Ole Elfenkämper

Ole Elfenkaemper works as Creative Producer for ICON DOCS. Ole, originally from northern Germany, began his creative career making skateboard videos, inspired by Spike Jonze's work. This hobby naturally evolved into still photography, leading him to the challenging environments of the Balkans and the Middle East as a photojournalist. Since 2014, Ole has worked on various documentary productions commissioned by ARTE, ZDF, 3sat, YouTube Originals, and Sky Germany among others, either as cinematographer, director or producer. Ole was nominated twice for the Grimme Award.

Furthermore, he produced and co-directed several short films as well as his first feature documentary “An Hour from the Middle of Nowhere” which was screened at various film festivals and had its U.S. Premiere at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2024.