Florian David Fitz

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Florian David Fitz (2020)

Florian David Fitz (born November 20, 1974 in Munich , actually Florian Ingo Ulrich Fitz ) is a German actor , screenwriter and director .

Life

Florian David Fitz comes from a branch of the family of artists Fitz ; he is a second cousin of Michael and Lisa Fitz . His grandfather Josef Fitz and Hans Fitz , the grandfather of Michael and Lisa Fitz, were brothers. Fitz was raised Catholic but later resigned from the Church. His parents, Karlhans and Gabriele Fitz, owned a hotel in Munich that is currently being run by Fitz's older sister, Stefanie.

Fitz attended the Elsa-Brändström-Gymnasium in Munich. After graduating from high school, he completed an apprenticeship in acting and singing at the Boston Conservatory from 1994 (since 2016: Boston Conservatory at Berklee ), where he received a scholarship after one year and participated in the plays Marat / Sade , Equus and The Winter's Tale , among others . He graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts . Fitz then spent a year in New York City , where he worked, among other things, as a waiter at Christie's . In 1999 he took on a role on The Rocky Horror Show and toured Italy, Austria, Switzerland and Germany. Back in Germany, he took private acting lessons from Helga Engel (1931–2015), a lecturer at the Otto Falckenberg School . An application at the Deutsches Theater in Berlin did not go beyond an audition. In 1999 he joined the Münchner Volkstheater and appeared in The Marquis of Keith under the direction of Ruth Drexel . Fitz is known to the young audience as the singer of the song Far Away From Here in Disney's Tiggers Big Adventure (2000).

His first television role took Fitz in autumn 1999 in an episode of The Bull of Tolz , which also and Lisa Fitz participated Ruth Drexel when his mother, still under the name Florian Fitz Jr. To confusion with the actor Florian Fitz to avoid using to which he is not related, he finally chose "David" as his middle name. In 2002 Fitz was seen in the 26-part ARD evening series Damn In Love . In 2004 he took on a role in the series Berlin, Berlin . From 2005 he stood in front of the camera for the Sat1 series LiebesLeben . From 2007 Fitz was seen in the ZDF series Doktor Martin . From 2007 to 2010, Fitz played a leading role as a senior physician in the television series Doctor's Diary .

Fitz first appeared in films in Percy Adlon's Hawaiian Gardens (2000) and in the German-Canadian production Ice Planet (2001). In addition to smaller productions, he was in front of the camera in Girls, Girls 2 - Loft or Love in 2004 . This was followed by roles in the television games Love Has Right of Way (2005), Ironically Christmas (2005) and Rosamunde Pilcher (2005). In the latter he played with Anja Knauer and Alexandra Schalaudek , who have been part of his private circle of friends ever since. In 2007, Fitz was recognized for his performance in My Crazy Turkish Wedding . He then appeared in numerous television productions. In October 2009, Fitz was seen on the big screen alongside Til Schweiger and Christian Ulmen in the movie Männerherzen . To write the script for the film Vincent Will Meer (2010), in which he played the main character, Fitz had signed up for the script workshop in Munich . In 2011 he was in the men's hearts sequel, Men's Hearts ... and the very, very big love again at Til Schweiger's side in front of the camera. In 2012 he made his debut as a director with the comedy Jesus loves me . It is a film adaptation of a novel by David Safier . Fitz also took on the male lead and wrote the script. In 2013 he was next to Henry Hübchen in the comedy Da geht noch something to see; the film was released in September of the same year.

In 2013, Fitz shot the tragic comedy Out and Away with Julia Koschitz , Jürgen Vogel , Miriam Stein , Volker Bruch and Hannelore Elsner, directed by Christian Zübert . In 2015, his film The hottest day was shot. Fitz wrote the script, directed and stood in front of the camera together with leading actor and producer Matthias Schweighöfer . Also in 2015, the television drama Kästner and Little Tuesday was shot, in which Fitz played the role of Erich Kästner , directed by Wolfgang Murnberger . In the late summer of 2017, Fitz filmed under the director Sönke Wortmann alongside Iris Berben , Christoph Maria Herbst a . a. for the remake of the French comedy The First Name of Alexandre de La Patellière . From February to May 2018, Fitz was again in front of the camera with Matthias Schweighöfer in the film 100 Things , where he is again both screenwriter and director.

Fitz lives in Munich. He is fluent in English and Spanish, plays the saxophone and piano . The scar on his nose came from a household accident when he was 15 years old. From 2002 to 2013 Fitz owned the Parson Russell Terrier Loki , and since 2014 he has owned a dog of the same breed called Elmo .

Awards

Florian David Fitz was for his role in love Damn 2001 with the Rising Movie Talent Award (Newcomer Award of the Munich Film Festival ) excellent. In 2007 he was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize for My Crazy Turkish Wedding , on behalf of the cast . In 2008 he was nominated for his role in Doctor's Diary for the German Television Award in the category “Best Actor Supporting Role”.

In 2010 he received the Bambi in the category "Actor national" for his acting performance in Vincent will Meer . Fitz received the Bavarian Film Prize 2010 for the book he developed for the film at the Script Workshop in Munich , Vincent will Meer also won the Audience Award at the Bavarian Film Prize, in 2011 the German Film Prize for “ Best Film ” and Fitz in the “ Best Actor ” category . In 2015 he received the audience award Jupiter Award in the category “Best Actor National” for Hin und weg . In 2016, he was awarded the Golden Hen in the category “Audience Award Drama” for Der geilste Tag in the category “Best Book Cinema” with Romy and together with Matthias Schweighöfer . The comedy Willkommen bei den Hartmanns received the German Comedy Award in 2017 .

Social Commitment

Florian David Fitz has been the patron of the “Tic & Tourette Syndrome Association” since April 2010 . V. “(short IVTS), which u. a. has set itself the task of improving the living conditions of those affected by tic and Tourette .

In July 2010 Florian David Fitz took over the patronage of the social association “AH-TA e. V. “, who specializes in individual help with problems resulting from illness (primarily with children) and supports this u. a. through appearances at fundraisers such as AH-TA's Mitanand 2012 , where he donated his comedy prize for auction.

Filmography

synchronization

Web links

Commons : Florian David Fitz  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Audible Rust: Florian David Fitz. In: radioeins.de. December 9, 2012, accessed July 31, 2016 .
  2. "I also had doubts" fr.de, December 22, 2012
  3. "As an actor you have to rely on being asked" sueddeutsche.de, September 13, 2013
  4. florian david fitz die-agenten.de, accessed: August 5, 2018
  5. If I just try to be politically correct all the time, then the film is dead. Planet-interview.de, April 24, 2010
  6. Florian David Fitz film-pr.de, accessed: August 5, 2018
  7. Wiesn visit with Florian David Fitz tz.de, July 24, 2014
  8. A great day zeit.de, October 28, 2016
  9. Florian David Fitz: A high- flyer with fear of heights noz.de, February 27, 2016
  10. Kästner and the little Tuesday TV drama AT / DE 2016, Moviepilot
  11. Florian David Fitz plays the young Erich Kästner t-online, August 5, 2015
  12. ^ "Hard to take" gala.de, October 6, 2010
  13. Nominations for the German Television Prize 2008
  14. cf. German film award for “Vincent will Meer” ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at rbb-online.de, April 8, 2011 (accessed April 8, 2011). @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rbb-online.de
  15. Patronage of the IVTS e. V. ( Memento of the original of February 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iv-ts.de
  16. Patronage of the AH-TA e. V. ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ah-ta.de
  17. http://www.triell.de/ Short film by Su Turhan, Florian David Fitz in the role of Mr. White
  18. Doctor Martin at the imdb
  19. www.komplizenfilm.de ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.komplizenfilm.de