Background
Geyrhalter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972.
director film producer cinematographer
Geyrhalter was born in Vienna, Austria in 1972.
He has directed, produced, written, and worked as cinematographer for numerous documentaries. He formed his own production company at 22 years old. His first documentary was the 1994 film Washed Ashore (German: Angeschwemmt), about life on the Danube.
He also filmed Pripyat (1999), a black-and-white look at residents who live near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine.
Elsewhere (2001) was a travelogue to a dozen different places around the world, and Our Daily Bread (2005) explored mechanical food production. 7915 Km (2008) looks at the Dakar Rally and the lives of racers and locals.