Holger Ernst
Holger Ernst (* 1972 ) is a German film director and screenwriter. He currently lives in Berlin and Los Angeles.
biography
Holger Ernst studied at the Kunsthochschule Kassel from 1994 to 2001 and graduated with a specialization in scriptwriting and directing. He has lived in Germany and the USA since 1992. He directed a variety of short films and commercials, which won awards at the Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto, Montreal, New York, Paris and Tokyo film festivals, among others.
The critically acclaimed film Rain is Falling was shown at the Berlinale and in Venice and was awarded the BAFTA / LA Award for Excellence and the Max Ophüls Prize of the Saarbrücken Film Festival and was nominated for the European Film Prize . Ernst received numerous national and international nominations and awards for his scripts Life Goes On , Family - Dismantling a Soul and We Are the Greatest .
The House is Burning (produced by Reverse Angle International: Wim Wenders , Peter Schwartzkopff ), co-produced by Oscar winner Alex Gibney is his debut as a feature film director and celebrated its world premiere in the official program at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. The cinema release in Germany was on November 16, 2006. The film won prizes at international festivals in Wrocław, Hoboken and Seoul and was awarded the title “Particularly Valuable” by the FBW .
He is currently working on other national and international film projects, including the drama DOPE - Dreaming Of Paradise Europe for Reverse Angle International , the drama Cold War and Ivory with the US production company Occupant Films and another international film project together with Guillermo Arriaga .
For commercials, Holger Ernst is represented by the Berlin production company Jo! Schmid, for feature films and television by the Spielkind agency.
Awards
- 1998: Talent promotion by the Board of Trustees for Young German Films
- 2000: Hessischer Filmpreis 2000 (Life goes on) - Best Screenplay
- 2001: Selected by EXPORT UNION OF GERMAN CINEMA: for their Program “Next Generation 2001” ( Small Fish / Little Fish)
- 2001: Winner Best Short Film Award WFF Montreal ( Small Fish ) (1/2)
- 2001: Golden Hercules 2001 ( Small Fish )
- 2001: Hessian Film Prize 2001 ( Small Fish )
- 2003: proposed for the German Film Prize 2003: (best unfilmed screenplay): WE ARE THE GREATEST
- 2003: Winner of the Commercial Competition GOOD FILM FOOD (NATUR PUR)
- 2004: proposed for the German Film Prize 2004: (best unfilmed screenplay): FAMILY - DEMONTAGE EINER SOULE
- 2004: Official Competition 61. Mostra Intern. Venice Film Festival ( Rain is Falling )
- 2004: Winner "A l'Affiche du Monde", Paris ( Rain is Falling )
- 2004: Winner of the UIP Prize Valladolid, Spain ( Rain is Falling ) (nominated for European Filmprize 2005)
- 2004: TSR Prize Winner, Geneva, Switzerland ( Rain is Falling )
- 2004: Winner “Opere Nuove” Prize, Bozen, Italy ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner “ Max-Ophüls-Preis ” Saarbrücken, Germany ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Special Mention AlpeAdriaCinema Trieste, Italy ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner Palmares San Roque ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner "Best Cinematography" Aspen ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: BAFTA "Award for Excellence" Aspen ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner Remi Bronze Award Worldfilmfest Houston ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner Argenkino Buenos Aires ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Special Mention Festroia Setubal ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner Award Francisco García de Paso, Huesca ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Special Mention of the Jury of the Youth, Huesca ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner One-World-Filmprize Cologne, Germany ( Rain is Falling )
- 2005: Winner Grand Prix Crested Butte Reel Film Festival, USA ( Rain is Falling )
- 2006: Winner International Film Festival Tehran, Iran ( Rain is Falling )
- 2006: Winner International Film Festival FAJR, Iran ( Rain is Falling )
- 2006: Winner International Film Festival EcoVision Palermo, Italy ( Rain is Falling )
- 2006: Winner MedWet Award International Film Festival Athens, Greece ( Rain is Falling )
- 2006: World premiere THE HOUSE IS BURNING in the Official Selection CANNES Intern. Film festival
- 2006: Winner Jury Award Intern. Seoul Film Festival, South Korea (THE HOUSE IS BURNING)
- 2006: Winner Grand Prix YoungFilmFestival, Poland (THE HOUSE IS BURNING)
- 2007: Winner WetWest Film Festival, New Zealand ( Rain is Falling )
- 2007: Winner Best Film International Cinemountain Cervino, Italy ( Rain is Falling )
- 2007: Winner Best Film International Film Festival Hoboken, USA (THE HOUSE IS BURNING)
- 2007: Winner Best Film International Festival du Film Ecologique Bourges, France (FACES)
- 2007: German Business Film Award (FACES)
- 2008: Winner Best Film International Film Festival San Roque, Spain (FACES)
- 2008: Czech Radio Award One World International Film Festival (FACES)
- 2008: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize (FACES)
Filmography
- 1997 - Argus
- 1998 - The blue angel or the fear of Martha S.
- 1999 - Kleistronik
- 2000 - small fish
- 2001 - do you love me?
- 2003 - pure nature
- 2004 - Rain Is Falling
- 2006 - The House is Burning
- 2007 - Faces
- 2008 - The cost of demand
Screenplays (feature film)
- Life goes on
- Family - dismantling a soul
- We are the greatest
- The house is burning
- Cold War
- DOPE
Web links
- Holger Ernst in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holger Ernst's biography in the description of the film "Rain is falling" (accessed on August 10, 2017)
- ↑ Holger Ernst at Jo! Schmid ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on April 21, 2011)
- ^ Vita of Holger Ernst at Spielkind (accessed on August 10, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ernst, Holger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972 |