Vincent Eckert grew up in Furtwangen in the Black Forest as the son of sculptor Wolfgang Eckert and painter Julia Elsässer-Eckert. His grandfather Huber Elsässert is also a sculptor.
After receiving his high school diploma from the Robert-Gerwig School in Furtwangen with a specialization in design and media technology in 2016, Vincent began training at Bavaria Film's prestigious trainee program that only accepts 4 in 400 applicants.
Since 2019 he has been studying cinematography at the world renowned Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
The more than 20 films Vincent has worked on as cinematographer have earned more than 100 film festival nominations in recent years - including at the Oscar-accredited LA Shorts International Festival - and won more than 20 awards.
Besides fiction films Vincent has also commercials and documentary shorts. He works freelance as a cinematographer.