Thomas Bartels studied Fine Arts and became a freelance artist. He produces films, works as DoP and builds projecting sculptures and installations. He helt various teaching contracts for film and fine arts. Exhibitions and film recordings in europe and abroad. He visited Russia for the first time in 1993 as guest of the festival “Message to Men” in St. Petrsburg. Since 2018 he ist teaching at the film department of Braunschweig University of Arts.

2011 Fragile Esquif
35mm, colour, 15 min., stop motion

2009 Haut der Dinge
35mm, colour, 6:30 min., animation

2008 Jetzt geht’s doch!
16mm, colour, 19 min., animation,
Eva Schröder & Thomas Bartels

2005 Ikiliikkuja (perpetuum mobile)
35mm, black&white, 5 min., experimental

2004 Michanevomai – Ich ersinne eine List
35mm, colour, 10 min., experimental

2003 Atlıkarınca
35mm, colour, 17 min., experimental

2001 Schwimmer
16mm, colour, 10 min., documentary

2000 The Day Slows Down As It Progresses
35mm, colour, 13 min., experimental animation

1994 Gegenüber
16mm, black&white, 2 min., experimental animation,
Deborah Phillips & Thomas Bartels

1991 Im Schatten des Padyschah
16mm, colour, 25 min., stop motion

1990 Ragout
16mm, black&white/colour, 13 min., stop motion,
Martin Hansen & Thomas Bartels

1987 Fliegen in Aspik
16mm, colour, 19 min., experimental fiction,
Martin Hansen & Thomas Bartels

1985 Simulacren – Markt der Schatten
16mm, black&white, 13 min., fiction,
Martin Hansen, Uwe Uhlendorff & Thomas Bartels

DoP:

2001 Escape (Kirsten Winter) 35mm

1999 MosaÏc (Deborah Phillips) 35mm

1998 Muratti & Sarotti (Gerd Gockell) 35mm

1997 Santoor (Deborah Phillips) 35mm

1996 Hotel Morgana (Martin Hansen) 35mm

1995 33 & 3 Sätze (Sala Deinema) 16mm

1993 Requiem für Requisiten (Rosi S.M.) 16mm

1993 Jenny (Günter Borrmann) 16mm

1992 The Refusal (Klaus Sommerfeld) 35mm