Florian Eichinger

Film team My mother's hands at the world premiere at the Munich Film Festival, June 2016. Second from right: Director Florian Eichinger.

Florian Eichinger (born July 14, 1971 in Ludwigsburg , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German director , author and film producer .

Live and act

After five years of training and working as a television editor, he started his own business in 1998 and wrote, produced and staged short films and music videos. Eichinger has also worked as a director for television commercials since 2005. In 2008, Bergfest, his first full-length feature film, followed. Bergfest (German theatrical release: 7/2010) has been invited to around 20 national and international film festivals and has won several awards. Inspired by the audience discussions on the festival tour, Eichinger decided to write and direct two more feature films about the consequences of violence in the family. The second part of this trilogy, Nordstrand , was also successful at film festivals around the world (German cinema release: 1/2014). My mother's hands , the third film, was awarded the New German Cinema Award for best director and best actor at the Munich Film Festival in summer 2016 . In 2017, Eichinger was nominated for the German Director's Prize (Metropolis) in the category Best Director of Cinema.

Filmography

• 1999: The First Train (co-script, co-director)
• 2004: The Last Journeyman (co-script, co-director)
• 2008: Bergfest (screenplay, director)
• 2013: Nordstrand (screenplay, director)
• 2016: My Mother's Hands (screenplay, direction) (Premiere: June 25, 2016, Munich Film Festival )
• 2019: A Case for Two (2014) : Adem
• 2019: A case for two (2014) : Outdoor dogs

Awards

• 2004: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize for The Last Journeyman
• 2009: Best international feature film at the Falstaff International Film Festival (UK) for Bergfest
• 2009: 12 national and international nominations, including a. for the New Talent Grand Pix (CPH: PIX) for Bergfest
• 2010: Special Jury Award at the Houston Independent Film Festival for Bergfest
• 2013: Best feature film at the Grenzland-Filmtage Selb for Nordstrand
• 2013: Best Actor at the 10th Baltic Debuts Film Festival for Nordstrand
• 2013: 20 national and international nominations, including a. for the Goldene Auge ( Zurich Film Festival ) and the Max Ophüls Prize for Nordstrand
• 2016: New German Cinema Award in the Best Director category for My Mother's Hands
• 2017: Nomination for the German Director Award (Metropolis) in the category Best Director Cinema

literature

• Florian Eichinger in an interview with Jürgen Franck in the broadcast 2 to 1 on Radio Bremen. In: radiobremen.de. September 23, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016 . 

Web links

• Florian Eichinger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Florian Eichinger at filmportal.de
• Director's Association Vita
• Website of the German Director Award