Laura Lehmus

Laura Lehmus (* 1972 in Riihimäki , Finland ) is a director , on-air producer and art director for film and television. Her short film AlieNation has received numerous awards, including the German Short Film Prize in Gold in 2015 in the animation film category .

Life

After attending school in Finland, Laura Lehmus studied fine art at the F + F school in Zurich from 1993 to 1996 , where she chose the focus on video clip and performance art. Between 1995 and 1996, the performances Lore Ley , Desinfectaproductions were created in Zurich . and Absalom . After completing her diploma in Zurich, she was a student at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne from 1996 to 2001 in the Audiovisual Media course, subject group media design. Her graduation film at the Art Academy for Media Cologne, Not Going Down (2001), is an action film in which Till Franzen, Ronald Marks, Ingrid Profitlich, Dirk Böll and Frank Reidock starred.

After completing her studies, she lived in Berlin and has lived and worked in Helsinki since 2012 .

Professional background

In Berlin, Laura Lehmus worked as an on-air producer and art director for film and television for Arte , Nickelodeon and Solarfilms Helsinki, among others . In 2009 she shot the short film Try that with plastic in Berlin .

Laura Lehmus has been producing films in Helsinki since 2012. She runs the Larry Cooper production agency in Helsinki , which also has a branch in Berlin. Animations in 2D and 3D , stop-motion films and motion design . On-air design and the associated production are just as much a part of her field of activity as film and television projects. She produces for ZDF , WDR and Arte , among others .

Her biggest success so far was her animation film AlieNation (2014).

Filmography

• 2014: AlieNation (short film); Direction, script and production
• 2009: Try that with plastic (short film)
• 2007: Lost in Liberia (documentary); graphic
• 2005: Dolls United
• 2002–2004: Under certain circumstances (TV documentary); title
• 2002: The House of Government. (Documentary by Christiane Büchner); graphic
• 2001: Not going down , (short feature film, 8 minutes), graduation film at the Art Academy for Media Cologne; Director
• 2001: Army of Love (Trailer)
• 2001: The Speed ​​of Entertainment (Trailer)
• 1999: Shake the Snow Globe (short film)
• 1998: Friends (music clip about a little zebra and his encounters with others for the piece of music by Gotee Brothers Why can't we be friends )
• 1996: Sweet Caroline (video clip)
• 1995: LTV (video clip)
• 1994: Laura's Book (video)
• 1994: Screen (video installation)

Awards

• For Alienation :
  • 2016: Bunter Hund - International Short Film Festival Munich
  • 2016: International Film Weekend Würzburg : Best Short Film .
  • 2015: German short film award in gold in the animation film category
  • 2015: Filmfest Dresden : DEFA Animation Award
  • 2015: Exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden : Prize of the Youth Jury , Best Supporting Film
  • 2015: Five Lakes Film Festival : Golden Firefly
  • 2015: International Short Film Festival Oberhausen : Special mention by the youth jury
  • 2015: Monstronale Film Festival, Halle (Saale) : Audience Award
  • 2014: Particularly valuable rating from the German film and media rating
• To try that with plastic :
  • 2009: 1st Prize German Environmental Aid
  • 2009: Reusable film award from the PRO Mehrweg association

Memberships

• 2016: Sehs Bäumen , largest international student film festival in Europe: member of the jury in the field of animation
• 2016: Goldener Spatz : Member of the jury for nominations in the field of minis and short films

literature

• wildsoundreview: Interview with Laura Lehmus about Alienation . In: wildsoundfestivalreview.com. April 3, 2015, accessed July 9, 2016 . 

Web links

• Laura Lehmus at filmportal.de
• Web link to Laura Lehmus' production company
• Weblink to the short film Do that with plastic (2009)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Big cinema in a nutshell - Minister of State for Culture Grütters awards the German Short Film Award 2015. In: deutscher-kurzfilmpreis.de. October 29, 2015, accessed February 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} show person: FIRST STEPS. In: firststeps.de. March 28, 2006, accessed July 10, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Not going down. (No longer available online.) In: kino.de. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016 ; Retrieved July 10, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} Laura Lehmus. In: filmportal.de. October 30, 2015, accessed July 9, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file) 
6. ^ Buechner Filmproduktion - The House of Government. In: buechner-filmproduktion.de. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Film details: FIRST STEPS. In: firststeps.de. July 4, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
8. ^ Art Academy for Media Cologne: Friends. In: khm.de. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
9. ↑ Würzburg film weekend: Almost 10,000 visitors come to the festival. In: br.de. Bayerischer Rundfunk, February 1, 2016, archived from the original on July 9, 2016 . 
10. ↑ DEFA - Stiftung - 2015. (No longer available online.) In: defa-stiftung.de. October 31, 2015, archived from the original on May 28, 2016 ; accessed on May 28, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
11. ↑ AlieNation. In: fbw-filmbeval.com. Retrieved May 28, 2016 . 
12. ↑ PRO Mehrweg: 2009. In: promehrweg.de. Retrieved July 10, 2016 . 
13. ↑ Jury 2016 - Sehsuchten - April 26 - April 30, 2017. (No longer available online.) In: 2016.sehsuechte.de. Archived from the original on July 9, 2016 ; Retrieved July 9, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ [1] (PDF file)