Thomas Kiennast, born 1976 in Vienna and son of famous musician Erwin Kiennast studied film at the University for Music and Art in Vienna and graduated with a diploma in camera techniques. Still in school, he already worked on his first successful commercial jobs for national and international Productionhouses, which won prices at advertising festivals all over the globe: Palermo, AME and Cannes (2002), Mobius Award (2003).

2004 he shot his first TV Series „4 Frauen und ein Todesfall”, directed by Harald Sicheritz, and led into his first feature film with the same director. Through this film „Mutig in die neuen Zeiten – Im Reich der Reblaus“ he earned his first National TV Award of Best Director of Photography in Austria („Romy“ 2006). In the following years, Thomas worked very successfully in the international commercial industry but as well shot 6 feature films! Most recent a Walt Disney production „Hexe Lilly 2“, which was shot in Europe and India and just hit the cinemas. Another feature film with Award-winning Director Andreas Prohaska is in Post Production right now.