Markus Kaatsch

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Markus Kaatsch (born April 19, 1987 in East Berlin ) is a German film producer and filmmaker .

Life

After graduating from high school, Markus Kaatsch worked as an assistant to the film producer Jost Hering and as a production trainee at the international feature film production company Mr. Nobody , then as a short film producer and director, recording and film production manager . At the age of 19 he founded "aug & ohr medien" with his brother Matthias Kaatsch: a basis for short film productions and their exploitation. Markus Kaatsch has been studying film production at the dffb - German Film and Television Academy Berlin since 2010 . His application film Mein Sascha was shown at over 80 film festivals worldwide. Markus Kaatsch works closely with producer Anna de Paoli and producer Niklas Warnecke.

Activity as a film agent

In addition to his studies at the dffb, Markus Kaatsch transformed “aug & ohr medien” into a film agency whose task is to give film students and young directors a marketing platform. The supervised filmmakers include a. Dietrich Brüggemann , Robert Gwisdek , Moritz Krämer , Karoline Herfurth , Kai Stänicke, Anselm Belser, Sophie Kluge, Bryn Chainey, Dennis Stein-Schomburg and Joya Thome.

He helped the 43-second short film FELIX by Anselm Belser with over 170 festival screenings to become one of the most successful German shorts of 2012.

Acting as an actor

As a teenager, Markus Kaatsch took on episode roles in sitcoms such as Angie (TV series) or Zack! Made-to-measure comedy . He played supporting roles a. a. in television fiction films by Kai Wessel , Christoph Schrewe or Daniel Lang . McDonald’s cast him twice as a leading role in a commercial. Kaatsch financed his first short films from the fees.

Private

He lives in Berlin with his partner Kathrin du Hamél , his daughter and his son.

Filmography as producer & director (selection)

Awards for own productions (selection)

Awards & successes of marketed films (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Markus Kaatsch | filmportal.de. Retrieved November 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ about & contact - aug & ohr media. Retrieved November 12, 2017 (American English).
personal data
SURNAME Kaatsch, Markus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH East Berlin