David Sieveking

David Sieveking (2010) at the presentation of his film "David wants to fly" in Frankfurt am Main

David Sieveking (born September 10, 1977 in Friedberg (Hessen) ) is a German film director , screenwriter , film editor and film producer .

Life

Sieveking grew up in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe . After completing his civil service , Sieveking studied directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb) from 2000 to 2007 . During his studies he worked as an editor, assistant director and actor for cinema and television, made his first short and documentary films and took part in the Berlinale Talent Campus for the first time. He completed his studies with the documentary Senegallemand , which premiered at the Munich Film Festival . He made his cinema debut in 2010 with the documentary David wants to fly , which was shown for the first time at the Berlin International Film Festival and then at over 40 international festivals.

Sieveking lives in Berlin with the film composer Jessica de Rooij , the couple has two daughters.

Prize winner David Sieveking at the Hessian Film and Cinema Prize 2012

2004: Young Talent Award at the up-and-coming for The American Embassy

2004: Critics and Audience Award of the Bremen Young Collection 28 for The American Embassy

2010: Hessian film award for David wants to fly as best documentary film

2012: Main prize in the “Semaine de la critique” section at the Locarno Festival for Forget Mine Not

2012: Hessian Film Award for Forget My Not as Best Documentary

2012: Prize of the Goethe-Institut at the International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film for Vergiss mein nicht

2013: DEFA Foundation Award for Young Cinema

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personal data
SURNAME	Sieveking, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	September 10, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Friedberg (Hesse)