Biography
Florian Hoffmeister is a German cinematographer and director. Born in 1970 in Braunschweig, he studied directing and cinematography at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.
He is known for his work on Terence Davies films including The Deep Blue Sea (2011) and A Quiet Passion (2016). Other credits include TÁR (2022), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography, Antlers (2021), Official Secrets (2019), Mortdecai (2015) and Johnny English Strikes Again (2018). He served as director of photography on the series Lanterns (2026) and episodes of True Detective (2014 and 2024).
Hoffmeister won an Emmy, a BAFTA and an ASC Award for his work on the 2011 television adaptation of Great Expectations. He is a member of the British Society of Cinematographers.
