Biography
He was born in Hilden, Germany, in 1960 and has lived in Berlin since 1981. He is the head of the movement called the Berlin School, along with renowned filmmakers such as Angela Schanelec and Ulrich Köhl. He studied German and Theatre at the Freie Universität Berlin, and then film at the German Academy of Film and Television. He made his debut in the nineties, revealing his talent internationally with Die innere Sicherheit (2000). Since then he has directed films such as Gespenster (2004), Yella (2006), Jerichow (2008), Dreileben (2011), Barbara (2012, Silver Bear at the Berlinale for Best Director), Phoenix (2014) and Transit (2018), all of which won awards at many festivals and have been the subject of retrospectives around the world. His film Undine premiered at the Berlinale, where it won a Fipresci Prize.
Festival de Cine de Sevilla
Director
Movies | |
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2023 |
Afire |
2020 |
Undine |
2018 |
Transit |
2014 |
Phoenix |
2012 |
Barbara |
2008 |
Jerichow |
2007 |
Yella |
2005 |
Ghosts |
2003 |
Wolfsburg |
2001 |
Something to Remind Me (TV movie) |
2000 |
The State I Am In |
1998 |
Die Beischlafdiebin (TV movie) |
1996 |
Cuba Libre (TV movie) |
1995 |
Pilotinnen (TV movie) |
Series | |
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2018 |
Polizeiruf 110 |
Tatorte (S47E08) |
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2016 |
Polizeiruf 110 |
Wölfe (S45E04) |
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2015 |
Polizeiruf 110 |
Kreise (S44E03) |
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2011 |
Dreileben |
Beats Being Dead (E01) |
Documentaries | |
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1991 |
Ostwärts |
1990 |
Süden |
Short | |
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1992 |
The Warm Money |
1988 |
Ich arbeite alles ab... Ehrenwort! |
Screenwriter
Movies | |
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2023 |
Afire |
2020 |
Undine |
2018 |
Transit |
2014 |
Phoenix |
2012 |
Barbara |
2008 |
Jerichow |
2007 |
Yella |
2000 |
The State I Am In |
1998 |
Die Beischlafdiebin (TV movie) |
Series | |
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2018 |
Polizeiruf 110 |
Tatorte (S47E08) |
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2016 |
Polizeiruf 110 |
Wölfe (S45E04) |
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2015 |
Polizeiruf 110 |
Kreise (S44E03) |
Documentaries | |
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1991 |
Ostwärts |
1990 |
Süden |
Short | |
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1992 |
The Warm Money |
Cinematographer
Editor
Documentaries | |
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1990 |
Süden |
Actor
Movies | |
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1992 |
Das Bleibt das kommt nie wieder |
Documentaries | |
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2021 |
The Cinematograph: Birth of an Art (TV movie) |
2016 |
Die Berliner Nouvelle Vague (TV movie) |
2015 |
Fuck You Goethe: Her mit der Filmbildung (TV movie) |
Then Is It the End? |
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2008 |
Eye to Eye - all about German Film... |
2006 |
Die Akademie bin ich - People i met on my 40th Birthday (TV movie) |
2005 |
Who Is Helene Schwarz? |
1984 |
Kennwort Kino (series) |
Short | |
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1990 |
Night Comes Falling |
Performer
Shows | |
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2014 |
Seven Songs |
2012 |
2012 European Film Awards |
1999 |
Volle Kanne |