Friedemann Fromm
Friedemann Fromm (born March 26, 1963 in Stuttgart ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
life and work
After graduating from high school, Friedemann Fromm worked as an actor and director in a free theater group and trained in pantomime and physical theater. He also studied documentary film at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) and completed the master class with Krzysztof Kieślowski at the European Film Academy Amsterdam. He also trained as an actor with John Costopoulos at Actor's Studio New York. After completing his studies, he worked as a freelance director and author and taught directing as a lecturer at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne. His graduation film at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF) in 1992 was the tragic comedy Free Play , for which he wrote the screenplay and directed.
Friedemann Fromm is, among other things, a screenwriter and director for the television series Tatort for Bayerischer Rundfunk . His first work Klassen-Kampf (1994) with Benno Fürmann and Axel Milberg on the subject of violence and xenophobia at a school left a lasting impression on the audience and critics. This was followed in 1996 by the Tatort episode Perfect Mind - Im Labyrinth , for which Friedemann Fromm's brother Christoph Fromm wrote the script.
In 1997, Fromm directed the psychological thriller Game for Your Life with Ben Becker and Heino Ferch (script co-author: Christian Jeltsch ). In 2001 the Tatort episode followed and behind it is New York (book: Friedrich Ani ) with Miroslav Nemec and Barbara Rudnik . From 2002 Friedemann Fromm directed the first three episodes of the award-winning ZDF crime series Unter Verdacht with Senta Berger . Fromm's three-part docu-drama Die Wölfe received major national and international awards.
Friedemann Fromm has headed the directing department at the Hamburg Media School since 2006 .
Filmography as a director (selection)
- 1994: Crime scene: class battle
- 1995: A murderous love
- 1995: Brothers for life and death
- 1996: Tatort: Perfect Mind - In the Labyrinth
- 1997: Game for your life
- 1999: beautiful to die for
- 1999: Land of milk and honey
- 2000: Burning silence
- 2001: Tatort: And behind that lies New York
- 2002: Under suspicion : undercover play
- 2003: Under suspicion: a country game
- 2004: Under suspicion: summiteer
- 2005: K3 - Kripo Hamburg - fever
- 2005: Sparrow - Sparrow and the trapped cat
- 2006: Crime scene: Out of action
- 2006: From the end of the ice age
- 2007: old friends
- 2009: Die Wölfe (script and direction)
- 2009: Beyond the Wall
- 2009: Tatort:… there will be grief and pain
- 2010: Crime Scene: The Last Patient
- 2010: Weissensee
- 2012: Hanna's decision
- 2012: Come on, beautiful death
- 2013: Night over Berlin
- 2013: Police call 110: The prodigal son
- 2014: moment failure
- 2014: under the skin
- 2015: Silvia S. - Blind rage
- 2016: The City and Power (TV six-part)
- 2016: murderous silence
- 2017: The outdoor pool clique
- 2017: Einstein's nieces - The story of loss and survival
Awards
- 2003: Adolf Grimme Prize for Under Suspicion: Covered Game
- 2003: German TV Prize for Under Suspicion: A Country Party
- 2003: Under suspicion: A country party nominated for the competitions of the Baden-Baden television film festival
- 2003: Nomination for the German TV Prize for From the End of the Ice Age
- 2004: Adolf Grimme Prize for K3 - Kripo Hamburg: On thin ice
- 2007: Bavarian TV Prize for Tatort: Out of Action
- 2009: International Emmy Award for The Wolves
- 2010: Adolf Grimme Prize for The Wolves
- 2014: Bavarian television award as director of Weißensee , 2nd season (ARD)
- 2015: Hamburg detective award for moment failure
Web links
- Friedemann Fromm in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Friedemann Fromm at filmportal.de
- Friedemann Fromm at the Funke und Stertz agency
- Interview with Friedemann Fromm on tittelbach.tv
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Fromm, Friedemann |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |