Baran bo Odar
Baran bo Odar (born April 18, 1978 in Olten , Canton Solothurn , Switzerland ) is a German director and screenwriter .
Life
Baran bo Odar was “born in Switzerland, but [is] not Swiss.” His father worked in Switzerland as a chemist for the nuclear industry. Baran bo Odar spent his childhood and youth in Erlangen , where he was able to obtain his Abitur at the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium . He studied from 1998 to 2006 at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). At the university he met Jantje Friese . The short film Quietsch , which he filmed during his studies, was released at the Berlinale . His 60-minute graduation film Unter der Sonne was nominated for the 2006 Max Ophüls Prize film festival .
After completing his studies, he initially worked on the production of commercials , music videos and short films . He made his film debut in 2010 with The Last Silence , which was first shown on the Piazza Grande at the Locarno Film Festival . This earned him a stir in the industry journal Variety in 2011 as a director to watch.
Baran bo Odar's film Who Am I was a success and got it attention from Hollywood . Warner Brothers acquired the rights to a remake of the film.
In the summer of 2015 he made Sleepless , a remake of the French thriller Sleepless Night ( Nuit blanche ), as his first film in the USA. The action thriller starring Jamie Foxx was released in theaters in January 2017. After Sleepless , he began working on Dark , the first series shot for Netflix in Germany .
Baran bo Odar lives with his wife Jantje Friese and their daughter in Berlin .
Filmography (selection)
- 2005: Quietsch (short film)
- 2006: Under the sun
- 2010: the last silence
- 2014: Who Am I - No system is safe
- 2017: Sleepless (Sleepless)
- 2017–2020: Dark (TV series, 26 episodes)
Web links
- Baran bo Odar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Baran bo Odar at filmportal.de
- Vita at federal association directing
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b "Even as a child I was skeptical about people" (interview). In: zeit.de. Die Zeit , December 18, 2017, accessed on March 2, 2018 .
- ↑ C. Steiner: The German answer to "Stranger Things" 20min.ch, November 26, 2017, accessed on July 12, 2019
- ↑ a b Neon, January 2018, p. 109.
- ^ Variety announces Directors to Watch. In: variety.com. Variety , December 12, 2010, accessed November 2, 2015 .
- ^ Neon, January 2018, p. 108.
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SURNAME | Odar, Baran bo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1978 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Olten , Canton of Solothurn , Switzerland |