Short biography

Hans-Peter Eckardt

Born on the 21st of June 1966
Primary school, grammar school, Zivildienst
Learning by doing: More than four years I worked together with Axel Sand (among others)
as camera assistent and sound engineer for many documentaries
Oct. ´92 – March ´97 studies at the Filmakademie Bad.- Württ.
with emphasis on documentary
Classes with Thomas Schadt, Helga Reidemeister, Ebbo Demant,
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Diploma taken from Wolfgang Treu, Benedict Neuenfels, Thomas Merker
Since ´97 freelance cameraman
Hans-Peter Eckardt is living in Berlin since 2000. He has two children.

Experiences abroad:
United States, Brazil, Hongkong, Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Denmark, Paraguay,
Great Britain, Russia, Kenia, South Africa, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, India

Good knowledge of English, beginner with Portuguese

Kodak Camera award 1997 for my diploma at the Filmakademie B.-W.
Nomination at the German Camera award 2000 for my work for »Tisch No. 6«
Grimme award 2005 for »Damals in der DDR«