Alexander Lahl

Alexander Lahl (* 1979 in Berlin ) is a German screenwriter , film producer and director of short films .

Life

Alexander Lahl studied cultural studies in Berlin , Frankfurt (Oder) and Breslau . He works as a freelance writer and filmmaker on the subjects of nature, politics and history. His focus is on TV documentaries and animated films. In 2016, Lahl presented his short film Kaputt , produced with Volker Schlecht and Max Mönch, at the Berlinale , which was shown in the Berlinale Shorts competition and competed for the Golden Bear for short films. The film was also presented at the Sundance Film Festival 2017 in the Short Films section, where it received an award in the animation category. He acted as a producer on the documentary Bouncers of Europe , released in 2018 . Alexander Lahl was born in Berlin in 1979. Together with Max Mönch, he runs mobyDOK media production.

Awards (selection)

• exground filmfest, Wiesbaden 2016

  2nd place German short film ( Kaputt )

• Festival Zinelbi, Bilbao 2016

  Awarded the Mikeldi de Oro de Animación (Kaputt)

• Berlin International Film Festival 2016

  Nomination for the Golden Bear for short films (Berlinale Shorts, Kaputt )

• Short Film Day Young Film in the MDR 2016

  unicato award winner 2016 (Kaputt)

• German Film Critics' Prize 2016

  Nomination for Best Short Film (Kaputt)

• San Francisco International Film Festival

  2017: Nomination for the Golden Gate Award for Best Animated Short Film (Kaputt)

• Sundance Film Festival 2017

  Award in the Short Films section in the Animation (Broken) category

• Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Science Journalism

  Award 2017 for TV reports for Arte Future and Arte.tv

Web links

• Alexander Lahl in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Alexander Lahl at filmportal.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Berlin International Film Festival 2016. Berlinale Shorts ( Memento from December 19, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 13.8 MB)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Reinhard W. Wolf: November 2016 In: shortfilm.de. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
3. ↑ Galardones por Péneros In: zinebi.eus, November 25, 2016.
4. ↑ unicato for the Short Film Day. The unicato award winners 2016 ( Memento from February 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Nominations for the German Film Critics' Prize 2016 In: vdfk.de, January 19, 2017.
6. ↑ Festival Competitions ( Memento from May 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ 2017 Sundance Film Festival Awards: Global Independent Creativity Reaches New Heights In: sundance.org, January 28, 2017.
8. ↑ Ursel Zetzsche: The Georg von Holtzbrinck Prizes for Science Journalism 2017 have been awarded. Event forum Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, press release from October 19, 2017 at Informationsdienst Wissenschaft (idw-online.de), accessed on October 20, 2017.