German composer and producer based in Hamburg, Tesslofhas created scores across a wide spectrum of genres for both cinema and television. His work includes acclaimed films such as Uli Edel’s The Baader Meinhof Complex(Academy Award nomination, Best Foreign Language Film 2009), Max Zähle’s Raju (Academy Award nomination, BestLive Action Short Film 2012; Winner, Student Academy Awards 2011), Kerstin Ahlrichs’ 1980s black comedy Night Ride, and Daphne Charizani’s war drama Sisters Apart(World Premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival 2020; Grimme Prize Fiction Winner 2023).

 

He has composed extensively for television as well, including Matti Geschonneck’s The End of a Night (German Television Award; Grimme Prize Fiction Winner 2013), the period drama Ottilie von Faber-Castell (ZDF), and Züli Aladag’s two-part terror drama Brüder (ARD). His more recent TV credits include the thriller mini-series Unbroken (ZDFneo), Oliver Rihs’s high-end drama Blackout for Joyn/Sat.1, and the 1950s post-war espionageseries Bonn (ARD/WDR), directed by Claudia Garde.

 

Tesslof’s latest feature projects include Chana Gazit’s documentary Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny, Milena Aboyan and Constantin Hatz’s feature film Wovon sollen wir träumen, Isabel Braak’s murder mystery Dahlmann’s Last Gift, and the upcoming documentary feature The Archives by Bernadette Wegenstein.

 

In addition to his European work, Tesslof regularly collaborates in Los Angeles with Oscar-nominated composers Mark Isham and David Newman on award-winning productions. His musical voice is shaped by his education in jazz, classical, and electronic music at the Hamburg Conservatory and Berklee College of Music. In 2016, he received the German Music Authors’ Prize (GEMA Musikautorenpreis) in the category Composition Audiovisual Media.