International Freelance Cinematographer for Narrative & Documentary Filmmaking.
About
Born in Austria, Leo Decristoforo studied cinematography at the International Film School Cologne in Germany under Prof. David Slama, as well as at the filmacademy in Prague (FAMU). He is based in New York City.
Leo’s filmography includes both fictional work and music-based documentaries, such as The Laughing Shoes (2014), Listen To Me (2016) and Life in Three Voices (2020). He has shot in Pakistan, Georgia, America, and in several European countries for the BBC, Discovery Channel, ARTE, Library of Congress and others.
His work has had theatrical releases in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the Czech Republic, and has been screened at multiple international festivals. He likes the outdoors and traveling. Leo also survived one week (24/7) with his 10 month old son while his wife was in the hospital and promised her he would put it on his resume.
Together with his wife Marina he organizes the Pillusion Film Festival, which takes place every year in Pill, Austria: pillusion.com
Leo Decristoforo studierte Kamera an der Internationalen Filmschule Köln bei Prof. David Slama sowie an der Filmhochschule in Prag (FAMU). Er lebt und arbeitet in New York City.
Zu seiner Filmografie zählen sowohl fiktionale Werke als auch Dokumentarfilme, darunter „The Laughing Shoes“ (2014), „Listen To Me“ (2016) und „Life in Three Voices“ (2020). Er war als Kameramann unter anderem in Armenien, Pakistan, Georgien, den USA sowie in verschiedenen europäischen Ländern tätig – unter anderem für die BBC, Discovery Channel, ARTE und die Library of Congress.
Seine Arbeiten kamen in Österreich, Deutschland, der Schweiz und Tschechien in die Kinos und wurden auf internationalen Festivals gezeigt.
