Kristof Brandl is a Canadian cinematographer and film director from Quebec.David Farrell, "Kristof Brandl Recipient Of The Prism Prize's Arthur Lipsett Award". FYI Music News, April 29, 2016. He is most noted for his work on the film Falcon Lake, for which he received a Prix Iris nomination for Best Cinematography at the 25th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2023.Charles-Henri Ramond, "(Iris 2023) Viking en tête des nominations". Films du Québec, November 15, 2023.
Career
Brandl has been a two-time finalist for the Prism Prize, in 2016 as director of Monogrenade's music video for "Le Fantôme"Sarah Murphy, "Prism Prize Announces Top 20 Finalists for 2016". Exclaim!, February 9, 2016. and in 2019 as director of Charlotte Cardin's "The Kids"."Prism Prize Announces 2019 Top 10 Finalists". Exclaim!, April 2, 2019. Although he did not win the competitive award in either year, he was named the winner of the juried Arthur Lipsett Award for innovation in music video in 2016. In 2017, he was an MTV Video Music Award nominee for Best Cinematography for his work on Halsey's video for "Now or Never".Stephen Thompson, "MTV Plots A Comeback As The VMAs Bring A Moment Of Relevance". NPR, August 25, 2017.
His other credits as a cinematographer or director of music videos have included work for Keith Kouna, Jason Bajada, Majid Jordan, Bastille and Jack White. He has been cinematographer on the short films Wanda, American Dream, Aska,"Featured Short: Aska". Film Shortage. Beast and A Brixton Tale,Wendy Ide, "‘A Brixton Tale’: Glasgow Review". Screen Daily, February 26, 2021. and director of the short films God Forgives, We Don'tIvan Kander, "God Forgives, We Don't". Short of the Week, May 17, 2017. and Take Me to a Nice Place.
Personal life
Brandl’s brother, Wilhelm Brandl, also works in film as a composer and sound engineer.
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