Karl Martin Schodt
Karl had always known that he wanted to be working in the film industry and conspired early to be a part of it. He used to escape from school in order to work on the few feature films that came to Zimbabwe. After finishing school, he worked in theatre for a while until he applied for and was accepted by The London International Film School. There he completed his diploma in the art and technique of film making.
After graduating, he immediately started working in the film industry, in the camera department, first as clapper loader, then as focus puller.
From 1995 be began working as a cameraman, then as a DOP shooting in a variety of formats from 35mm, 16mm, High Definition and video. He is a steadicam operator with his own rig. He has worked on over 15 feature films, as well as numerous Music videos, short films, corporate videos and commercials.
Cinematography is always a constantly evolving art form and Karl is constantly updating his skills in Cinematography both in the field and through study. Karl is working with new technologies such as 3D stereoscopic filming, training in Germany and the UK and recently won, along with Ronel, the Samsung 2010 technical innovation award for 3D. He also films live holograms for his company 3DLive and content for 3D autostereoscopic monitors.
Abhishek Kala