Volker Schellbach - Director of Photography
Volkers playfulness was always his driving force. As a recognized specialist for both cars and beauty, he has a proven track-record that defies stereotyping. Throughout his youth Volker benefitted greatly from his parents' sense of adventure, visiting remote countries, living amongst a diverse range of cultures, settings and languages. Today this allows him to move and communicate with ease in an international industry, be it China, Russia or Japan. Volker’s early years in the industry are rooted in the lighting department, a valuable foundation for mastering the art of cinematography. With a love for both - challenges and meticulous planning - Volker strives for solutions that are out of the ordinary. His mantra is “spend your money only there where you can actually see it!”, be it a major light set-up on a Russian Arm or a small scrap of poly that makes all the difference during intimate beauty shoots. And however stormy things become, he retains a calmness that everybody around him can sense and that brings out the best in everyone on the set.
General Infos
Website
Specialities
Commercials • Corporate Films • Feature Films • Short Films
Styles
Beauty • Car • Highspeed • Kids • Landscape • Lifestyle • Storytelling • Vignette • Visual effects
Skills
35mm • Alexa • DSLRs • RED-CAM • Super16
Languages
English • German
Productions
Commercials
A1 • Acarblu • Activia • Adidas • After Eight • Aldi • Aluna Resort • Anamor • Aquilia • ARTE • AUDI • Baleno • Bet3000 • Betfair.de • Biolectra • BP • Braun • Bridgestone • BUGATTI Chiron • Bustier • BYD Tang • Cadillac • Calvin Klein • Chevrolet • Chimelong • Ciaz • Coca-Cola • Condor • Cotton Traders • Danone Activia • Deutsche Bank • Disney • DOC • DWS • Esperitu de Chile • Etamine Du Lys • FIFA Frauen-WM • First Stop • Ford • Fortuna • GoDaddy • Gulf Bank • Hänsel + Gretel • Haribo • Heraeus Kulzer • Herta • Honda • HUK-Coburg • Intendis • JK Tyre • Johnson&Johnson • Karlsberg • Kenzo • KIA • Kotex • Le Petit Marseillais • Lexus • MAOAM • Margo • Maurice Lacroix • Mercedes-Benz • Meridol • Mini • Nissan • No Smoking-Campaign • NYZE • O.B. • Olay • Opel • Pieper Verlag • Pneuhage • Porsche • Prado Landcruiser • Rational • Regaine • RCC • Reem-B • Regaine • RTR160 Apache • Samsung • Schneider Kreuznach • Sberbank • Silan • Skoda • Smartmobil • Smirnoff • Sparda Bank • Subaru • Suzuki div. • Swisscom • T-Com • Toyota (Auris, Prius, Verso, Aygo etc.) • Transart • UPC Telecable • Vitara Brezza • Vivel • VW (Passat, Touared, Tiguan etc.) • Wegmann Automotive • Yamaha • ZDF • Zoo Frankfurt
Corporate Films
ALD Technology • Atlantic Telecom • Audi • Braun • BSS Bodenberg • Espiritu de Chile • Extra Gold • Hager • Hans Grohe • IHK Frankfurt • Karlsberg • Porsche • Reem-B • SEAT • Siemens Sion • Skoda • Toyota (Auris, Avensis, Prius etc.) • Universitätsklinik Freiburg • Visit China "Beautiful Mudanjiang" • Visit China "Beautiful Sichuan" • VW • Zwilling
Feature Films
HUNDRED • LDA
Short Films
"Lulaland" • “Das Ende der Zweisamkeit” • “Geteiltes Leid” • “Hunde Lust und Tod” • “Robomania” • “Wenn Engel fallen”
Documentaries
“Blut Rache” • “Little Sulzbach” • “Ökodorf” • “Samba Zug”
Music Videos
Pathos Legal “Solange Du lächelst” • Schwarzer Humor “Nachtgestalten”
Directors
Alex Feichter • Alexander Paul • Andreas Schäfer • Artur Heisler • Avnish K • Bernd Müller • Bernd Seibold • Christoph Zapatka • Chris Scherer • Claus Dowie • Ercin Filizli • Eric Van Wyke • Frank Schneider • Gero von Braunmühl • Götz Kia • Hagen Gotschalk • Hendrick Gerckens • Herbert Eisenschenk • Ivar Leon Menger • Jan Hellstern • Janosch Déri • Jirko Krah • Jörg Dittmar • Jörg Rampke • Ken Lambert • Lino Russell • Manoj Pillai • Markus Bader • Matthäus Bussmann • Matthias Berndt • Micheel Nwaisser • Nick Piper • Nils Timm • Richard Caesar • Rolf Eckel • Stefan Ebling • Stephan Vollmer • Susanne Schmidt • Thomas Wagner • Ulli Stein
Awards
Gold Award: Effie Mena for Nissan Patrol
3 x Golden Award at World Media Festival
Silver VICTORIA Internationale Wirtschaftsfilmtage
Messeauftritt DB Logistics TRANSPO
iF Communication Design Award
Finalist at NewYork Festival Film&Video
Award of Master Corporate Media Sonderauszeichnung Corporate Media
Eyes & Ears Awards ZDF / Leichtathletic EM Göteborg
3 x Golden Award at World Media Festival
Silver VICTORIA Internationale Wirtschaftsfilmtage
Messeauftritt DB Logistics TRANSPO
iF Communication Design Award
Finalist at NewYork Festival Film&Video
Award of Master Corporate Media Sonderauszeichnung Corporate Media
Eyes & Ears Awards ZDF / Leichtathletic EM Göteborg