Achim Bornhak

AKIZ ( Viennale 2015)

Achim Bornhak (born January 3, 1969 ), artist name AKIZ , is a German film and television director .

Life

Bornhak began as a projectionist and later studied directing at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy . Two of his short films that were made as part of his directing studies were nominated for the student Oscar.

In 1997 his feature film debut The Night of the Nights - School's out was produced for television. In 1999 the director moved to Los Angeles . Until 2004 he directed documentaries and freelance work. In 2006 he shot his first feature film Das wilde Leben , which was nominated for the German Film Prize in two categories. In 2013 he shot the feature film Der Nachtmahr as AKIZ , which won several awards at the Max Ophüls Prize in 2016. Bornhak is also known as a screenwriter , sculptor, and street artist .

Bornhak lives and works in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

• 1990: Das Perpetuum Mobile, short film
• 1990: The window, short film
• 1991: Beep, short film, arte
• 1992: The Adventures of the Red Baron, animated short film
• 1993: Slowfuck, short film
• 1995: The Mariana Trench, 50 min.
• 1996: John and Lucy, short film
• 1997: The Night of the Nights - School's out , TV movie
• 1998: Operation Noah, TV movie
• 2007: The wild life , movie
• 2010: Painting Reality, short film, as AKIZ
• 2012: Spring for Beginners , TV film
• 2015: Der Nachtmahr , movie, as AKIZ
• 2016: Shakespeare's Last Round , TV movie

novel

• The dog , hanserblau, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-446-26599-8

Audio book

• Der Hund , USM Audio, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-8032-9229-2 , speaker: Leonard Hohm

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Achim Bornhak In: filmportal.de. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
2. ↑ David Steinitz: Abrasions In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 3, 2015.
3. ↑ SWR1 BW, SWR1 BW: Achim Bornhak. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
4. ↑ A selection of international festival successes for productions of the Film Academy in 1995 ( Memento from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: filmakademie.de. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
5. ↑ Akiz In: german-films.de. Retrieved February 7, 2016.
6. ↑ The feature film competition at the 37th Max Ophüls Preis film festival ( Memento from February 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) In: max-ophuels-preis.de, December 8, 2015.
7. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Achim Bornhak - "The Dog" - Curiosity is enough - speaking time. Retrieved April 20, 2020 . 
8. ↑ " Letting the subconscious behind the wheel" , on newsv2.orf.at

Web links

Commons : Achim Bornhak  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Achim Bornhak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Homepage of AKIZ
• "Nachtmahr" director AKIZ: With 100,000 euros on the film of your choice , interview by Frédéric Jaeger on Spiegel Online , May 27, 2016, accessed on May 28, 2016