Johannes Naber

Johannes Naber (2018)

Johannes Naber (born May 28, 1971 in Baden-Baden ) is a German film director , screenwriter and cameraman .

Live and act

Johannes Naber studied at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy and graduated in 1999 with a diploma in directing documentary film . This was followed by several documentaries, some of which were full-length, and a career as a gaffer.

He lives and works in Berlin.

Career

He worked on his first feature film, the migration drama Der Albaner , for almost ten years. In 2010 the film was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize and the Silver George of the Moscow International Film Festival ; many national and international awards followed. His second full-length feature film, Zeit der Kannibalen, premiered in 2014 in the Perspektive Deutsches Kino section of the Berlinale . The film was awarded the German Film Prize in bronze and voted best film of 2015 by the Association of German Film Critics .

In autumn 2016, his third feature film, Das kalte Herz, was released . At the Berlinale 2020 , Naber presented the feature film Curveball , which deals with the agent affair of the same name .

Filmography

Feature films

• 2008: North Face (screenplay)
• 2010: The Albanian (Director and Screenplay)
• 2014: Time of the Cannibals (Director)
• 2016: The Cold Heart (Director and Screenplay)
• 2020: Curveball (director and screenplay)

Awards

• 2009: German Film Critics' Award for North Face
• 2010: Max Ophüls Prize for Der Albaner
• 2010: Silver George of the Moscow International Film Festival for The Albanian
• 2014: German film award in bronze for the time of the cannibals
• 2014: German Film Award, Best Screenplay for Time of the Cannibals
• 2014: Best Screenplay and Best Director for Zeit der Kannibalen (Association of German Film Critics)
• 2014: DEFA Foundation Award for Young Cinema

Web links

• Johannes Naber in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Information on Filmportal.de. Filmportal.de, accessed on August 23, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Information on IMDb. Retrieved August 23, 2016 . Jörg Schöning: “The cold heart” with Frederick Lau: Freshly aired fairy tale . Spiegel Online , October 20, 2016, accessed October 21, 2016.