Edgar of Cossart
Edgar von Cossart is a German screenwriter and lecturer .
Life
Edgar von Cossart was employed by WDR and SWR and also worked as a freelance filmmaker. He has now been working full-time as a screenwriter and lecturer for around 25 years. In the course of his work as a screenwriter, he made a feature film and several series episodes, as well as television plays and two crime scenes, as well as a thriller that was filmed as a European co-production in German and French and was filmed again after being broadcast for the American market. In addition, he makes industrial films, including a. for North Rhine-Westphalia , VIAG AG, Daimler , Siemens , Novotel , Ibis and Deutsche Telekom as well as training films and documentaries for ARTE .
Teaching
Edgar von Cossart teaches scripts, story development, dramaturgy, dramaturgy of the image, creative writing , storytelling , film and art history, and art theory at Macromedia University and other schools and universities. He oversees various teaching projects that have resulted in award-winning films. He trains TV station staff in dramaturgical issues and gives courses in which storytelling is taught.
Publications
- "story tells - story sells, How dramatic stories work" -
- "Exposé, treatment, screenplay, film stories and how to write them" -
- "Die Filmverhinderer: How ARD and ZDF hinder storytelling"
Movies
- "The Cameraman" (movie, SWR) Directed by Nikolai Karo with Dieter Kirchlechner, Margit Geißler, Vera Lünenschloß -
- "Babyfon" - ("Sound of Fear") (TV play, SAT.1) Directed by Kaspar Heidelbach with Nicolette Krebitz, Suzanne von Borsody, Jürgen Vogel, Hans Schenker, Armin Rohde -
- " Children of Violence " (ARD-Tatort) directed by Ben Verbong with Klaus J. Behrend, Dietmar Bär -
- " Kindstod " (ARD-Tatort) directed by Claudia Garde with Klaus J. Behrend, Dietmar Bär, Katharina Thalbach -
- "Die Masche mit der Liebe" (TV play, SAT.1) directed by Thomas Nennstiel with Anja Kling -
- "Espresso, cultural history of a hot passion" (Arte documentation)
Web links
- Edgar von Cossart in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cossart, Edgar von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |