Gregor Schnitzler

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Gregor Schnitzler (* 1964 in Berlin ) is a German director .

He was best known for his cinema debut with the feature film What to do when it burns? (2002) and the film adaptation of the drama Die Wolke (2006) by Gudrun Pausewang .

Live and act

Childhood and youth

As the second child of Christa Schnitzler-Runge and Conrad Schnitzler, Schnitzler grew up in Berlin. He studied social and communication sciences at the Berlin University of the Arts .

Professional activities

Schnitzler worked for several years as a still photographer and then began his career in 1990 as a director of music videos and commercials, of which he had realized a total of 65 by 1997. In 1994 Gregor Schnitzler shot an episode of the RTL series In the Name of the Law for the first time in a longer dramatic format. Seven more episodes followed over the next four years. In addition, in 1998 and 1999 there were two television films from the ZDF Saturday evening crime series TEAM Berlin and in 1999 the episode dangerous fatherhood from the RTL series Balko .

With Eleni Ampelakiotou he had in 1991 and 1992, the short films The window and Sundays staged. Together with the director, he also made the feature film Finlandia (2001), which received international attention at festivals. Just like what to do if there's a fire? , which won the audience award at the Lünen cinema festival in 2001 . With his solo album , the film adaptation of Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre's cult novel, Gregor Schnitzler was able to delight audiences and critics alike in 2003. In 2005 he adapted Gudrun Pausewang's novel Die Wolke for the big screen, which in 2007 received the Bavarian Film Prize for the best youth film.

Film technology and symbolisms

Schnitzler attracted the attention of film critics through the symbolic destruction of everyday objects in the scenic middle ground in some of his works. The use of a falling vase in key scenes of certain feature films represents a symbolic climax. This Askos technique (cf. Askos ) allows for a variety of interpretations.

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personal data
SURNAME Schnitzler, Gregor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director
DATE OF BIRTH 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin