Benjamin Herrmann

Benjamin Herrmann (2009) ( Mathias Bothor )

Benjamin Herrmann (* 1971 in Friedberg (Hessen) ) is a German film producer and film distributor .

Life

After studying directing at the Munich University of Television and Film , where he was awarded numerous short film prizes in 1997 for his graduation film The Big Laughter , he became editor-in-chief of the German Cinema & TV Movies department at ProSieben . There, he produced more than 40 television and feature films, such as the critical and commercial success mortal enemies of Oliver Hirschbiegel , Tomy Wigand Football is our life , or with two Adolf Grimme price, excellent Phantom of Dennis Gansel . In 1998 he also became managing director of the ProSieben Kinofilm production subsidiary SevenPictures , where he was the executive producer of one of the most successful German films since 1945, Michael Herbig's Der Schuh des Manitu .

In 2000, Benjamin Herrmann became managing director of the Senator Film production and distribution company . Successful films such as Oliver Hirschbiegel's Das Experiment , Peter Thorwarth's What doesn't fit, is made to fit , Sönke Wortmann's Das Wunder von Bern , Christian Zübert's Lammbock and Anno Sauls Wo ist Fred? were (co-) produced or awarded by him. His production Merry Christmas by Christian Carion was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

In 2006 he founded Majestic, a new company that primarily produces and distributes German cinema films. The first major film Majestics, Kirschblüten - Hanami by Doris Dörrie , became the most successful arthouse film of 2008 with over 1.1 million visitors. He also produced and distributed Philipp Stölzl's mountaineering drama Nordwand and Florian Gallenberger's John Rabe for the Herrmann was awarded the German Film Prize and the Bavarian Film Prize for Best Film. He then produced and awarded Sherry Hormanns Wüstenblume based on the autobiography of Waris Dirie , once again one of the most successful German films of 2009 with over 1.1 million visitors. In 2011, his production Tom Sawyer came to the cinemas, which reached almost 450,000 visitors and for the German Film Award was nominated for Best Children's Film. 2012 started the sequel, The Adventures of Huck Finn . In 2013 he awarded the bestseller film Wetlands , which reached over 1 million visitors, with great success , and in 2017 the agent comedy Kundschafter des Friedens , Josef Hader's directorial debut Wilde Maus and the documentary film Embrace produced by Nora Tschirner - You are beautiful , which is the most successful event to date. Start advanced.

In 2011 Herrmann took over 100% of the shares held by Odeon Film in his Majestic companies. In 2013 he produced the tragic comedy Out and Away with Florian Gallenberger, directed by Christian Zübert , with Florian David Fitz , Julia Koschitz , Jürgen Vogel , Miriam Stein and Hannelore Elsner in the leading roles. The feature film Colonia Dignidad - There is no turning back with Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl in the leading roles, again directed by Florian Gallenberger, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and Benjamin Herrmann was again awarded the Bavarian Film Prize for Best Film . In 2018 his production did not come green, said the gardener and flew away with Elmar Wepper in the leading role (director: Florian Gallenberger) in the cinemas.

Herrmann is a member of the European Film Academy and chairman of the board of the German Film Academy .

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personal data
SURNAME	Herrmann, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German film producer and film distributor
DATE OF BIRTH	1971
PLACE OF BIRTH	Friedberg (Hesse)