Alexander du Prel

Alexander du Prel (* 1970 in Bad Kissingen , Lower Franconia ) is a German cameraman .

Life

As the son of the medical couple Maximilian Freiherr von du Prel and Gesa Tilmara Freifrau von du Prel born. Tjaden he grew up in Bad Kissingen as one of seven children. During his school days at the Bad Kissingen grammar school , he was a student representative for nine years and worked for the school newspaper Voice u. a. as a picture editor. In addition, du Prel wrote as a freelancer for the local newspapers Saale Zeitung and Main Post .

In 1990, while still at school, he started working as a stage photographer at the Franconian Theater Schloss Maßbach and worked until 1998.

Between 1992 and 1994 du Prel played in various roles as an actor at the theater ensemble Würzburg u. a. Prince Philip in Witold Gombrowicz's Yvonne - the Burgundy Princess , directed by Roman Malinowsky. From 1994 he studied visual communication / art in the film and television class with Manfred Vosz at the University of Kassel . His most important teacher there was (next to Günter Reisch , Michael Dudok de Wit and Roman Malinowski) Kazimierz Bendkowski .

In 1998 he staged Draussen in front of Wolfgang Borchert's door at the theater ensemble Würzburg , where he played the role of the other after an actor was absent due to illness . Between 1998 and 2000 du Prel then studied film in the master class of Michael Ballhaus at the University of Hamburg . In addition to Ballhaus, he had a. a. Seminars with Wadim Jussow , Raoul Coutard , Witold Sobociński , Jerzy Wójcik , Karl Walter Lindenlaub and dramaturgy with Sacha Mitta . He completed his studies in 2000 with summa cum laude with the diploma film Ist gut Jetzt (Prod .: Sven Halfar, Director: Frank Nesemann). In 2001 he attended the Budapest Summer School with László Kovács and Vilmos Zsigmond .

Various awards were also associated with Ist gut Jetzt, including the Student Camera Award (2000) and the short film category of the German Camera Award (2001). With the production of Liliom at the Thalia Theater Hamburg 2000, du Prel began working several times as a video artist for Michael Thalheimer in the following years .

In parallel, you led Prel in a series of short films (52), the camera and turned to Sergei Bodrov the documentary Drunken Sailor on the Tiger Lillies , with Alfred Behrens the documentary essay The game without the ball that for the Adolf Grimme Prize nomination and the documentary Smart Farmers with Götz Penner. In late autumn 2008 du Prel shot the feature film Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne in Ireland under the direction of Conor McDermottroe, which was nominated for a Golden Frog by Camerimage in 2010, along with other nominations and awards.

Alexander du Prel lives and works in Hamburg and Berlin.

Filmography

Feature films (selection)

• Silvi , D 2013, directed by Nico Sommer
• Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne , IRL / D 2010, directed by Conor McDermottroe
• Viva Europe! D / NL 2009, directed by Edwin Brienen
• And fear stays outside ... , D 1996, director: Christoph Steinau

Documentaries (selection)

• Still Around , US 2011, directed by Debora Craig, Jörg Fockele, Stuart Gaffney, Sade Huron, Debra A. Wilson u. a.
• Drunken Sailor , D / RU / I / FR 2007, directed by Sergei Bodrow
• Schlaue Bauern , D 2011, directed by Götz Penner
• Das Spiel ohne Ball , D 2004, directed by Alfred Behrens

Short films (selection)

• Limbus , D / US 2008, director: Jörg Fockele
• Das Fest der Feste , Germany 2007, directed by Frank Müller
• Anne , D 2007, directed by Britta Burneleit
• Football , of all things , D 2005, directed by Janina Dahse
• Aaton , D 2005, directed by Stefan A. Vilner
• Der Schaumreiniger , D 2004, directed by Christopher Lenke, Philip Nauck
• Anemonenherz , Germany 2004, directed by Janina Dahse
• Styx , D 2003, directed by Falk C. Ulbrich
• Still five hours , D 2002, directed by Nils Daniel Finckh
• Leila runs (99Euro films), D 2001, director: Peter Lohmeyer
• Lebewohl , Germany 2001, directed by Marko Fuchs
• Ist Gut Jetzt , D 2000, directed by Frank Nesemann
• One night in Tunis , D 1996, directed by Semih Axu
• Forget Camus… , D 1995, directed by Matthias Martens

Video installations

• 2018: Peer Gynt , Dramaten Royal Dramatic Theater Stockholm, Director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2015 Fidelio, National Theater Taipei, director: Andreas Homoki
• 2013 Fidelio, Zurich Opera House, director: Andreas Homoki
• 2013: Woyzeck , Dramaten Royal Dramatic Theater Stockholm, Director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2013: Tschick , Theaterhaus Stuttgart , director: Nils Daniel Finckh
• 2012: Medeia , Frankfurter Bühnen , director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2010: Saint Joan of the slaughterhouses , Burgtheater Vienna , director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2005: Spring Awakening , Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg , director: Nils Daniel Finckh
• 2005: Lulu , Thalia Theater Hamburg , director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2003: Woyzek , Salzburg Festival , director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2002: Liebelei , Thalia Theater Hamburg , director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2002: Why Mr. R. runs amok , Frankfurter Bühnen , director: Michael Thalheimer
• 2000: Liliom , Thalia Theater Hamburg , director: Michael Thalheimer

Nominations and Awards

• 2010: Swansong - Story of Occi Byrne , Golden Frog, Camerimage , nomination
• 2001: It's good now , German Camera Award , short film category, sponsorship award
• 2000: It's good now , Munich Film Festival , Student Camera Award

Web links

• Website by Alexander du Prel
• Alexander du Prel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• German Camera Prize 2001

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International Festival of Film Schools, Munich
2. ↑ German Camera Prize 2001  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ On the sickness of being human . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 7, 2001; to Liliom
4. ^ Adolf Grimme Prize ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Camerimage 2010  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ berlinerfestspiele.de ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ buhnen-frankfurt.de