About

Known credits:
49
Birthday:
1951-08-28
Place of birth:
Wien, Austria
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Georg Riha

Overview

Georg Riha ranks amongst Austria’s leading DOPs, directors and producers who successfully combines state-of-the-art technology and creative image design. The creation of large, powerful and emotional images, the search for new perspectives as well as the guiding principle of producing high quality work are the driving forces behind his extraordinary projects.

A graduate of the Vienna Film Academy, he started off his career as photographer, focusing on industrial, architectural and aerial photography. When moving from still images to film and video, Georg Riha set out to design his own innovative camera equipment, such as the CAMCAT© wire system, the CAMBLIMP© balloon system and the CAM35TL© timelapse system, in order to realise his visionary ideas of discovering new perspectives and exploring unseen horizons.

Milestones in his work are the award-winning UNIVERSUM documentaries “St. Stephen’s – The Living Cathedral”, “Glockner – The Black Mountain”, “Schoenbrunn – Well of Beauty”, “Wachau – Valley of Golden Magic” and “Salzburg – In the Shadow of the Crags”, all of which are unique portaits of Austrian monuments.

Additional productions include “Visions of Austria” for the EXPO 2000 in Hannover, “Tyrol – Land in the Mountains” commissioned by Cine Tirol, the interval films for the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concerts 2000, 2006 and 2008, as well as various corporate videos and image films, many of them having been awarded international prizes.

Known for

Directing
2017 Maria Theresia - Vermächtnis einer Herrscherin Directing Director N/A
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2016 Austria from Above: Jewels of the Country Directing Director 69
Fair
2014 The Cellar Lanes of Lower Austria - Wine Culture and the Pleasures of Life Directing Director N/A
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2013 The Magic of Laxenburg Directing Director N/A
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2010 Vienna's Water Directing Director 59
Average
2010 Buildings for the Arts Directing Director N/A
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2008 Music at the Sea Directing Director N/A
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2006 Salzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags Directing Director N/A
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2005 Vienna's Forests - Jewels of Green Directing Director N/A
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2005 Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic Directing Director N/A
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2002 Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty Directing Director N/A
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2000 Glockner - The black Mountain Directing Director 59
Average
1999 Lech - the last Wild River Directing Director N/A
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1997 St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral Directing Director N/A
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1994 Waterways Directing Director N/A
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Writing
2002 Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty Writing Writer N/A
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1997 St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral Writing Writer N/A
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1997 St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral Writing Idea N/A
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Production
2017 Maria Theresia - Vermächtnis einer Herrscherin Production Producer N/A
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2016 Austria from Above: Jewels of the Country Production Producer 69
Fair
2014 The Cellar Lanes of Lower Austria - Wine Culture and the Pleasures of Life Production Producer N/A
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2010 Vienna's Water Production Producer 59
Average
2010 Buildings for the Arts Production Producer N/A
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2006 Salzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags Production Producer N/A
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2005 Vienna's Forests - Jewels of Green Production Producer N/A
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2005 Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic Production Producer N/A
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2002 Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty Production Producer N/A
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2000 Glockner - The black Mountain Production Producer 59
Average
1999 Lech - the last Wild River Production Producer N/A
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1997 St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral Production Producer N/A
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1994 Waterways Production Producer N/A
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Camera
2016 Austria from Above: Jewels of the Country Camera Director of Photography 69
Fair
2014 The Cellar Lanes of Lower Austria - Wine Culture and the Pleasures of Life Camera Helicopter Camera N/A
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2013 The Magic of Laxenburg Camera Additional Photography N/A
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2013 The Magic of Laxenburg Camera Helicopter Camera N/A
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2010 Vienna's Water Camera Additional Photography 59
Average
2010 Buildings for the Arts Camera Additional Photography N/A
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2008 Music at the Sea Camera Additional Photography N/A
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2006 Salzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2005 Vienna's Forests - Jewels of Green Camera Additional Photography N/A
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2005 Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2002 Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty Camera Director of Photography N/A
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2000 Glockner - The black Mountain Camera Director of Photography 59
Average
1999 Lech - the last Wild River Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1997 St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1994 Waterways Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
2006 Salzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags Crew Script N/A
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Editing
1994 Waterways Editing Editor N/A
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Visual Effects
1994 Waterways Visual Effects Animation Director N/A
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