Born in Beirut, Christopher studied cinematography at the Université Saint
Jospeh de Beyrouth and the University of Television and Film Munich.
He was named one of ‘10 Cinematographers to watch’ by Variety and a ‘Rising
Star of Cinematography’ by American Cinematographer Magazine for Nadine
Labaki’s Oscar-nominated ‘Capernaum’, which won him a German Cinema-
tography Award in 2019, after premiering in Competition at the Cannes Film
Festival.
In 2020, ‘The Man Who Sold His Skin’ (Dir: Kaouther Ben Hanias) premiered
at the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Orizzonti Award for Best Actor.
It was nominated at the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature
and Christopher’s “painterly work” (Hollywood Reporter) earned praise from
renowned colleagues, such as Ed Lachman.
He lensed the first season of the Netflix series ‘The Empress’ (Dir: Florian Cos-
sen), which won an International Emmy for Best Drama Series, as well as an
episode of the acclaimed anthology series ‘Zeit Verbrechen: Deine Brüder’
(Dir: Helene Hegemann), for which he won a second German Cinematography
Award, after it premiered at the 2024 Berlinale.
2025 will see the premiere of ‘All That’s Left of You’ (Dir: Cherien Dabis) at
the Sundance Film Festival, as well as ‘In the Shadows’ (Dir: Anthony Won-
ke), based on the true story of female boxer Ramla Ali, which is currently in
post-production in London.
Outside of features, he has shot over a hundred commercials and music vid-
eos worldwide for renowned artists including Rina Sawayama, Lou Doillon and
Selena Gomez. He’s a member of both the German and European Film Acad-
emy, as well as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science.