Georg Riha

Directing·Aug 28, 1951·Wien, Austria

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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.

Film	Credit
Über Österreich – Eine höhere Sicht2026 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
MMaria Theresia - Vermächtnis einer Herrscherin2017 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TThe Cellar Lanes of Lower Austria - Wine Culture and the Pleasures of Life2014 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
TThe Magic of Laxenburg2013 · Director	Director
VVienna's Water2010 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
BBuildings for the Arts2010 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
MMusic at the Sea2008 · Director	Director
Salzburg - In the Shadow of the Crags2006 · Director of Photography, Producer, Director	Director of Photography, Producer, Director
VVienna's Forests - Jewels of Green2005 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Wachau - Valley of Golden Magic2005 · Director, Director of Photography, Producer	Director, Director of Photography, Producer
Schönbrunn - Well of Beauty2002 · Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Writer, Director of Photography
Glockner - The black Mountain2000 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography
LLech - the last Wild River1999 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
St. Stephen's: The Living Cathedral1997 · Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer	Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer
WWaterways1994 · Producer, Director, Director of Photography	Producer, Director, Director of Photography