Director, Screenplay, Director of photography, Editing, Sound, Producer
Johannesburg, Südafrika

Biography

Michael Hammon was born on March 3, 1955, in Johannesburg, South Africa. After studying painting and photography at the Academy of Arts in Cape Town, he has been enrolled at the Academy of Film and Television in Berlin from 1985 until 1991. He worked as a cinematographer for Detlev Buck ("Eine Rolle Duschen", 1987) and Dietmar Klein ("Solinger Rudi", 1991), and soon began making his own movies, e.g. "The Mohale Street Brothers" (1989). For his accomplishments as the director of "Wheels and Deals" (1991), he was awarded the Grimme Prize. Furthermore, he won several awards for "Hillbrow Kids" (1999), a documentary about South African street kids. Hammon directed the movie together with Jacqueline Görgen.

As cinematographer, Hammon drew attention for his collaboration with Pepe Danquart. In 1998, his work on "Nach Saison" ("Off Season", 1997), a movie about the city of Mostar after the end of the Yugoslav war, won him the German Camera Prize. Further movies include the sports documentaries "Heimspiel" (2000) and "Höllentour" ("Hell on Wheels", 2004), in which he depicted the Tour de France in spectacular images. He worked as a cameraman for Eoin Moore"s movie "Conamara" (2000), and shot several films with Andreas Dresen, including "Die Polizistin" ("The Policewoman"), for which he was awarded both the German Camera Prize and the Grimme Prize in 2001. Their latest collaboration, "Willenbrock" (2005), earned him a nomination for the German Film Award 2006.

 

Filmography

2022/2023
  • Director of photography
2022/2023
  • Director of photography
2020/2021
  • Director of photography
2020/2021
  • Director of photography
2018
  • Director of photography
2015/2016
  • Director of photography
2015/2016
  • Director of photography
2013-2015
  • Director of photography
2014
  • Director of photography
2011-2013
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
2010-2012
  • Director of photography
2012
  • Director of photography
2010/2011
  • Director of photography
2010/2011
  • Director of photography
2009-2011
  • Director of photography
2010
  • Director of photography
2009
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
2008/2009
  • Director of photography
2009
  • Director of photography
2007/2008
  • Director of photography
2006-2008
  • Director of photography
2007/2008
  • Director of photography
2006-2008
  • Director of photography
2005/2006
  • Director of photography
2006
  • Director of photography
2004/2005
  • Director
2004/2005
  • Director of photography
2003/2004
  • Director of photography
2003/2004
  • Director of photography
2001/2002
  • Director of photography
2001/2002
  • Director of photography
1998-2000
  • Director of photography
2000
  • Director of photography
1999/2000
  • Director of photography
1999/2000
  • Director of photography
1997
  • Director of photography
1998
  • Director of photography
1997/1998
  • Director
1994-1997
  • Director of photography
  • Sound
1997
  • Director of photography
1989-1996
  • Director of photography
1994
  • Director of photography
1994
  • Director of photography
1994
  • Director of photography
1994
  • Director of photography
1993
  • Director
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
1992
  • Director of photography
1991/1992
  • Director of photography
1991
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
1990/1991
  • Director of photography
1989
  • Director
  • Producer
1986
  • Director
1987
  • Director
1987
  • Director of photography
1986
  • Lighting design
  • Sound