About
Lydia Richter is a german cinematographer who lives and works in Berlin and Vienna/Austria. Her work spans fiction and documentary films which have had theatrical releases and been shown at German and international film festivals such as Berlinale Generations, Sheffield DocFest, Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival, the New York International Children’s Film Festival, Gioffoni Film Festival, Achtung Berlin, and the Tallin Black Nights Film Festival. She studied Design and Audiovisual Media in Salzburg, Austria and Cinematography at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).
Festivals & Awards
Nominierung 35. Deutscher Kamerapreis I PORZELLAN 2025
Nominierung Grimme Preis für ECHT FRIENDS 2025
74. Berlinale Generations PORZELLAN (Weltpremiere) 2024
Sheffield DocFest I ONE IN A MILLION (Weltpremiere) 2022
Filmfest München I ONE IN A MILLION (Deutschlandpremiere) 2022
Filmfest München I SERVUS PAPA, SEE YOU IN HELL (Weltpremiere) 2022
Filmography:
ECHT Friends
serial 2023
Director: Joya Thome
Prod: Network Movie / ZDF
Porzellan
short 2022
Director: Annika Birgel
Prod: Problemkind Film
One in a Million
feature lenght documentary 2021
Director: Joya Thome
Prod: Flare Film
Druck
serial 2020
Director: Joya Thome
Prod: Bantry Bay / ZDF
Servus Papa, See you in hell
feature film 2020
Director: Joya Thome
Prod: Network Movie / ZDF
Golden Twenties
Feature, Germany 2019
(DOP Pick up shots)
Director: Sophie Kluge
Nightfall
Short Germany 2018
Director: Josefine Scheffler
Egal gibt’s nicht
feature lenght documentary, Germany 2018
(additional DOP)
Director: Florian Hoffmann
Königin von Niendorf
feature, Germany 2017
Director: Joya Thome
Salem
short, Germany 2016
Director: Josefine Scheffler
Ferien
short, Germany 2016
Director: Josefine Scheffler
Sarah
short, Germany 2016
Director: Lydia Richter
Bears
short, Germany 2015
Director: Anna Maria Rosnowska
Versteckt
short, Germany 2015
Director: Josefine Scheffler
Darwin
short, Germany 2015
Director: Josefine Scheffler
Der Neue
documentary short, Germany 2014
Director: Malte Siepen & Lydia Richter
Der Untergang der Titanic
short, Germany 2014
Director: Sophie Kluge
Helden
short, Germany 2014
Directror: Lydia Richter
Apolog
short, Germany 2014
Director: Josefine Scheffler
Aussichtslos
short, Germany 2013
Director: Lydia Richter
Weniger ist mehr
documentary short,
Germany 2012
Director: Lydia Richter
Spotlight
short, Austria 2011
Director: Markus Englmeier
Jam Jar
short, Austria 2010
Director: Veree Lynn Puhm
Camera Operator: Lydia Richter
Dop: Lisa Eidenhammer
commercial work:
Audiotoxin
GEMA c/o pop Festival 2018,
Director: Benedikt Dorn,
Produktion: Audiotoxin
Audiotoxin
GEMA Musikautorenpreis 2018,
Director: Benedikt Dorn,
Produktion: Audiotoxin
Bachmannpreis – Portrait Peter Truschner,
Director: Klara Plainer,
Produktion: ZDF & Klara Plainer
UNICEF – domestic Violence Campaign,
Director: Lydia Richter,
Produktion: Redox Labs
GEMA – Musikautorenpreis 2017,
Directror: Benedikt Dorn,
Produktion: Audiotoxin
GEMA– Mitgliederversammlung 2017,
Director: Christin Wenke,
Produktion: Audiotoxin
Redbull – BC One History,
Director: Carmen Treichl,
Production: Degn Film
Museum für Moderne Kunst / Klagenfurt,
Metamorphosis- experimenteller Eventclip,
Director: Klara Plainer,
Production: Klara Plainer
Buschi vs Koeppen– Season 1 (Japan),
Director: Johanna Maria Knothe, Swantje Cichowlas,
Camera: Julia Matyschik, Lydia Richter, Jan Kreutz, Andreas Sieg
Production: 24 /25 TV
Buschi vs Koeppen– Season 2 (Brasil),
Director: Johanna Maria Knothe, Swantje Cichowlas,
Camera: Julia Matyschik, Lydia Richter, Jan Kreutz, Andreas Sieg
Production: 24 /25 TV
Redbull BC One – Paris Finals,
Director: Verena Solitz,
Camera: Marion Minichmayr, Carmen Treichl, Lydia Richter,
Production: Degn Film
Redbull BC One – Semi Finals Taiwan
Director: Björn Miniers,
Camera: Carmen Treichl, Lydia Richter
Production: Degn Film
Redbull BC One – Semi Finals Finland
Director: Björn Miniers,
Camera: Carmen Treichl, Lydia Richter
Production: Degn Film
Redbull BC One – Semi Finals Croatia
Director: Björn Miniers,
Camera: Carmen Treichl, Lydia Richter
Production: Degn Film
Cadus – Sea Watch
Director: Klara Plainer
Production: Cadus & Klara Plainer
Cadus – Mobile Hospital
Director: Klara Plainer
Production: Cadus & Klara Plainer
Cadus – Behind the scenes
Director: Klara Plainer
Production: Cadus & Klara Plainer