Frieder Hochheim

Photographic Arts ’77

Frieder Hochheim invented a portable lighting system which has revolutionized lighting in the motion picture and imaging industry. In 1987, he founded Kino Flo® Inc., specializing in high-output, colour-correct, flicker-free fluorescent lighting systems. In 1995, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences honoured Mr. Hochheim and his team with an Academy Award for Technical Achievement. The lighting system is available in all major film production centres around the world and considered the standard of the industry. Mr. Hochheim was invited into the American Society of Cinematographers as an Associate Member in 1997 in recognition of his continued technical contribution to the motion picture industry.