“Since studying film in Berlin, I love to create atmospheric movies. Always relying on what visual storytelling can be and what feelings can be evoked, even without spoken dialogue. I love to dive deep into a characters feelings and project my own feelings into them. With my debut short film IN BEATING CELLS (IN POCHENDEN ZELLEN) I found a story of love, melancholy and nostalgia that really spoke from my heart. This theme is influencing my movies since then. Romantic dreams and the destruction of them, is a crucial idea in my work.”
ECHT FRIENDS (in post-production)
TV SERIES, season 3 / episodes 8-10, Germany, 2025
company: Studio Zentral für ZDF tivi / KiKa
Director (ep. 8-10): Richard Kranzin
Director of Photography: Ferhat Yunus Topraklar
Editor: Caro Keller
Production Design: Katherine Halbach
Costume Design: Orhidea Ceji
Hair & Make-Up: Layana Flachs
Producer: Clara Gerst, Katharina Puttendörfer
Produzentin: Chrstine Hartmann / Studio Zentral
written by: Jasmina Wesolowski, Lisa Keiner, Luisa Nöllke
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In pochenden Zellen, “In beating cells”
short film, 25 min, Germany, 2017
starring Philipp Kronenberg, Linn Reusse,
Lukas T. Sperber and Zarina Zöller
Director & Producer: Richard Kranzin
Director of Photography: Clemens Barth
1.AC: Carolin Hauke
Production Design: Carolin Stiller
Original Sound: Jonas Mannhaupt
Music & Sound Design: Jonas Niemann
Production Assistant: Maria Bauer
JANNIK
short film, 19 min, Germany, 2018
starring Clemens Bülow, Christine B. Kugler, Zarina Zöller,
Jonathan Elias Weiske and Julius Nitschkoff
Director & Producer: Richard Kranzin
Director of Photography: Carolin Hauke
AC: Geraldine Hutt
Production Design: Carolin Stiller
Original Sound: Chenoa Ingrid Drovdal, Fabian Bülow
Music & Sound Design: Jonas Niemann
Production Assistant: Clara Jansen
Sweet Escape
short film, 3 min, Germany, 2023
starring Paul Ahrens
Director & Producer: Richard Kranzin
Director of Photography: Emrah Celik
Costume Design: Rina Troles
Original Sound: Kiliano Ribeiro
Set Design: Julia Jalyschko
BENZÍNOVÁ PAMPA
short film, 23 min, Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, 2016
starring Moritz Kienemann, Maike Elena Schmidt, Irene Rindje
Director: Maria Neheimer
Producer & Editor: Richard Kranzin
Director of Photography: Clemens Barth
Written by: Maria Neheimer, Lilian Pfeuffer, Clemens Barth, Jonas Straßburger & Richard Kranzin
Original Sound: Max Neu
Music: Jonathan Heck, Knoblauch Klezmer Band