Jan Prahl

Born in Hamburg in 1979, Jan Prahl is an international cinematographer. He has a considerable experience in the field of car advertising for a range of brands such as Porsche, Jaguar, Audi, BMW, Lexus, Volkswagen, Skoda, Mercedes, Ioniq, Hyundai, Ferrari to name a few. This experience has lead him to work around the world: United States, China, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Spain, Portuagl etc. He’s won several awards, including Best Cinematography at BFFF 2018 (for Audi directed by Che), Best Cinematography Bronze at Cyclope Award 2016 (for Mercedes directed by Specter Berlin) and Best Cinematography at Reklamefilm 2013 (for Rebirth directed by Kai Schonrath). Jan has also worked on various commercials for brands such as Apple, Gillette, Bose, Asics, Pilsener Urquell, Orange & Lufthansa…..

The talent of Jan Prahl as director of photography can also be appreciated through his work for numerous Movies and TV series. He recently collaborate on The Signal for Netflix (  2024 tv mini series ) with directors Sebastian Hilger & Philip Leinemann, feature Martha Liebermann ( won best film & best actress at Monte Carlo tv festival 2022 ), Legal Affairs ( season 1, episodes 4,5,7 ) both directed by Stefan Bühling……and with award winning director Lars-Gunnar Lotz (tv series Stralsund, movies Shifting the blame and Für Miriam, selected at Berlinale Perspektive Deutsches Kino in 2008) but also Julia Ziesche (movies Augen Zu and Longing for a kiss), David Voss (medium-length film Die kunst des verlierens) and Piotr J. Lewandowski - König der Raben.