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Christian Alvart was born in 1974 near Frankfurt, Germany. His strict Christian background frowned upon films and television and in his childhood he was rarely allowed to see a movie. He developed a fascination and love for the forbidden subject matter and quickly became an "expert" in his circle of friends, successfully hiding that he hadn't seen most of the films they were talking about. Instead, he read about films, their making, the novels or the source material they were based on. When he finally was able to get his hands on films he couldn't stop watching, often going to the cinema six times a week. In 1990 he started making small video and Super-8 films with his friends. The group became part of a network of hobby-filmmakers and geeks. Most of his peers were professionally working in lower positions on movies, creating their own projects in their free time. At the age of 19 Alvart became an editor and layout designer with the X-TRO Filmmagazin, soon working his way up to editor-in-chief and eventually even owning the special interest publication. In 1997, he decided to make his own films again and moved with his company Syrreal Entertainment to Berlin. To get a glance at the world of "professional filmmaking" he started as a runner, soon working his way up again to 1st AD on two features within the same year. In 1998, he wrote, produced and directed Curiosity & The Cat, his first 35mm feature film - a low budget thriller which cost only $30K. Many of his friends from the Frankfurt days were part of the project. The film was nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Award and the Prize of the Minister President of the State Saarland. Alvart then worked as a writer for several German features and TV shows. In 2005, he debuted Antibodies, his second work as a director. When it premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival he was named as one of "Five Directors To Watch" as well as the "German New Face of Cinema" at The AFI Festival. Antibodies was also invited to the Edinburgh Film Festival as well as many others, winning numerous awards.- Felicitas Woll was born on 20 January 1980 in Harbshausen, Hessen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Berlin, Berlin (2002), Dresden (2006) and Die Ungehorsame (2015).
- Petra Scharbach was born in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany.
- He was born in Mannheim, Germany.His family is of Circassian descent. His mother is from Of, Trabzon. His father is from Tekkekoy, Samsun. He graduated from theatre departments of Istanbul University State Conservatory and Samsun Municipal Conservatory. He is best known for franchise comedy film series "Genis Aile" and franchise military comedy film series "Emret Komutanim". He played in youth series "Hayat Bazen Tatlidir", "Duy Beni". Also, he played in comedies "Kalk Gidelim" and "Zengin Kiz Fakir Oglan" for many seasons. He is also presenter.
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Alain Blazevic was born in Wiesbaden, Germany to Croatian parents. His father had a construction company, while his mother ran her own successful restaurant.
Growing up in Wiesbaden, he completed high school there before moving to Munich to study Law at the Ludwig-Maximillian-University. Having already experienced acting prior to this by performing in a theatre play, it didn't take long before he realized that Law won't be an adequate substitution for the ever more nagging acting-bug.
After reading a book about Lee-Strasberg's Method Acting he quit Law, packed his bags and got on a plane to Los Angeles. There he enrolled at the Lee-Strasberg Acting Academy where he completed a full program. Later he added master classes with Richard Pinter in New York to his education. Mr. Pinter was at that time the director of the Neighborhood Playhouse, which was acclaimed for Sanford Meisner's Acting technique.
In all these years he went from one odd job to another in order to support himself and finance his studies. Amongst many such occupations he worked as a Herbal-Sales Man at Fair's, painted houses, was a bouncer at clubs, and of course the traditional Waiter, Barman and Restaurant Manager.
He started to write screenplays on spec. One such screenplay got him a job as a Ghost-Writer within the Studio System. He kept doing that for several years.
After almost thirteen years of living in New York (which he considers his second home) and Los Angeles, working on independent movies and off-Broadway theater projects, he returned to Europe. Establishing a base in Berlin, where he collaborated with a German production company and wrote a screenplay titled 'Nachtrevue' for which he received in 2005 the German FFA Screenwriter's award/funding.
Feeling an urge to connect with the roots of his parents' home country, he packed his bags and exchanged the gray Berlin sky for the Mediterranean blue sea of Split, Croatia.
In an interview he described this move as purely emotional. There was no evidence that he could make a living being an actor or writer down in Split. He was however fine with that. "Fisherman will do" he said. Croatia, however had other plans for him. Within two years he became an established face on television playing lead roles in several drama series.
He expended this newfound joy in acting onto the European market. Playing in German movies and TV series guest starring roles. Venturing into int. Productions all over Europe and even Moscow.
Today he lives with his wife Elica in Paris, France.
Alain was raised Bi-lingual, speaking both German and Croatian. He also speaks English. Having a Slavic language background, he has with ease acted in Russian and Polish. Needless to say, that living in France he speaks French.
He is one of those rare polyglot actors who has an equally universal and adaptable face to go along with it.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Esther Bialas was born in 1982 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Esther is a director and writer, known for Tumbling Birds (2013), Come on - Therapy for the Undecided (2015) and Nichts von Bedeutung (2009).- Mirjam Meinhardt was born on 18 June 1981 in Friedberg, Hessen, Germany.
- Eva Meckbach was born on 26 January 1981 in Seeheim-Jugenheim, Hessen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Home for the Weekend (2012), Tatort (1970) and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996).
- Director
- Cinematographer
- Editor
Ute Aurand was born in 1957 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, West Germany [now Germany]. She is a director and cinematographer, known for Kastanienblütenschnee (2009), Renate (2022) and Rasendes Grün mit Pferden (2019).- Marc Schottner is an American and German citizen. He was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and works internationally since 2018. He has also achieved the distinction of being a two-time German series regular. He started his career as a series regular on the German TV show 'Alles was zählt' from 2013 to 2014, where he portrayed a 'rebel without a cause' Dance Student. After that he worked at a Repertory Theatre in Germany, and played ten different lead characters and received the coveted "Young Talent Award" for his character interpretation of Leonardo in Federico García Lorca's "Blood Wedding" at the oldest open-air stage in Germany.
Marc received his Acting MFA from the "Rostock University of Music and Theatre (HMT)" and he started his acting studies at the "Bern University of Arts (HKB)". He additionally trained as an actor in 2015 and 2016 with the renowned Susan Batson.
Marc has enjoyed working in American Television with credits on High Maintenance, Hunters and Quantico.
Right after the Pandemic Marc starred in the German hit series "Rote Rosen" from 2021-2022. - Writer
- Director
- Producer
Felicitas Korn is a novelist, screenwriter, film director and producer. She is known for Auftauchen / Under the Surface (2006), Wir haben einen Deal (2022) and Drei Leben lang / Three Lives Long (2024). Her works have received multiple awards, among others, the Best New Director Award at the Brooklyn Film Festival (Under the Surface), the Bernd Burgemeister Television Award and the Rheingold Audience Award (Wir haben einen Deal). Her novel Drei Leben lang was enthusiastically received by the press and readers and was put on screen by Korn under her own direction. She also wrote the script and co-produced the movie.- René Schwuchow was born in 1978 in Gelnhausen, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor.
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Florian Dietrich was born in 1986 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Florian is a director and assistant director, known for Toubab (2021), Breaking Through (2012) and GhettoLoveGrief (2011).- Senna Gammour was born on 28 December 1979 in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany. She is an actress, known for Craig David Feat. Monrose: Walking Away (German Version) (2008), Loredana: Genick (2019) and Loredana: Mit Dir (2019).
- Director
- Actress
- Writer
Influenced by theatre throughout her youth, Katja Benrath pursued that career in her early professional life. She became a theatre tailor and worked for Pina Bausch's dance company. Following, she completed her studies in Singing and Acting in Vienna, Austria where she also discovered filmmaking. Her first short films ("Babydoll", "No one pukes in Heaven" & "Tilda") have been playing successfully on many international festivals. During her master studies at Hamburg Media School she directed "Where have you been" and "Secrecies". Watu Wote, her graduation project, is her first film based on a true story.- Actor
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Andreas Scholl was born on 10 November 1967 in Eltville, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Spectre (2015), The Merchant of Venice (2004) and The Father (2020).- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Manfred Guthe was born on 16 October 1946 in Hessen, Germany. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987), Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) and Avonlea (1990). He died on 4 January 2023 in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.- Oliver Konietzny was born on 24 November 1987 in Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Armans Geheimnis (2015), Kids Run (2020) and The King's Surrender (2014).
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Anika Decker was born on 1 August 1975 in Marburg, Hessen, Germany. She is a writer and director, known for Liebesdings (2022), Woman in Love (2011) and High Society (2017).- Lea Wagner was born on 15 August 1994 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.
- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Thomas Gerhold was born in 1977 in Marburg, Hessen, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for LOMO: The Language of Many Others (2017), Notes of Berlin (2020) and Neon Eyes (2003).- Florian Wess was born on 13 May 1980 in Fulda, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Timeless (2016), Heldt (2013) and Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus! (2004).
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Seit seinem Soundtrack für David Wnendts Film Kriegerin ist Johannes Repka einem großen Publikum bekannt. Er arbeitete u.a. mit Carsten Fiebeler, Vivian Naefe, Axel Ranisch und wiederholt mit Stepán Altrichter zusammen. Für die Musik zu Altrichters Film Schmitke erhielt Repka den Tschechischen Filmpreis 2016. Zu seinen jüngsten Arbeiten gehört die Vertonung von Erik Schmitts Film Berlin Metanoia, der seine Weltpremiere auf der Berlinale 2016 erlebte sowie Andreas Dresens Verfilmung des Kinderbuchklassikers Timm Thaler, der im Februar 2017 in die deutschen Kinos kam. Für die Musik zu Timm Thaler wurde Johannes Repka in der Kategorie Beste Filmmusik für den Deutschen Filmpreis 2017 nominiert. Repka studierte in Mannheim und Weimar Gitarre und Komposition, nebenbei spielte er in verschiedenen Bands und Ensembles. Sein Abschlusswerk Metanoia wurde 2005 mit großer Orchesterbesetzung live aufgeführt und bei Konnex Records veröffentlicht. Es folgte ein Studium an der Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, das er als Diplom-Filmkomponist beendete. Seitdem schrieb Repka die Musik für mehr als 20 Filme, darunter die internationale Kinoproduktion Rückkehr der Störche, die 2008 als slowakischer Beitrag für den Oscar nominiert wurde. 2011 wurde er mit dem Franz-Grothe-Preis für den besten Nachwuchsfilmkomponisten geehrt, 2015 mit dem Preis für die Beste Musik- und Tongestaltung des Filmkunstfests Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Darüber hinaus erhielt er Nominierungen für den Deutschen Filmmusikpreis sowie für den Peer Raben Music Award. Neben seiner Arbeit an Kino- und TV Produktionen sowie für das Theater wechselt Johannes Repka aus Leidenschaft auch in die Rolle des Gitarristen und Orchestrators - u.a. arbeitete er mit dem Deutschen Symphonie Orchester Berlin und dem Deutschen Filmorchester Babelsberg. Johannes Repka lebt und arbeitet in Potsdam.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Nicolai Borger was born on 15 October 1974 in Bensheim, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Anthropoid (2016), Three Finns (2014) and Mir aka MIR (2012).- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Berlinale Talents alumni Daniel Carsenty wrote and directed 'After Spring Comes Fall', an espionage-drama about a Syrian woman forced to work as an informer which won Best Feature at the Zsigmond Vilmos Festival in Sziget, Hungary.
His second film 'The Devil's Drivers', a documentary about a Bedouin smuggler, premiered at TIFF in 2021, won the Special Jury Award at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and was nominated for the Cinema for Peace Award.
Daniel, a graduate of the American Film Institute, came to directing after working as a TV journalist in the Middle East for ARTE and BBC. His films examine the origins of violence, are reflections on inter-generational trauma and explore the possibilities of forgiveness.- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Jan Eichberg was born in 1984 in Groß-Umstadt, Hessen, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for Der fremde Fotograf und die Einsamkeit (2012), King of Stonks (2022) and Germany. A Winter's Tale (2018).- Producer
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Amberger was born on 17 July 1982 in Marburg, Hessen, Germany. He is a producer and writer, known for Eastalgia (2012), Ninja Assassin (2009) and Paradise (2023).- Director
- Additional Crew
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Volker Weicker was born on 1 July 1957 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. He is a director and assistant director, known for Nuhr - Der Jahresrückblick (2004), Aktenzeichen XY... ungelöst! (1967) and MTW - Menschen Technik Wissenschaft (1975).- Kamyar Moghadam was born on 9 March 1969 in Hanau, Hessen, Germany.
- Producer
- Editorial Department
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bettina Reitz was born on 14 July 1962 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. She is a producer and assistant director, known for The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008), The White Ribbon (2009) and Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005).- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Anatol Schuster was born in 1985 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. Anatol is a director and writer, known for Ms Stern (2019), Air (2017) and Ein idealer Ort (2015).- Michael Klemm was born on 4 September 1953 in Bensheim, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Blauer Himmel den ich nur ahne (1979), Merlin (1980) and Am I Beautiful? (1998).
- Max Hopp was born on 20 August 1996 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.
- Aleksandar Tesla was born on 29 August 1973 in Frankfurt-am-Main, Hessen, Germany. He is an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Unbroken (2021) and Wilhelm Tell (2004).
- Sound Department
Agit Utlu was born on 26 December 1994 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. Agit is known for Take the Night (2022), The Broken String (2019) and Papaya 69 (2023).- Actress
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Aylin was born in Lich, Hessen, Germany into a Turkish family but moved to Turkey when she was only one year old. She sang in several rock and electronica bands in several night clubs in Istanbul. Her first album Gelgit -released in 2001- was more of an electronic album. However, she switched back to rock in her later releases, one of which is her second album, "Gulyabani", which was released in 2005.
As of mid 2010s, Aslim lives in Kas, where she owns the Gagarin Bar. In November 2020 she married Utku Vargi.- Producer
- Additional Crew
- Editor
Günther van Endert was born on 2 September 1954 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. He is a producer and editor, known for Shades of Guilt (2015), Ein starkes Team (1994) and Kleine Schwester (2004).- Composer
- Music Department
- Sound Department
Matthias Raue was born on 27 August 1952 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, West Germany. He is a composer, known for The Wave (2008), Laible und Frisch (2009) and Der Sommer des Falken (1988).- Writer
- Actress
Mai Thi Nguyen-Kim was born on 7 August 1987 in Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany. She is a writer and actress, known for Quarks & Co. (1993), Maithink X (2021) and Die Carolin Kebekus Show (2020). She is married to Matthias Leiendecker. They have two children.- Silvia Tietz was born in 1958 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, West Germany. She is an actress, known for Tatort (1970), Happy Birthday, Türke! (1992) and Hausmänner (1991).
- Benjamin Prüfer was born in 1979 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. He is a writer, known for Same Same But Different (2009), Kulturjournal (1999) and Kölner Treff (1976).
- Writer
- Script and Continuity Department
Andrea Stoll was born on 1 September 1960 in Rüsselsheim, Hessen, Germany. She is a writer, known for Und alle haben geschwiegen (2012), Familienfest (2015) and Eine Kür, die bleibt.- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Matthias Kreter was born in 1990 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Matthias is a director and writer, known for Breathe! (2019), Acheron (2017) and 8:27 (2018).- Writer
- Director
- Editor
Lisa Bierwirth was born in 1983 in Hessisch Lichtenau, Hessen, Germany. Lisa is a writer and director, known for Prince (2021), Sweetness (2011) and Fracht (2010).- Hans Karl Friedrich was born on 15 July 1904 in Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Caesar und Cleopatra (1964), Bongo Boy (1965) and Ein Wintermärchen (1965). He died on 28 July 1985 in Altenberge, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
- Alexander Demandt was born on 6 June 1937 in Marburg, Hessen, Germany.
- Laura Wilde was born on 4 January 1989 in Heppenheim, Hessen, Germany.
- Thilo Wydra was born on 18 December 1968 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany.
- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Jeanne Faust was born on 25 November 1968 in Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Strauß.ok (2012), Reconstructing Damon Albarn in Kinshasa (2010) and Court-circuit (2001).- Director
- Writer
- Sound Department
Tamara Milosevic was born in 1976 in Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Tamara is a director and writer, known for Zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort (2005), Überall nur nicht hier (2009) and El futuro del ayer (2008).