Martin Hanslmayr

Martin Hanslmayr grew up in Upper Austria and took part in numerous sport climbing competitions as a teenager. After graduating from high school in Ried im Innkreis, he studied biology in Salzburg and also worked as a camera assistant. In 2004, he transferred to the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB), where he also attended seminars with Michael Ballhaus, among others. He completed his camera studies in 2013 with the film Der Samurai (director: Till Kleinert). The Samurai won several awards and screened in the Perspektive deutsches Kino section at the 64th Berlinale in 2014.