ABOUT

Rafael Metz, BVK is director and director of photography. Located in Wiesbaden, Frankfurt, Rhein-Main, Germany. His focus are corporate imagefilms and commercials.
He studied in the US with Dante Spinotti, ASC, AIC, Don Strine and Isidore Mankofsky, ASC as his teachers.
His work is regularly present on shortlists and awarded at international festivals. He is member of the german society of cinematographers (BVK).
CLIENTS
Aareal, Audi, Auma, Bosch, Boehringer Ingelheim, Commerzbank, CompuGroup, DFB, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post, Die Bahn, Dresdner Bank, Deutsche Telekom, DIT, DuPont, DZ Bank, DZ Privatbank Schweiz, Geiss, Group 3G, Hebenstreit, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, Intros, Janssen, Lilly, Lufthansa, Maquet, Mercedes, Merck, Merz Pharma, Novo Nordisk, Opel, Passina, Pohl-Boskamp, Porsche, Qiagen, Roehm, Sanofi-Aventis, SAP, Samsung, Siemens Medical, Sunrise Telecom, SWR, Syngenta, T-Mobile, Stadt Frankfurt, Uniklinik Mainz, Zurich, ZDF, uvm.
AWARDS
World Media Festival Silver Award, 2016
World Media Festival Silver Award, 2013
World Media Festival Silver Award, 2013
ECON Award Bronze 2012
Cannes Corporate Media Silver Award, 2011
World Media Festival Silver Award, 2010
World Media Festival Silver Award, 2009
World Media Festival Gold Award, 2009
World Media Festival Grand Award, 2008
World Media Festival Gold Award, 2008
Intercom – Award in Editing / Summit Creative Awards
London intl. Advertising Awards – LISA Award in Editing
The New York Festivals – World Medal Award in Editing
Aurora Awards – Gold in Editing / 37th U.S. Intl. Film and Video Festival
Aims Awards in Medal Excellence – Silver in Editing
International Monitor Awards – Monitor Award in Editing
Young Directors Award 2003 – „ZDF Boxen – Moments“
Promax Shortlist 1999/2000
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
See his still photography work here:
www.metz-photography.com
EQUIPMENT

CAMERA/AUDIO:

Sony F5 4K, Sony A6400 4K, Lenses, Chrosziel Mattebox, Chrosziel FollowFocus, Sachtler Video 18, Sennheiser ME60, Sennheiser EW112, AKG C1000S, Zoom F4, Boom, Tilta Gimbal, etc.

GRIP/LIGHT:

Variety of ARRI Tungsten (300s, 650s, 1Ks, 2Ks), Daylight (575, M18), Kinoflo LED (4Bank and Freestyle), Dedo DLEDs, array of asynch. studio lights, MiniBrute, etc. Truckload of lighting stands, c-stands, wind-ups, grip, slider, chimeras, reflectors, flags, electric stuff, carts, accessories.

POST:

iMac, MacPro, MacBook Pro, Raids, AJA and Blackmagic I/O, Focusrite I/O, MSP7, JVC Monitor, Tangent Color Panel, etc.
Avid Symphony, Adobe Suite, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Resolve Studio, Affinity Suite