Axel Baumann is a three-time Emmy nominated cinematographer, who has worked in film and television for more than twenty years. Axel’s work has appeared on HBO, Amazon Studios, Netflix, Showtime, National Geographic, Discovery, History Channel, PBS, ESPN, CNN as well as in theaters worldwide. Axel was awarded an Emmy for his cinematography on Carrier, a 10-part PBS series on the USS Nimitz, produced by Icon Films and directed by Maro Chermayeff. Recent credits include Harry and Meghan (Netflix), directed by Liz Garbus, Victoria Secret: Angels and Demons (Hulu), directed by Matt Tyrnauer, Lucy and Desi (Amazon Studios), directed by Amy Poehler, Turning Point (Netflix), directed by Brian Knappenberger and The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart (HBO), directed by Frank Marshall.
CREDITS
Commercials Berkshire Bank Cynthia Wade Cynthia Wade Prod. Fidelity Dan Everett Fidelity Mutual Samsung Sean Kaminsky Lovett Prod. TV Land Promo Kevin Hartman TV Land One 2007 Andrew Zuckerman Radical Media Extreme Makeover Kevin Hartman TV Land IBM Grant Janes Lookfar Films Allstate Grant Janes Lookfar FIlms Adidas Jeff Rosen Blacklight Kodak Jeff Rosen Blacklight Jujumopri Jeff Blackmen Comedy Central Netjets John Chimpels Image Maint. Trinity Juan Rosenfeld CBS Pfizer Matt Kaufman ZipDog Documentaries Soundtracks Jeff Dupre CNN Soundbreaking Jeff Dupre PBS Before The Flood/Add’l Camera Fisher Stevens Nat. Geo Mission Blue Emmy Nom./Best Cinematography Fisher Stevens Netflix Bright Lights: Starring C. Fisher & D. Reynolds/Add’l Cin. Alexis Bloom/Fisher Stevens HBO Nothing Left Unsaid: Gloria Vanderbilt & Anderson Cooper/ Add’l Cin. Liz Garbus HBO Racing Extinction/Add’l Cinematography Louis Psihoyos Discovery Mudflow (In production) Cynthia Wade/Sasha Friedlander C. Wade Prod. New York: Die Music City Claus Bredenbrock Arte The Only Real Game Mirra Banks Netflix Treasures Of NY: Flatiron Charles Hobson PBS 30 by 30/The Price of Gold/Add’l Camera Nanette Burstein ESPN Watergate/Add’l Camera Peter Schnall Discovery The Artist is Present/Add’l Camera Matt Ackers/Jeff Dupre HBO My Decision Fisher Stevens Article 19 Mann vs. Ford Add’l Camera Maro Chermayeff/Micah Fink HBO Thomas Jefferson/History Channel Trey Nelson History Channel War against War Fisher Stevens Culture Project Circus/Add’l Camera Maro Chermayeff PBS Prosecutors (Pilot) Jordan Roberts A&E Herb and Dorothy Megumi Sasaki ArtHouse Films Future Life Robert Palumbo Discovery Plato’s Retreat Matt Kaufmann HDNET Carrier *Emmy Award/ Best Cinematography Maro Chermayeff PBS Nike Air Force One Thibault DeLongeville Radical Media Racing Dreams Add’l Camera Marschall Curry Elite Ent. Iconoclast Deepak Chopra/Mike Myers B- Camera Joe Berlinger Radical Media American Teen Add’l Camera Nannete Burstein Warsaw High Inc. Super Casino Jonathan Stack Nat’l Geographic Liberia: An Uncivil War Jonathan Stack Discovery Times *Emmy Nominee/Best Cinematography Peter Gabriel/US Tour Anna Gabriel Real World Songs Under A Big Sky Michael Coulson Nat’l Geographic The Ballad of Greenwich Village Karen Kramer Erzulia Films Narrative Life In Flight 2nd Unit DP/B-Operator Tracey Hecht Life In Flight Duane Hopwood Operator Matt Mullhurn Elevation Filmwork Sunday Morning Isaac Weinbach-Lekach Zero Pictures Pecker 2nd Unit DP John Waters Polar Entertainment Is That All There Is Heather Buchanan Zero Pictures Leftovers Ed Zimmerman Dirty Ernie Pict Creation
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