Gernot Krää
Gernot Krää (* 1952 in Munich ) is a German screenwriter and film director .
Life
Gernot Krää grew up in Munich, studied political science and was engaged as a musician in various R&B bands and as a production, director and camera assistant (including films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder , Michael Fengler , Walter Bockmayer ). At the end of the 1970s he moved to England, where he worked as an assistant at the ARD Studio in London and participated in numerous reports from Great Britain, Northern Ireland and Australia.
In 1984 he returned to Munich, where he has since worked as a freelance writer and director for film and television, represented by the publishing house of the authors in Frankfurt am Main. He made his debut as a cinema director with the children's and youth film Die Distel . From 1999 to 2003, Krää was a board member of the Association of German Scriptwriters (VDD) and has been a member of the administrative board of VG WORT since 2001 .
Awards / distinctions (selection)
- 1993: Nomination for the Golden Sparrow for 'Die Distel'
- 2006: "Lucas" main prize at the International Children's Film Festival Frankfurt a. M. for 'Paula's Secret'
- 2007: "Castello d'Argento" of the Castellinaria Festival (Switzerland) for 'Paula's Secret'
- 2008: Audience Award of the Berlin and Beyond Festival in San Francisco for 'Paula's Secret'
- 2008: UNICEF Prize of the International Children's Film Festival in Vienna for 'Paula's Secret'
- 2008: Golden Unicorn in the category of best children's film at the Alpinale for 'Paula's Secret'
- 2015: Nomination for the German Screenplay Award for 'Beautiful and ideal world'
- 2018: Nomination Rheingold / Festival of German Films for 'Beautiful and Heile Welt'
- 2018: Audience Award of the Munich Film Festival for 'Wackersdorf'
- 2019: Nomination for the Golden Camera / Best TV Film for 'Beautiful and ideal world'
- 2019: Silver Simorgh for Best Screenplay / IFF Fajir for 'Wackersdorf'
Filmography (selection)
- 1987: A Piece of Luck (screenplay)
- 1992: Die Distel (screenplay, director)
- 1994: Faust : Ciao Bruno (screenplay)
- 1995: Firebird, The Kids from Planet 4 (Director)
- 1997–1998: SOKO 5113 (screenplay, several episodes)
- 1999–2003: Two men at the stove (screenplay, pilot and numerous episodes)
- 2007: Paula's Secret (screenplay, director)
- 2015: My Forgotten Life (screenplay, director)
- 2018: Schöne Heile Welt (Screenplay, Director)
- 2018: Wackersdorf (screenplay, with Oliver Haffner )
Web links
- Gernot Krää in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Gernot Krää at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gernot Krää on verlagderautoren.de
- ↑ Paula's secret on edugroup.at (PDF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krää, Gernot |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German freelance writer and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |