Christopher Schier

Christopher Schier (born February 7, 1971 ) is an Austrian film director and screenwriter .

Life

Christopher Schier studied psychology and journalism from 1990 to 1994 after graduating from high school . He then began to write screenplays, short stories and children's books, and he also worked as a production assistant and unit manager for television productions.

He has been a freelance director for commercials and commercials since 2000 , including directing Dad's Dead in 2006 , for which David Schalko wrote the screenplay. From 2008 to 2013, he directed for the ORF telecast Wir sind Kaiser comedy-setter in the ORF television series CopStories he led in 13 episodes directed.

In 2016 he shot the Tatort episode Wehrlos for ORF , and in 2017 he staged his second crime scene with Die Faust . Together with Andreas Herzog , he staged the television series Trakehnerblut in 2017 . From May 2018 he directed the crime series Dead End for ZDFneo , for which he also developed the scripts together with Magdalena Grazewicz and Thomas Gerhold. In September 2019 he shot Lass den Mond am Himmel, based on a script by Stefan Hafner and Thomas Weingartner, with investigators Batic and Leitmayr, his first crime scene in Munich.

Filmography (selection)

2006: Dad's Dead
2008-2013: We are emperors (32 episodes)
2011: ARGE Talkshow - Away with the officials!
2013–2014: CopStories (TV series, 13 episodes)
2017: Crime scene: Defenseless
2017: Trakehner Blood (TV series)
2018: Tatort: Die Faust
2019: Dead End (TV series)
2019: Deadline - Nemez and Sneijder investigate
2020: Tatort: Let the moon stand in the sky

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Christopher Schier . Retrieved December 9, 2017.
↑ Start of shooting for the latest ORF “Tatort - Die Faust”: Christopher Schier directs Austrokrimi . OTS bulletin of March 8, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017.
↑ derStandard.at : “Trakehner blood” on Servus TV: Julia Richter is looking for “her own identity” . Article dated October 2, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017.
↑ Start of shooting for the ZDFneo crime series "Dead End" . ZDFNeo press release of May 17, 2018, accessed on May 18, 2018.
↑ New "Tatort" in Munich: shooting is in progress. In: evening newspaper . September 16, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Schier, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian film director
DATE OF BIRTH	7th February 1971

[cv-1] Christopher Schier . Retrieved December 9, 2017.

[2] Start of shooting for the latest ORF “Tatort - Die Faust”: Christopher Schier directs Austrokrimi . OTS bulletin of March 8, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017.

[3] derStandard.at : “Trakehner blood” on Servus TV: Julia Richter is looking for “her own identity” . Article dated October 2, 2017, accessed December 9, 2017.

[4] Start of shooting for the ZDFneo crime series "Dead End" . ZDFNeo press release of May 17, 2018, accessed on May 18, 2018.

[5] New "Tatort" in Munich: shooting is in progress. In: evening newspaper . September 16, 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .