Photo Credit: Sebastian Gabsch, First Steps – German Young Talent Awards
She graduated from the camera department of Peter Zeitlinger and Tom Fährmann with Life is not a competition, but I'm winning, which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival (Settimana Internazionale della Critica).
For her work on the film, she received the Michael Ballhaus Award at the First Steps – German Newcomer Awards (in partnership with Netflix, Warner Bros. and Amazon Prime).
She was also awarded the National Competition of Women Directors of Photography at IFFF Dortmund+Cologne, Germany.
Spreitzenbart shot Storm & Stress, which won the Audience Award at Return Filmfest, as well as the Best Mid-Length Film Award at Biberacher Filmfestspiele, and It Would Be a Different Sea, which premiered at Berlinale as part of Eleven Tomorrows – Berlinale Meets Football.
Her narrative and documentary work has been screened at festivals including Venice, Berlinale, Locarno, DocLisboa, MIX Copenhagen, Frameline, PÖFF, BFI Flare London, NewFest NY, Dok.fest, Diagonale and Crossing Europe.
She is a member of the Deutsche Filmakademie, a Rising Member of Cinematographinnen, and a member of Apertura.