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Sven Kirsten

Sven Kirsten

CrewCinematographerActorLighting Aug 27 (age 70) Hamburg, Germany 1977–2025 (48 year career)
5.1 avg rating

Biography

Sven Kirsten was born in 1955 in the port town of Hamburg, Germany. He was supposedly conceived on a freighter of his grandfather's Hamburg-Chicago line between America and Germany (those were long trips). The sailor's bars of the Reeperbahn red light district and the curiosities of the Hamburg Anthropology Museum formed the fertile soil to inspire Sven to follow the call to other distant shores in 1980. After a brief stint at the San Francisco Art Institute, he continued his education as cinem…

Known For

The Cowboy and the Frenchman
Film

The Cowboy and the Frenchman

Electrician
Doppelganger
Film

Doppelganger

Director of Photography
Tom Waits: Big Time
Film

Tom Waits: Big Time

Camera Operator
Mistress
Film

Mistress

Director of Photography
Hardbodies
Film

Hardbodies

Electrician
Punk in London
Film

Punk in London

Director of Photography
Slam Dance
Film

Slam Dance

Gaffer
Teresa's Tattoo
Film

Teresa's Tattoo

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (35)

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Movies (34)

Bad Painter

Bad Painter

2025

Cinematography

7.0
Bad Painter

Bad Painter

2025

Director of Photography

7.0
Kubanisch für Fortgeschrittene

Kubanisch für Fortgeschrittene

2015

Camera Operator

4.0
Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical

Biss zur großen Pause - Das Highschool Vampir Grusical

2011

Director of Photography

6.0
Eine Liebe in St. Petersburg

Eine Liebe in St. Petersburg

2009

Director of Photography

4.1
I Know What You Did Last Winter

I Know What You Did Last Winter

2004

Director of Photography

5.0
Mann gesucht, Liebe gefunden

Mann gesucht, Liebe gefunden

2003

Director of Photography

3.8
Roommate Wanted

Roommate Wanted

2002

Director of Photography

2.0
Love Crash

Love Crash

2002

Director of Photography

5.8
Heart of Stone

Heart of Stone

2001

Director of Photography

3.6
Dead Island: School's Out 2

Dead Island: School's Out 2

2001

Director of Photography

5.7
Welcher Mann sagt schon die Wahrheit?

Welcher Mann sagt schon die Wahrheit?

2001

Director of Photography

Die Traumprinzen

Die Traumprinzen

2000

Director of Photography

8.0
Neonnächte - Der U-Bahn-Schlitzer

Neonnächte - Der U-Bahn-Schlitzer

2000

Director of Photography

9.0
7 Tage bis zum Glück

7 Tage bis zum Glück

1999

Director of Photography

3.5
School's Out

School's Out

1999

Director of Photography

4.7
No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached

1997

Additional Photography

1.0
Die sieben Feuer des Todes

Die sieben Feuer des Todes

1997

Director of Photography

1.0
Der Venusmörder

Der Venusmörder

1996

Director of Photography

6.0
Play Time

Play Time

1995

Director of Photography

3.5
Beyond Desire

Beyond Desire

1995

Camera Operator

4.5
Beyond Desire

Beyond Desire

1995

Director of Photography

4.5
Teresa's Tattoo

Teresa's Tattoo

1994

Director of Photography

4.6
Doppelganger

Doppelganger

1993

Director of Photography

4.9
Mistress

Mistress

1992

Director of Photography

5.5
Liquid Dreams

Liquid Dreams

1991

Director of Photography

4.3
Tom Waits: Big Time

Tom Waits: Big Time

1988

Camera Operator

7.3
The Cowboy and the Frenchman

The Cowboy and the Frenchman

1988

Electrician

6.0
Slam Dance

Slam Dance

1987

Gaffer

4.9
Grottenolm

Grottenolm

1985

Director of Photography

Hardbodies

Hardbodies

1984

Electrician

4.7
Women in Rock

Women in Rock

1980

Director of Photography

6.0
Kortnergeschichten

Kortnergeschichten

1980

Director of Photography

Punk in London

Punk in London

1977

Director of Photography

6.6