Mario Schneider is a German filmmaker, composer and photographer. He was born in 1970 in Neindorf and grew up in the GDR.
He directed documentary films, including Helbra, Heinz und Fred and MansFeld. Since 2003 he has worked in his own recording studio in Halle (Saale).
He first visited New York in 2000. Years later he returned with a camera and began to photograph the people of the city on the street.
His photobook New York Short Stories was published by Kehrer Verlag in 2025. It combines colour and black-and-white photographs.
