Johann A. Bunners

Johann A. Bunners (* 1975 in Berlin ) is a German screenwriter .

Life

The son of the theologian and musicologist Christian Bunners spent childhood and youth in East Berlin and was a member of the St. Thomas Choir in Leipzig . In 1989 Bunners first fled to West Germany , in 1994 he returned to Berlin, graduated from high school and did several internships as a director. Since then, Johann A. Bunners has been working as a screenwriter.

Bunners also worked on the film description of the visually impaired - audio description . Between 1998 and 2000 he was a student at the script academy of the DFFB - German Film and Television Academy Berlin. After graduating, Bunners co-founded screenwriters-berlin , an association of 4 screenwriters.

He lives and works as a freelance writer for scripts, film and series concepts in Berlin and Mecklenburg . His brother is television and film actor David C. Bunners , who also works with him as a producer.

On February 22, 2009, the film Toy Land (idea and script: Johann A. Bunners) won an Oscar in the Best Short Film category at the 81st Academy Awards in Los Angeles .

Awards

• 2005: Robert Geisendörfer Prize for First Love (pilot episode of My Most Beautiful Years ) in the Children's TV Prize category
• 2009: Oscar for Toy Land (screenplay with co-author Jochen A. Freydank, director)

Filmography (screenplay)

• 2004: My most beautiful years - RTL (author of the series concept and 4 episodes)
• 2005: 1 EURO TV - 3sat and ZDFtheaterkanal
• 2007: Toy Land (short film) - 81st Academy Awards 2009 - OSCAR “Best Live Action Short”
• 2008: Tomorrow, you guys! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film , feature film (co-author)
• 2013: Everything for my daughter (TV movie)

literature

• Quite conventional . In: Berliner Zeitung , January 24, 2009; Oscar nomination Bunners

Web links

• Johann A. Bunners in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Interview with Bunners after winning the Oscar stern.de
• Vita Screenwriters Berlin