Christian Becker (director)

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Christian Becker (born January 4, 1971 in Düsseldorf ) is a German film editor and director .

Live and act

From 1991 to 1994 Becker worked as a photo assistant in Düsseldorf and Paris. From 1994 to 1999 he studied at the Art Academy for Media Cologne in the field of film / television. In 1996 he studied for half a year in Cuba at the International University for Film and Television . His short films were shown at national and international festivals. For Viene del cielo , a short film that he shot in Cuba, he received first prize at the Dresden Film Festival in 1997 .

In 2002 he founded field recordings together with Oliver Schwabe . The directors worked together under this label in the feature film sector as a directing and writing duo.

In 2005, her debut feature film Egoshooter, produced by Wim Wenders , was released in cinemas. Her second feature film, Tender Parasites , was released in 2009 and premiered at the 2009 Venice International Film Festival .

2007 founded Becker along with Oliver Schwabe film production field recordings filmmaking produced predominantly documentaries.

Becker has also been working regularly as a film editor since 2005.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1996: A breath of fresh air ( short film , book, director)
  • 1997: Viene del cielo ( short film , script, director, editor)
  • 1999: Luder ( short film , book, director)
  • 2004: Egoshooter ( feature film , together with Oliver Schwabe, script , director, editor)
  • 2009: Delicate Parasites (feature film, together with Oliver Schwabe, script, director)
  • 2011: Escape (short film, editor)
  • 2012: Assumptions about Hendrik (Messer) ( music video , together with Oliver Schwabe, director, editor)
  • 2013: That was the Greens ( documentary , editing) Bildersturm Filmproduktion.
  • 2013: Neonlicht (Messer) (music video, together with Oliver Schwabe, director, editor)
  • 2014: The Deprivation of Time ( documentary , producer)
  • 2015: Studio talks with Kaspar König (documentary film series, editing)
  • 2016: Der Bruder (short film, together with Oliver Schwabe, script, director, editor)
  • 2017: Tokio Hotel - Behind the World (documentary, editor)
  • 2018: Family life (documentary, dramaturgical advice)
  • 2018: Exodus - reports from four unaccompanied refugee minors (documentary, editor, producer)
  • 2018: Asi with Niwoh - The Jürgen Zeltinger Story (Documentary: Editing, Production)
  • 2019: Love eats life, Tobias Gruben , his songs and the earth (documentary: editing, production)

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g h i j Christian Becker at filmportal.de
  2. SWR Doku Festival, SWR Doku Festival: Love eats life, Tobias Gruben, his songs and the earth. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .
  3. ^ A b Reinhard Kleber: The success story began in Paris. April 1, 2005, accessed on February 10, 2019 (About Christian Becker and his film "Egoshooter").
  4. ^ A b Christian Buß: Relationship drama "Delicate Parasites" - Exchange tenderness for room. In: Spiegel Online . September 8, 2010, accessed on February 10, 2019 (review of the film “Zarte Parasiten”).
  5. Field Recordings film production. In: Field Recordings Filmproduktion. Accessed June 30, 2020 (German).
  6. ^ Christian Becker at IFFR. International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) , accessed on February 10, 2019 .
  7. a b c d e f Registered under "Filmography" in Christian Becker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  8. Conjectures about Hendrik , music video.
  9. MESSER: "Conjectures about Hendrik". In: MESSER. May 16, 2012, accessed June 30, 2020 .
  10. That was the Greens
  11. Neon light , music video.
  12. Family life , film website.
  13. Hamburg Film Festival 2019 | Love eats life - Tobias Gruben, his songs and the earth. Retrieved November 29, 2019 .
  14. a b See subpage "Nominations" in Christian Becker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  15. Asi with Niwoh , Film Festival Cologne 2018th
  16. Nominees 2018. German Human Rights Film Award , accessed on February 11, 2019 (nomination of “Exodus” for the “German Human Rights Award”).
  17. Exodus - Reports of Four Unaccompanied Minor Refugees, Documentary, 2015-2017 | Crew United. Retrieved June 30, 2020 .
  18. LOVE EATS LIFE - TOBIAS GRUBEN, HIS SONGS AND THE EARTH. In: FILM FESTIVAL COLOGNE. Retrieved November 29, 2019 (German).