Georg Maas (director)

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Georg Maas (born September 18, 1960 in Aachen ) is a German freelance screenwriter and director .

Life

Georg Maas graduated from high school in 1979 and then did an apprenticeship as a carpenter , which he completed in 1982 with a journeyman's certificate. He then worked with unemployed young people until 1984. From 1984 to 1991 he studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb). In 1994 he took the directing master class at the European Film Academy (EFA) with István Szabó and Tilda Swinton and with Krzysztof Kieślowski . In 1997 he co-founded the actor-director-writer laboratory (SRAL) in Berlin . In 2000 he completed the directing masterclass of the EFA with Wojciech Marczewski , in 2003 the story development program Step by Step of the Master School Scriptwriting and in 2006 the EKRAN Masterclass at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing in Warsaw .

He makes feature films and documentaries , most of which are based on his own scripts. He also creates video clips , video installations and industrial films and is also active in the areas of dramaturgy and editing .

Georg Maas lives in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

  • A normal life. On the way to work - script, direction and editing, short film with Frank Behnke, German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), 1986, length: 14 minutes
  • 10 ¾ inches. Construction - work - direction, camera and editing, computer-controlled image and sound composition, dffb, 1986, length: 4 minutes
  • The sun is coming. Way home and what is called after work - script, camera, direction, trick work and editing, experimental fiction film with Klaus Beyer , dffb, 1988, length: 22 minutes
  • Shortness of breath - director; Book together with Thomas von Bennigsen, feature film with Matthias Haase , Christiane Krüger and Adolf Laimböck , 1991 (thesis at the dffb), TV broadcast in the ZDF series Das kleine Fernsehspiel
  • Video installation 10 3/4 inches x 96 - camera, editing and graphic concept, video installation at the Photokina in Cologne, 1986
  • What can I do? - Script and direction, music video, 1993, music clip for the East Berlin punk band Die Skeptiker , broadcast on MTV
  • Over the abyss between steps. Torture and its consequences - book, production and direction, documentary, 1993, length: 30 minutes, TV broadcast on RTL and SAT.1
  • The other universe of Klaus Beyer - book, production and camera; Direction and editing together with Frank Behnke, documentary, 1994, length: 30 minutes, TV broadcast on RTL and SAT.1
  • Escape. When children flee from home - script , direction and editing, documentary film, 1995, length: 30 minutes, television broadcast in the WDR series for help
  • PathFinder - Director; Book together with Thomas von Bennigsen, documentary film, 1998, length: 100 minutes, television broadcast in the ZDF series Das kleine Fernsehspiel
  • NeuFundLand - director; Book together with Christoph Tölle, film with Jochen Nickel , Anna Loos , Axel Prahl and Juliane Köhler , 2003
  • The Real World of Peter Gabriel - written and directed together with Dieter Zeppenfeld , documentary, 2009, length: 52 minutes, TV broadcast on arte in August 2009
  • The Buddha Wallah - camera, script and direction together with Dieter Zeppenfeld, documentary, 2010, length: 90 minutes
  • Two lives - screenplay (together with Christoph Tölle, Stale Stein Berg, Judith Kaufmann) and direction, film with Juliane Köhler, Liv Ullmann , Sven Nordin , Julia Bache-Wiig , Ken Duken , 2012, length 98 minutes. 2013 elected German candidate for an Oscar nomination in the category Best Foreign Language Film .

Awards

Prices
  • 1986: Jury Prize at the Offensiva International Film Festival in Wrocław , Poland, for 10 ¾ inches
  • 1990: Second prize at the Aachen Film Festival for the trilogy about work and everyday life
  • 1995: Special Mention of the Jury at the Brussels International Film Festival for The Other Universe by Klaus Beyer
  • 1996: Team-Work-Award of the Stuttgart Filmwinter Festival for the other universe of Klaus Beyer
  • 2003: Geneva Grand Prize 2003 for the best screenplay for "NeuFundLand"
  • 2004: Audience award at the International Film Festival Würzburg for NeuFundLand
  • 2012: Golden Beaver of the Biberach Film Festival for the best feature film for two lives
  • 2013: Audience award for the best young director Int. Filmfest Emden for feature film Two Lives
  • 2013: Audience award for best film at the Audi Festival of German films Australia for two lives
Nominations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ german films: “Two Lives” to represent Germany in the race for the 86th Academy Awards ( Memento from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Maas, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German freelance screenwriter and director
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen