Klaus chatting

Klaus Chatten (born April 30, 1963 in Lennestadt ) is a German author, translator, director and actor.

Life

Klaus Chatten studied acting at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna from 1983 to 1984. In 1984 he continued his studies at HB Studio in New York in the subjects of acting, directing and scene writing. He first worked as an actor in Berlin and Hamburg, and also in Moscow with Anatolij Wassiliew. He wrote his first screenplay for the feature film Silent Night - A Festival of Love (director: Dani Levy ). The film was shown in 1996 as a German entry in the competition at the Berlin Film Festival . As a director, Klaus Chatten worked, among other things, at the Hamburg campaign nail factory. In 2002 he staged the world premiere of his play Klassentreffen at the Rampe Theater in Stuttgart . From 2004 to 2006 he was a permanent actor at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. Klaus Chatten is the German translator Noel Cowards.

Works

Klaus Chatten's monologue Our village should become more beautiful was premiered in 1993 at the barracks of the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. Sugar Dollies was premiered in German at the Kammerspiele of the Deutsches Theater after its world premiere at the Gate Theater in London in 1996. Other works include Mutti's List , The Journey to the Orient , Comedy for Sleepers and My Life Without Autumn and Winter .

Awards

In 1994 and 1997, Klaus Chatten was nominated as Young Dramatist of the Season by Theater Heute magazine . In 1995 he received the Alfred Döblin Scholarship from the Berlin Academy of the Arts, and in 2000 he was playwright-in-residence at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles. In 2002, Klaus Chatten received the Berlin Senate's literary scholarship.

Web links

• Klaus chat in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short CV and list of works at the theater publisher Felix Bloch Erben