CUCKOO DoP Paul Faltz has been nominated for the German Film Critics’ Awards 2024 in the category Best Picture Composition!
17/01/25
Thanks to the selectors from the German Film Critics’ Awards who recognised Paul’s work as exceptional!
We agree and think this nomination is well deserved and all our fingers are crossed.
Paul Faltz orchestrating 
Paul Faltz on top of his crew 
Paul Faltz & Director Tilman Singer 
Paul Faltz in the center of the film team 
Dan Stevens 
Paul Faltz & Hunter Schafer 
Paul Faltz & Greta Fernandez 
Greta Fernandez 
Paul Faltz, Klaus “Grube” Venn (gaffer), Tilman Singer, Kalin Morrow (Hooded Women) & Hunter Schafer 
Paul Faltz capturing the famous bicycle scene with Hunter Schafer 
Paul Faltz & Team preparing the library collapse 
Jan Bluthardt making a decision 
Hunter Schafer 
Dan Stevens, Mila Lieu, Hunter Schafer and Jan Bluthardt 
Paul Faltz the Nominee !
“It’s the idea that not everything is hiding in the shadows in a horror film, it can also be really scary if it’s really bright and this neon pops everywhere.” Paul Faltz said in this interesting interview he gave to nofilmschool.
And here is the great team which supported Paul during shooting CUCKOO, which are: First Assistant Camera ROLF ROSENDAHL – Second Assistant Camera ALTAN ÖZCAN – Second Assistant Camera Hesse MAXIMILIAN PRINZ – Steadicam Operator Camera JÖRG SÜSS – Operator Second Unit & B-Cam NICOLAY GUTSCHER – First Assistants B-Cam JÖRG GÜNTNER, THOMAS BADER, MATTHIAS FUCHS & LEO SIKSTEL – Second Assistant B-Cam LUKAS KLEINT – Additional Loader B-Cam MICHEL BESL – Vtr / Video Operator & Second Assistant Camera Second Unit FINN WEEGE – Vtr / Video Operator SVEN WECKER – Video Operator MORITZ VETTER – Camera Trainee Camera HANNA KORTUS – Assistant Tests LEO SIKSTEL.
