Jens Pfeifer

Jens Pfeifer (* 1976 in Hagen ) is a German filmmaker ( documentary film ).

Life

After high school and community service in Hagen (Westphalia), he began studying ethnology and law in Hamburg in 1998. He completed his master's degree with the film study density participation with the camera and in 2005 switched to the Munich University of Television and Film (HFF) to study documentary film directing.

From Munich he made numerous documentaries and reports for German-speaking television stations as a writer and director. His debut film Phoenix in der Asche (2011/2012) premiered at the Munich Film Festival and was nominated for the German Documentary Award in 2013. His second movie Spider Murphy Gang - Glory Days of Rock`n`Roll (2019) followed in 2019. Jens Pfeifer has also been working on scripts since 2015.

Filmography (cinema / festival)

• Under ravens, short film. 2006
• Below the Line, documentary. 2009
• Phoenix in the Ashes, documentary. 2011/2012
• Spider Murphy Gang - Glory Days of Rock`n`Roll, documentary. 2019

Publications

• Close participation with the camera. Film study, Münster / Hamburg / London: LIT-Verlag. 2006
• The lives of others and me. In: Sponsel, Daniel (ed.). The beautiful appearance of the real. On authenticity in the film. Constance: UVK. 2007

Awards

• Documentary Film Prize Ruhr 2011 for "Phoenix in the Ashes"
• Slamdance Festival (USA), Best Feature Documentary 2012 for "Phoenix in der Asche" (No Ashes no Phoenix),
• German Documentary Award 2013 (nominated), "Phoenix in the Ashes"

Web links

• Film portal
• Film festival program
• Homepage of the movie Spider Murphy Gang
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6148834/
• https://programm.ard.de/TV/ardalpha/8-mm-bayern----ber-stock-und-stein/eid_284878304604537

Reviews

• Film review SWR https://www.swr.de/swr2/film-und-serie/filmkritik-spider-murphy-gang-glory-days-of-rock-n-roll,article-swr-11240.html

• Film review SZ https://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/filmfest-muenchen-spider-murphy-gang-glory-days-of-rock-n-roll-1.4508041

• Film review film service https://www.filmdienst.de/film/details/573209/spider-murphy-gang-glory-days-of-rock-n-roll#%C3%BCberblick

• Portrait of WR https://www.wr.de/kultur/dokumentarfilmer-jens-pfeifer-reist-von-hagen-nach-syrien-id226786585.html

• Publication Lit Verlag http://www.lit-verlag.at/isbn/3-8258-0153-3

• Review of the publication UVK https://www.rkm-journal.de/archives/6443

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jens Pfeifer | filmportal.de. Retrieved November 25, 2019 . 
2. ^ Henning Harnisch Berlin: Film review: In the taboo zones of professional sports . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed November 25, 2019]).
3. ↑ www.critic.de: Phoenix in the Ashes | Criticism. Retrieved November 25, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Axel Gaiser: The naked reality of the relegation battle at Phoenix Hagen. November 7, 2011, accessed on November 25, 2019 (German). 
5. ↑ Oliver Hochkeppel: Munich Film Festival - Homage to the Spider Murphy Gang. Retrieved November 25, 2019 . 
6. ^ Mathis Schneider: Documentary filmmaker Jens Pfeifer travels from Hagen to Syria. August 16, 2019, accessed on November 25, 2019 (German).