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Born in Heidelberg, Germany. After finishing high school as best of school Dietrich went on to study German literature, History and Philosophy at Rupert-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg as well as Theatre, Communications and Philosophy at the LMU in München. In 1989 he began his studies of film and camera at the Munich film school Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München in the feature film department under Prof.Längsfeld.

After completing several highly acclaimed short and feature films during his film school years and attending numerous international workshops with academy-award-winning D.O.P's, Dietrich started to work professionally in 1997 as a freelance Film Director for television commercials & image films for global companies (Siemens, Sony, LG, VW, Subaru, Ford, NSN, Warsteiner, Areva, Metro, Hilti etc.) as well as a Director of Photography for commercials & documentaries.

His award-winning films have led Dietrich all over the world, enabling him to truly gain international experience as well as a deep insight into different cultures, their values and creative concepts as well as expectations. Highlights of his career, to name a few, have been so far a highly complex ultra-wide double projection project done for Siemens Italy, the multi-award-winning "Secret in a Box" for HILTI corporation as well as, as a D.O.P., the documentary "The Ritchie Boys" which was shortlisted for the Oscar for best documentary 2004.

In 1999 Dietrich married the  D.O.P.  Britta Sell bvk - now Britta Mangold bvk. Dietrich lives with his wife and daughter Zola in Munich, Germany. He is represented by the agency 1st Unit / Elke Apelt

..... International experience:   Africa, Asia, Australia, South America, Europe
..... Languages:   German, English, French, basic knowledge of Italian and Spanish




special seminars: 

..... directing:          DominikGraf, Margarethe v.Trotta, Krysztoff Zanussi
..... acting:             John Costopoulos/Actor´s Studio NY, Andras Fricsay Kali Son
..... camera:           Michael Ballhaus ASC, Vilmos Zsigmond ASC, Billy Williams ASC
..... scriptwriting:    Greg Roach, Dick Ross, Martin Tau








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commercial & image:



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Siemens Revision Gösgen (in production)
NextStep



Arval Jahresrückblick
S.A.M.



Arval
Herzensangelegenheit
S.A.M.



Siemens
Grid Access Offshore Windparks (in production)
NextStep



Greiner
Transitions to the Future
Jerkfilms



Siemens NDT & OSM
NextStep



Siemens Lifetime Extension at Tapada
NextStep



*** PLATINUM Remi @Int.Filmfestival Houston 2011





Hilti Chili's 1 - 3
NextStep



Hilti Cordless NextStep



*** PLATINUM Remi @Int.Filmfestival Houston 2011





Hilti Piping
NextStep



NokiaSiemensNetworks
Zain Dar Es Salaam
Friends Production



NokiaSiemensNetworks
Telefonica Madrid
Friends Production



Hilti Breaker
NextStep



Hilti Cutting
NextStep



Hilti Reflection Sales NextStep



Hilti Reflection Engineer NextStep



Areva OL 3 - Birth of a new Generation NextStep



*** Silver@Int.Filmfestival Houston




Areva Welcome - ANP Forum NextStep



*** Gold@Int.Filmfestival Houston




Hilti Soccer NextStep



*** Gold@Int.Filmfestival Houston




*** Silver@WolrdMediaFestival




Hilti Jump NextStep



*** Silver@Int.Filmfestival Houston




Hilti Blow NextStep



Hilti Sandcastle NextStep



Metro AG C.S.R. Die Produktion



Siemens Borssele NextStep



Hilti Secret in a Box - 40 years Hilti NextStep



*** Gold@WorldMediaFestival




*** Silver@Int.Filmfestival Houston




Hilti Lasso NextStep



Hilti Tänzer NextStep



Hilti Lotussitz NextStep



Hilti Massband NextStep



Hilti Fakir NextStep



Siemens IMajor Outage at PhuMy 3 NextStep



Areva The Mind behind NextStep



*** Award of Master@Corporate Media 06




*** Bronze@Int.Filmfestival Houston




Frei Apothekerin - Feuchtigkeitscreme Diebitz Stöppler Braun & Kuhlmann



Frei Apothekerin - Pflege-Öl Diebitz Stöppler Braun & Kuhlmann



Frei Apothekerin - Intensivcreme Diebitz Stöppler Braun & Kuhlmann



LG electronics Don't tell Mom2 LG AD



Metro AG Faszination Handelswelten Die Produktion



Franklin Templeton Magische Hand Serviceplan



Audi A8L quattro 12zyl (concept)



Svarovsky Kristallwelten- the challenge (concept) Publicis



Wiltmann Entdecker - 53sec TV Agenta



Wiltmann Entdecker - 5x 30sec TV Agenta



Zott Molkedrink Jogging Pahnke & Partner



LG electronics Reverse LG AD



LG electronics Surprise LG AD



Sony The Race - 30sec TV Euro RSCG



Sony The Race - 45sec Cinema Euro RSCG



Sony The Race - 120sec Euro RSCG



Centrum Pfeil Grey Düsseldorf

 
Boehringer Ingelheim Mucosolvan Euro RSCG



Bahlsen Crunch im Büro Pahnke & Partner



LG electronics Don't tell mum LG AD



LG electronics Missing love note LG AD



GEW Energie Köln facts & fiction



Siemens Smart Home Siemens Design & Messe



Siemens Creative Design Siemens Design & Messe



Siemens Formula One Pole Production



VW Bis ans Limit NSF Frankfurt



EXPO 2000 Panorama (colaboration) EXPO GmbH



Siemens Kreation Siemens Design & Messe



Valverde Artischocke Grey Düsseldorf



BSA Zugriff BSA



TV Spielfilm Zuhause Jung v.Matt



Warsteiner Rose BW



Warsteiner Dialog BW



Subaru Legacy Plan A



Bunte Harald Juhnke Springer & Jacoby



Bunte Gildo Horn Springer & Jacoby



Bunte Susan Atwell Springer & Jacoby



Bunte Eve-Marie Büchner Springer & Jacoby



Bunte Starfriseur Gerhard Meir Springer & Jacoby



Ford Faszination Focus Young & Rubicam



Karstadt Fine Food Grey Düsseldorf



Tegaron Image TC-Studios



Siemens Incontrarsi Siemens Design & Messe





   
 





feature:

 





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A Diamond Story feature film in preparation

 
Sly Dog feature film in preparation


1997 Xperiment 15 min short feature *** Prädikat Wertvoll


1993 Fishing 15 min short feature



Time 10 min experimental feature


1992 Moritz 70 min Spielfilm BR / SWF starring Barbara Auer, Volker Prechtel, Scotty Larcher


1990 Zwischenzeit 15 min Kurzfilm *** Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll






   






director of photography:











2012






20 - 40 - 60
TV documentary dir.: Dominique Klughammer



Siemens - Revision Gösgen
image film in production - B camera
dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Siemens - Grid Access
image film in production - B camera dir.: Dietrich Mangold


2011
20 - 40 - 60 TV documentary dir.: Dominique Klughammer



Greiner - World of Greiner
image film 6min.
dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Siemens - Grid Access
image film in production - B camera
dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Arval - Herzensangelegenheit
image film 2min.
dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Gitta Saxx
TV documentary 45min.
dir.: Dominique Klughammer



Woodstock in Timbuktu
documentary for cinema - B camera
dir.: Desiree v.Trotha


2010 Siemens - LTE Tapada
image film 8min.
dir.: Dietrich Mangold



*** PLATINUM Remi Award @Int.Filmfestival Houston 2011




Siemens - NDT & OSM
corporate film 12min.
dir.: Dietrich Mangold



NokiaSiemens Networks




     ZAIN - Dar-es-Salaam, Tansania
image film 4min. dir.: Dietrich Mangold



     Telefonica - Madrid, Spain
image film 4min. dir.: Dietrich Mangold



20 - 40 - 60
TV documentary
dir.: Dominique Klughammer



Jabulani Worldcup Song
music video 3.30min.
dir.: Dietrich Mangold


2009
NokiaSiemens Networks




     STC - Ryadh, Saudi Arabia
image film 4min. dir.: Nick Conradt



     Pakistan - Islamabad, Pakistan
image film 3min. dir.: Nick Conradt



     Syria - Damascus, Syria
image film 4min. dir.: Nick Conradt



     Belgium - Bruxelles, Belgium
image film 3min. dir.: Nick Conradt


2008
NokiaSiemens Networks





     GlobeNet – Florida, U.S.
image film 3min.
dir.: Nick Conradt



     MTN – Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
image film4min. dir.: Nick Conradt



     STC – Ryadh, Saudi Arabia
image film 5min.
dir.: Nick Conradt



     ZAIN – Ryadh, Saudi Arabia
image film 3min.
dir.: Nick Conradt



     du - Dubai
image film 3min.
dir.: Nick Conradt


2007 Adoption II TV documentary dir.: Dominique Klughammer


2006 Schule und dann nix? TV documentary 30min. dir.: Dominique Klughammer



Siemens - Borssele image film 8min. - B-camera dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Siemens - Inspection at PhuMy 3 Image film 7min. - B-camera dir.: Dietrich Mangold


2005 Metropolis - Istanbul TV documentary 45min. dir.: Hannes Schuler



Der Fluch der Hemingways TV documentary 60min. dir.: Clarissa Ruge



Reifezeit TV documentary 45min. dir.: Matti Bauer


2004 Cowgirls (Colorado) docu-soap 5x 30min. dir.: Ziri Rideaux



Finding Allen documentary for cinema
dir.: Christian Bauer



Als Truckerin durch die USA TV documentary 45min. dir.: Christian Bauer



37°: Jung, erfolgreich und arbeitslos
TV documentary 30min.
dir.: Dominique Klughammer



*** Bayerischer Fernsehpreis 2004




2003/04 the Ritchie Boys documentary for cinema 90min. dir.: Christian Bauer



*** shortlisted for Oscar Best Documentary Feature -        Academy Awards 2005



1999 Subaru Legacy TV spot dir.: Dietrich Mangold


1998 Voxtours Brasilien TV travel magazine 40min. dir.: E.M.Scriba & S.Gläser



Ford Faszination Focus TV spot dir.: Dietrich Mangold


1997 Siemens Incontrarsi ultra wide double Projection dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Paradies Down Under? TV documentary 60 min dir.: E.M.Scriba



Mbube - die Nacht des Löwen TV documentary 60 min dir.: S.Sycholt


1995 Projections-Frames documentary cinema for Peter Greenaway


1994 A Changing of the Seasons TV documentary 150 min dir.: S.Sycholt


1993 Fishing 15 min short feature dir.: Dietrich Mangold



Time 10 min experimental feature dir.: Dietrich Mangold


1990 Zwischenzeit 15 min Kurzfilm dir.: Dietrich Mangold