Marc Eberle (director)

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Marc O. Eberle (* 1972 in Heidelberg ) is a German film director and screenwriter .

Life

Marc Eberle studied American studies , history and media culture with a focus on documentary film at the University of Hamburg from 1993 to 1998 . The following year he received his Master of Arts at the Royal Holloway College of the University of London in film studies . From 1997 to 1998, alongside his studies, he worked as a freelancer at CineGraph in Hamburg ; later after graduation he worked at Archive Films Inc. in New York City as a researcher .

Eberle has been a director for documentaries since 2001 and lives in South and Southeast Asia . While he worked for the German public television broadcasters in the first few years , he has also been making short films for the Dutch broadcaster VPRO since 2011 . He celebrated his greatest success so far with the film America's Secret War in Laos - The CIA's Biggest Military Operation in 2009. The international coproduction by twelve stations started in German cinemas in early 2009 and has been shown at more than fifteen film festivals; in addition, the film was sold in more than twenty-five countries. In addition to his work as a director, Eberle also helped set up Cambodia's first private broadcaster , Cambodian Television Network , as an editor , producer and trainer .

Filmography

Director

  • Bigboombaby - short film, United Kingdom 1999, 18 min
  • Immer Lustig , (Eng. Always Merry ) - Documentation, United Kingdom & Germany 1999, 20 min
  • Plexiq: Color my Day music video, United Kingdom 1999
  • Mijk van Dijk : Robo.com.bat - music video, Germany 2001
  • 360 ° - the GEO report: Nepal's Daughters Sold - Documentation, Germany 2001, 25 min., MedienKontor FFP, ARTE
  • 360 ° - the GEO report: Kumbh Mela - The biggest festival in the world - Documentation, India & Germany 2001, 25 min, Gruner + Jahr , ARTE
  • Cambodia - Angkor: Stone Heart of the Khmer - Documentation, Cambodia & Germany 2002, 45 min, SWR , ARTE
  • Humboldt's heirs: Atlantis of the desert - Documentation, Oman , Germany, 2003, 44 min., CineCentrum GmbH, ZDF
  • In the service of others. German legionnaires in the Indochina War - Documentary, Vietnam, France, Germany 2005, 52 min, filmtank Hamburg, BR , ARTE
  • The Kalash - Daughters of the Hindu Kush - Documentation, Pakistan & Germany, 2006, 45 min., CineCentrum GmbH, SWR, ARTE
  • America's secret war in Laos - The largest military operation of the CIA , ( The Most Secret Place on Earth - The CIA's covert war in Laos ) - Documentation, Laos & Germany 2009, 52 min, NDR , ARTE, WDR , Filmfund Hamburg, Filmfund NRW, MEDIA new Talents, MEDIA , development in the Discovery Masterschool

Camera and electrics (crew)

Editing and camera

  • Sample - youth culture broadcast, Germany 2001, 30 min, ZDF, ARTE

Prices

  • Axel Springer Prize 2001 for Kumbh Mela - the biggest festival in the world
  • Special prize for the best television production at the international Trento Film Festival 2006 for The Kalash - Daughters of the Hindu Kush
  • Nomination for the 2009 World Television Award at the Banff World Media Festival for America's Secret War in Laos - The CIA's Largest Military Operation
  • Nominated for the Golden Panda at the 2009 Sichuan TV Festival for America's Secret War in Laos - The CIA's Largest Military Operation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of previous winners ( memento from November 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on axel-springer-preis.de
personal data
SURNAME Eberle, Marc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eberle, Marc O.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg