Gerald Schank is an award winning filmmaker and director of photography with a preference for intuitive emotional visual storytelling.

After graduating in social pedagogy, he starts an apprenticeship as camera assistant and sound technician in 1986. His first work as freelance cinematographer was in 1993 a documentary on Brazilian street kids for German Television (WDR). In 1999 he founded film production company fresh.frames in Cologne. The years to come took him to more than 50 countries for cinematographic work on films, such as the short film "Snipers Alley" (2001), or an anti-war drama, the cinema feature film "MörderischerFrieden- Lethal Peace" (2007), filmed in Sarajevo (BiH).

The short film "Cut - The Little Barbershop of Horrors” (2014) received a recognition for best cinematography. And his documentary film debut "One World - The Ocean of Presence" (2019) won numerous awards at various international film festivals. Please visit the profile at crew united for further information.