Georg Riha
Directing
Georg Riha ranks amongst Austria’s leading DOPs, directors and producers who successfully combines state-of-the-art technology and creative image design. The creation of large, powerful and emotional images, the search for new perspectives as well as the guiding principle of producing high quality work are the driving forces behind his extraordinary projects. A graduate of the Vienna Film Academy, he started off his career as photographer, focusing on industrial, architectural and aerial photography. When moving from still images to film and video, Georg Riha set out to design his own innovative camera equipment, such as the CAMCAT© wire system, the CAMBLIMP© balloon system and the CAM35TL© timelapse system, in order to realise his visionary ideas of discovering new perspectives and exploring unseen horizons. Milestones in his work are the award-winning UNIVERSUM documentaries “St. Stephen’s – The Living Cathedral”, “Glockner – The Black Mountain”, “Schoenbrunn – Well of Beauty”, “Wachau – Valley of Golden Magic” and “Salzburg – In the Shadow of the Crags”, all of which are unique portaits of Austrian monuments. Additional productions include “Visions of Austria” for the EXPO 2000 in Hannover, “Tyrol – Land in the Mountains” commissioned by Cine Tirol, the interval films for the Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concerts 2000, 2006 and 2008, as well as various corporate videos and image films, many of them having been awarded international prizes.
Known for
Directing16
Waterways
1994
Director
Camera14
tvAustria from Above: Jewels of the Country
2016
Director of Photography
The Magic of Laxenburg
2013
Helicopter Camera, Additional Photography
Vienna's Water
2010
Additional Photography
Buildings for the Arts
2010
Additional Photography
Music at the Sea
2008
Additional Photography
movieSalzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags
2006
Director of Photography
Vienna's Forests - Jewels of Green
2005
Additional Photography
movieWachau - Valley of Golden Magic
2005
Director of Photography
movieSchönbrunn - Well of Beauty
2002
Director of Photography
movieGlockner - The black Mountain
2000
Director of Photography
Lech - the last Wild River
1999
Director of Photography
movieSt. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral
1997
Director of Photography
Waterways
1994
Director of Photography
Production14
Waterways
1994
Producer
Crew2
Writing2
Acting1
Editing1
Visual Effects1
Waterways
1994
Animation Director