Florian Meimberg
Florian Meimberg (born July 6, 1975 in Bielefeld ) is a German director and author. He became known to a larger audience through the invention of TINY TALES - Micro Fiction on Twitter .
Life
Meimberg graduated from the Hans-Ehrenberg-Schule in Bielefeld-Sennestadt in 1995 and then moved to Düsseldorf . He dropped out of his graphic design studies after one semester and instead worked for large international advertising agency networks over the next few years. As creative director, he designed and was responsible for numerous campaigns and oversaw film productions for commercials worldwide . Meimberg has worked as a director for commercials, webisodes , documentaries and music videos since 2008 . His work has been recognized with important national and international creative awards.
In 2009 Florian Meimberg invented the Tiny Tales . He posted hundreds of self-contained fictional stories of just 140 characters on Twitter . In 2010 he received the Grimme Online Award for this and in 2011 published his stories in the book “It depends on length” in S. Fischer Verlag .
At the end of 2019, Meimberg filmed four of his Tiny Tales as micro movies . The one-minute films attracted industry-wide attention and worldwide recognition through nominations at international film festivals.
Florian Meimberg is a member and regular juror of the Art Directors Club Germany, as well as a member of the German Advertising Film Academy. He lives with his family near Düsseldorf.
Awards
- 2009: VDW Award - "Transparent Man"
- 2009: The Mobius Award - "Transparent Man"
- 2009: German Multimedia Award "Transparent Man"
- 2010: Grimme Online Award - “Tiny Tales. Very short stories "
- 2010: ADC - Bronze - “Tiny Tales. Very short stories "(19)
- 2010: German Social Media Prize - “Tiny Tales. Very short stories "
- 2011: Eyes & Ears of Europe - Best Music Video - Philipp Poisel | "As if there's no tomorrow"
- 2013: Cannes Lions - Bronze - "Tuna Tunes"
- 2013: Art Directors Club - Gold, Silver, Bronze - "Tuna Tunes"
- 2013: Lead Awards - "Tuna Tunes"
- 2013: The One Show - "Tuna Tunes"
- 2018: New York Festivals Film & TV Awards - Gold - "Zarah" Opening Sequence
- 2018: Intermedia Globe - Gold - "Zarah" Opening Sequence
- 2018: Promax Awards - Gold - "Zarah" Opening Sequence (17)
- 2018: Eyes & Ears of Europe - Silver - "Zarah" Opening Sequence
- 2020: Florida Film Festival - Official Selection - "Micro Movies"
- 2020: NYC Independent Film - Festival Official Selection - "Micro Movies"
- 2020: Shortfilm Breaks Film Festival - Official Selection - "Micro Movies"
- 2020: Detective Fest Film Festival - Official Selection - "Micro Movies"
- 2020: Micro Madrid Festival - Official Selection - "Micro Movies"
Web links
- website
- Florian Meimberg at crewunited
- Florian Meimberg at No.agency
Individual evidence
- ↑ Florian Meimberg. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Florian Meimberg. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ TINY TALES - Micro Fiction on Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Wieland Freund : Literature: Grimme Prize winner tweets Winzgeschichten . In: THE WORLD . July 2, 2010 ( welt.de [accessed April 19, 2020]).
- ↑ opus5 interactive media gmbh https://www.opus5.de : S. Fischer Verlage. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Storytelling: Florian Meimberg transforms his tiny tales into micro movies. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Carlo P. Olsson: »Micro Movies must ooze from Production Value!« | Interview ... In: Filmpuls | Image film • Video production • Virtual Reality • Storytelling. January 27, 2020, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ TINY TALES become MICRO MOVIES: Film project by Grimme Prize winner Florian Meimberg. In: DEADLINE - Das Filmmagazin. December 13, 2019, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ ADC Jury 2017. Accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.deutsche-werbefilmakademie.de/de/lösungen/berufene-lösungen/
- ↑ TINY TALES - Micro Fiction on Twitter. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Lion for fish in Cannes: “Tuna Tunes” campaign awarded by followfish - followfood. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ^ New York Festivals Winners. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.worldmediafestival.org/de/festival-informationen/hall-of-fame?sl=1&festival=wmf&year=2018&hof-content=winner
- ↑ Eyes & Ears of Europe: Design. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.floridafilmfestival.com/films/micro-movies-room-service-the-test-the-visitor
- ^ NYC Independent Film Festival - Films - M. Retrieved April 19, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meimberg, Florian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1975 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |