Karsten Dahlem

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Karsten Dahlem (* 1975 in Limburg an der Lahn ) is a German actor , director and screenwriter .

Life

Karsten Dahlem broke off training with the police to study law. On the side he worked as a stage technician and thus found interest in working at the theater, especially on the stage, so that he finally began to study acting at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen . Subsequently, Dahlem had permanent engagements at the popular theaters in Vienna and Munich and at the Dresden State Theater . As a guest he played at the Schauspielhaus Bochum and in Berlin at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz and at the Maxim Gorki Theater . At the latter he also took on directing duties, also at the Grillo Theater in Essen , at the theaters in Oberhausen and Bremen , at the Theater der Junge Welt in Leipzig, at the State Theater in Nuremberg , at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf and at stages in Vienna and Linz.

As a director, Dahlem repeatedly adapted novels for the stage, such as Tschick by Wolfgang Herrndorf and Bring Es by Verena Güntner .

Dahlem also stood in front of the camera for about ten years and starred in various films and series. He processed his experiences during his police training in the award-winning film Freier Fall , for which he wrote the screenplay together with director Stephan Lacant . The short film Princess was also created together with Lacant , in which Dahlem made his debut as a television director. The strip was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize and received numerous awards.

Karsten Dahlem is visiting professor at the University of the Arts in Berlin and the Zurich University of the Arts . He is married and has one son.

Filmography

As an actor

As an author

As a director and writer

  • 2017: Princess (short film)

Awards (selection)

  • 2012: Oberhausen Theater Prize for the best director ( Spring Awakening )
  • 2016: JugendStückePreis of the Heidelberger Stückemarkt for Bring It at the Schauspielhaus Düsseldorf
  • 2017: Berlin short film role for Princess
  • 2017: Best short film at the Transgender Film Festival in Kiel for Princess
  • 2017: "Particularly valuable" rating from the German film and media rating for Princess
  • 2017: Prize for the best director at the 10th sup 'de courts in Paris for Princess
  • 2017: Gold Movie Award for the best short film of March for Princess
  • various awards for free fall (see there)
  • various awards and nominations with or for the “Stella” prize for the best Austrian production in the field of children's and youth theater

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Dorothee Krings: The director who no longer wanted to be a police officer , Rheinische Post from September 30, 2015 , accessed on August 23, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Biography on the Nuremberg State Theater website ( memento of the original from August 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 August 23, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.staatstheater-nuernberg.de
  3. ↑ Christian Wolff: With “Princess” for the film festival , Westfälische Nachrichten of January 3, 2017 , accessed on August 23, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Dahlem, Karsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Limburg on the Lahn