Andreas Kannengießer
Andreas Kannengießer (* 1978 in Nordhausen ) is a German film director , screenwriter and assistant director .
Life
Andreas Kannengießer was born in Nordhausen and grew up in Bergen on Rügen . After graduating from high school in 1996, he trained as a media designer at NDR Hamburg and then moved to Berlin. Various activities followed, including as assistant to directors, casters, cameramen and in the production of films. In 2004 he began studying film and television directing at the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television in Potsdam. In the same year he became a father. After completing his undergraduate studies, he went to Nicaragua with his young family for eight months, where he shot his first feature film Planet Carlos , which had its world premiere in the competition of the Tokyo International Film Festival 2008 and received the 2nd Audience Award at the Bergamo Filmmeeting 2008. The film tells the story of 13-year-old Carlos, who lives in a slum in Nicaragua and wants to become a poet in a traditional puppet company. The film may not be commercially exploited due to unresolved music rights, but it is available from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development in the distribution of the state / district / city image offices and media centers for educational purposes.
With Forget Your End , Kannengießer presented a top-class graduation film at the film school. The film was successful at numerous festivals and was released in German cinemas on September 22, 2011.
After Forget Your End , Kannengießer worked as an assistant director and began working on the film adaptation of Kathrin Schrocke's novel Freak City in 2014 . The film adaptation of the youth book received the Wim Wenders grant in 2015. As part of the mayoral election in his hometown of Bergen on Rügen, the shooting of the long-term documentary Bürger & Meister began .
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 2004: Clearing Perry and Mamy
- 2005: Heart Hard Still
- 2008: Planet Carlos
- 2011: Forget your end
Assistant director
- 2002: Paule and Julia (Director: Torsten Löhn) - 2nd AD & 2nd Unit
- 2002: Kroko (Director: Sylke Enders )
- 2002: Detroit (Director: Ludwig & Glaser)
- 2006: Berlin Wall - the Day the Wall came down
- 2011: Little Thirteen (Director: Christian Klandt )
- 2012: We Were Kings (Director: Philipp Leinemann )
- 2014: Sin + Illy still alive (Director: Maria Hengge)
- 2014: All of a sudden (Director: Asli Özge)
Awards
- 2012: Best Film - Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award
- 2011: First Steps Award - nomination
- 2011: Max Ophüls Prize nomination
- 2011: Achtung Berlin - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
- 2011: Nomination for Directors Debut - Plus Camerimage
- 2011: Honorable mention of the German film review in the FIPRESCI - Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- 2011: Ghandis Glasses Award - Torino Film Festival
- 2009: 2nd Audience Award - Bergamo Film Meeting
- 2008: Tokyo international film festival - nomination for the Sakura Grand Prix
Web links
- Personal website
- Andreas Kannengießer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Andreas Kannengießer at filmportal.de
- Andreas Kannengießer at Crew United
Individual evidence
- ^ Defa Foundation , accessed on July 14, 2015
- ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development , accessed on July 14, 2015
- ^ Filmstarts.de , accessed on July 14, 2015
- ↑ Andreas Kannengießer at Crew United , accessed on March 27, 2015
- ↑ Wim Wenders Foundation
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kannengießer, Andreas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director, screenwriter and assistant director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhausen |