Josef Rusnak
Josef Rusnak (born November 25, 1958 ) is a German film director and screenwriter .
Career
The film Cold Fever , shot in 1984, marks Rusnak's debut as a director and writer. In the same year he was awarded the German Film Prize for best director . He then worked for French television and directed episodes of television series.
In 1997 he made two more feature films with Unconditionally - In the Net of Passion and The Way We Are . In the latter, Hilary Swank took the lead role. Also in 1997, Rusnak directed Die Schwadron, an episode of the Schimanski crime series . Two years later followed with the production of The 13th Floor - Are you what you think? probably his most famous film, in which he was also involved as a screenwriter. For Roland Emmerich , who produced this work, Rusnak had worked as a second-unit-director on his film version of Godzilla in 1998.
It wasn't until 2007 that Rusnak directed his next film. The result was the direct-to-DVD production The Contractor - Double Game with Wesley Snipes in the lead role. In 2008, The Art of War II: The Treason followed, another collaboration between the two. Also in 2008, It's Alive, a remake of the horror film The Cradle of Evil by Larry Cohen . Two further productions followed in 2010. This is how the film drama Valerie with Franka Potente in the leading role came about .
Rusnak is a founding member of the German Film Academy and has owned the American production company "Jump Cut Images, Inc." since 1992. in Los Angeles, and since 2000 partner of the Munich-based "Screencraft Entertainment GmbH".
Private life
Rusnak lives alternately in Berlin and Los Angeles . From 1995 to summer 2001 he was married to the German actress Claudia Michelsen . The couple have a daughter, the German-American actress Lisa Rusnak, (* 1998).
Filmography (selection)
- 1984: Cold fever
- 1987–1988 L'heure Simenon (TV series, La maison du canal and The Window of the Rouet (La Fenêtre des Rouets) )
- 1997: Unconditional - In the Net of Passion (No Strings Attached)
- 1997: The Way We Are (Quiet Days in Hollywood)
- 1997: The squadron
- 1999: The 13th Floor - Are you what you think? (The Thirteenth Floor)
- 2007: The Contractor - Double Game (The Contractor)
- 2008: The Art of War II: Betrayal
- 2008: It's Alive
- 2010: Valerie
- 2011: Beyond - The Enigmatic Abduction of Amy Noble (Beyond)
- 2017: The Tel Aviv Crime - Old Friends
- 2018: Police call 110: Strong shoulders
- 2019: funeral prayer
- 2019: Berlin, I Love You
- 2019: The snow cat
Web links
- Josef Rusnak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Josef Rusnak on www.screencraft.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Josef Rusnak | filmportal.de. Retrieved June 15, 2020 .
- ^ Josef Rusnak | Writer & Director. Accessed June 15, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Claudia Michelsen - Star portrait, news, pictures. November 5, 2019, accessed June 15, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rusnak, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1958 |