strategy to "change how the audience in the theatres would view reality and whether the film would strike an emotional impact on them".
Hoffmeister was hired to shoot Scott Cooper's horror film Antlers.

## Filmography
### Director

Short film
* Stimmen der Welt (1998)
Feature film
* Three Degrees Colder [de] (2005) (Also writer)
* The Have-Nots [de] (2016) (Also co-producer)

### Cinematographer

Short film
| Year | Title | Director |
| 1997 | Die Drehtür | Anne Høegh Krohn |
| 2010 | The Pizza Miracle | Tony Grisoni |
| 2010 | Study After Cruel Intentions | Saam Farahmand |
| 2010 | Mark Ronson & The Business Intl: Somebody to Love Me | Saam Farahmand |

#### Feature film

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2000 | Paul Is Dead [de] | Henk Handloegten | |
| 2001 | Berlin is in Germany | Hannes Stöhr | |
| 2002 | Kismet - Würfel Dein Leben! | Lars Kraume | |
| 2003 | Learning to Lie | Henk Handloegten | |
| 2005 | One Day in Europe | Hannes Stöhr | |
| 2011 | The Deep Blue Sea | Terence Davies | |
| 2013 | In Secret | Charlie Stratton | |
| 2015 | Mortdecai | David Koepp | |
| 2016 | A Quiet Passion | Terence Davies | |
| 2018 | Johnny English Strikes Again | David Kerr | |
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Gavin Hood | |
| 2020 | Divine | Jan Schomburg | |
| 2021 | Antlers | Scott Cooper | |
| 2022 | Tár | Todd Field | |
| TBA | The Roses † | Jay Roach | Filming |

#### Television

| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2003 | Polizeiruf 110 | Buddy Giovinazzo | Episode "Tiefe Wunden" |
| 2003 | Mutterkind | Alfa Conradt | TV short |
| 2003 | Tatort | Buddy Giovinazzo | Episode "3 x schwarzer Kater" |
| 2007 | Five Days | Otto Bathurst Simon Curtis | Series One |
| 2007 | Post Mortem | Elmar Fischer | Episode "Notwehr" |
| 2009 | 10 Minute Tales | Tony Grisoni | Episode "Syncing" |
| 2011 | Silk | Peter Moffat | Episodes "The Bitter End" and "High and Dry" |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents | Jim Cartwright | Episode "King of the Teds" |
| 2014 | Hysteria | Otto Bathurst | Pilot |
| 2018 | The Terror | Edward Berger | Episodes "Go for Broke", "Gore" and "Punished, as a Boy" |
| 2022 | Pachinko | Kogonada | 4 episodes |
| 2024 | True Detective | Issa López | Season 4 ("Night Country") |
| TBA | Lanterns † | James Hawes | Filming |
Documentary series
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
| 2007 | First Cut | Pat O'Mahony | Episode "Sleep with Me" |
| 2012 | British Legends of Stage and Screen | Anthony Fabian | Episode "Christopher Lee" |
Miniseries
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2008 | House of Saddam | Alex Holmes Jim O'Hanlon |
| 2009 | The Prisoner | Nick Hurran |
| 2011 | Great Expectations | Brian Kirk |
TV movies
| Year | Title | Director |
| 2004 | The Hamburg Cell | Antonia Bird |
| 2006 | Cracker | Antonia Bird |
| 2006 | Der beste Lehrer der Welt | Lars Becker |
| 2008 | A Number | James Macdonald |
| 2009 | Sleep With Me | Marc Jobst |
| 2009 | Margot | Otto Bathurst |

## Awards and nominations

Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2022 | Best Cinematography | Tár | Nominated |
American Society of Cinematographers
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2011 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Made for Television | Great Expectations | Won |
| 2018 | Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Made for Television | The Terror (For episode "Go for Broke" ) | Nominated |
Primetime Emmy Awards
| Year | Category | Title | Result |
| 2009 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | The Prisoner (For episode "Checkmate") | Nominated |
| 2011 | Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie | Great Expectations (For episode "Part 2") | Won |