Francis Meletzky

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Francis Meletzky 2008 at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

Francis Meletzky (born as Franziska Meletzky , born July 23, 1973 in Leipzig ) is a German film director .

Since 2017 she has been using the first name “Francis” instead of “Franziska”, which appears in the opening and closing credits for the first time in 2018 in the two-part TV series Aenne Burda - Die Wirtschaftswunderfrau .

Live and act

From 1993 to 1997 Meletzky studied German , English and communication and media studies at the University of Leipzig . In 1997 she began studying directing at the Konrad Wolf Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg , which she completed in 2004.

In 1999 she shot her first short film with Scent , for which she also wrote the script. In 2004 she directed her first feature film with neighbors , which was nominated in 2004 for the First Steps Award and in 2005 for the New Faces Award as best debut film. For neighbors, Meletzky also brought three years later Frei according to plan , which was awarded as Best Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival . In 2008 Meletzky shot two episodes of the television series Dr. Psycho - The bad guys, the cops, my wife and me .

Francis Meletzky is married and has two children. The family lives in Potsdam .

Filmography (selection)

Feature films

Unless otherwise stated, it is a television fiction film.

Short films

  • 1996: Blind Date (short feature film)
  • 1999: Fragrance (short feature film)
  • 2000: 39 ½ (short feature film)
  • 2001: Everything with cutlery (short feature film)

Awards

Web links

Commons : Francis Meletzky  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ines Walk: Franziska Meletzky biography. (No longer available online.) In: film-zeit.de. December 1, 2008, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 27, 2019 .
  2. ^ Francis Meletzky profile. RTA agency, accessed September 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Meletzky, Francis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meletzky, Franziska
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 23rd July 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig , GDR