Börres Weiffenbach, born in 1969, studied cinematography at the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television in Potsdam. In 2002, while still a student, he won the Adolf Grimme Award for an outstanding debut for his cinematography in OTZENRATHER SPRUNG (dir. Jens Schanze). Further successes include, for example, CHILDREN. AS TIME FLIES (dir. Thomas Heise), which won the Silver Dove at DOK Leipzig, and MASTER OF THE UNIVERSE (dir. Marc Bauder), which won the Jury Prize at Locarno International Film Festival and the European Film Award.
