Matti Geschonneck
Matti Geschonneck (born May 8, 1952 in Potsdam ) is a German director .
Life
Matti Geschonneck is the son of the actor Erwin Geschonneck (named after his role "Matti" in Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti ) and half-brother of the author Alexander Geschonneck . He grew up with his mother, the actress Hannelore Wüst , and his stepfather, the documentarist Gerhard Scheumann , in Berlin .
He studied directing for four years at the State Institute for Cinematography (WGIK) in Moscow . He was recalled from his studies and struck out as a SED member because he had not distanced himself from Wolf Biermann's expatriation. He has lived in Germany since 1978.
He initially worked as assistant director to Thomas Langhoff , Eberhard Fechner and Diethard Klante. In 1991 he shot his first feature film, Moebius , then several episodes of the crime series Tatort with Günter Lamprecht . 1995 came with the film Matulla and Busch based on a script by Ulrich Plenzdorf for the only collaboration with his father Erwin Geschonneck, who said goodbye to film with this comedy.
After years of exclusively television work, he made his second feature film in 2009. Boxhagener Platz , based on a novel by Torsten Schulz . It had its world premiere at the Berlinale 2010 as part of the Special series . Also at the Berlinale in 2017, his feature film In Times of Waning Light, based on the novel by Eugen Ruge and a script by Wolfgang Kohlhaase, was premiered. Matti Geschonneck is a member of the European Film Academy.
He is married to the German actress and director Ina Weisse .
Filmography (selection)
- 1974: The Naked Man on the Sports Field (Actor)
- 1991: fracture
- 1992: Moebius
- 1993: Tatort - Berlin - best location
- 1993: crime scene - death of an old woman
- 1994: Tatort - The Baryschna Affair
- 1994: Tatort - Closed Files (director and script)
- 1994: The good Merbach - Will Quadflieg Special
- 1995: Tatort - terminus (book)
- 1994: The murderer and his child
- 1995: Matulla and Busch
- 1996: Police call 110 - run or die
- 1996: fear has a cold hand
- 1996: Police call 110 - The horse killer
- 1996: posted
- 1997: The cry of love
- 1998: Journey into the night
- 1998: The Rose Murderer
- 1998: Fatal Rescue
- 1999: Police call 110 - child murderer
- 1999: Comeback for Freddy Baker
- 2000: At the bottom, at the top
- 2000: Beyond love
- 2001: a murderous plan
- 2001: Late revenge
- 2002: the mother
- 2002: He who loves is right
- 2003: Dear sister
- 2004: The doctor
- 2005: Murder by the Sea
- 2005: The News
- 2006: love after death
- 2006: silver wedding anniversary
- 2006: Stolberg (two episodes)
- 2007: The dead from the dike
- 2007: duel in the night
- 2008: Mortal Sin
- 2008: time to live
- 2009: kidnapped
- 2010: Behind blind windows
- 2010: Death in Istanbul
- 2010: Boxhagener Platz
- 2011: The suspicion
- 2011: love years
- 2012: The end of a night
- 2012: A woman disappears
- 2013: Death of a policewoman
- 2013: Angel of the Dead - Van Leeuwen's second case
- 2014: Helen Dorn - The third girl
- 2014: Helen Dorn - Under Control
- 2014: The witness house
- 2015: A great departure
- 2015: the lost brother
- 2016: a commissioner returns
- 2017: In times of waning light
- 2017: Fire nights
- 2018: Südstadt
- 2020: Unterleuten - The torn village
Awards
- 1994: Golden gong for Tatort Closed Files (screenplay with Günter Lamprecht)
- 1996: Special directing award at the German Academy of Performing Arts' television film award for fear has a cold hand
- 1998: Best Director Award at the 7th Shanghai TV Festival for Journey into the Night
- 2003: Bavarian TV Prize for The Mother
- 2005: TV film award from the German Academy of Performing Arts for the news
- 2006: German TV Award - Best Director of TV Film / Multi-Part for Die Nachrichten and Silberhochzeit
- 2006: Bavarian television award for the news
- 2006: Adolf Grimme Prize for the news
- 2006: Prize of Academia 21 - Association of Bulgarian University Teachers on Film Arts for silver wedding anniversary
- 2007: Filmkunstpreis Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg for Die Tote vom Deich
- 2008: German television crime prize for Duel in der Nacht
- 2010: Golden Camera, Best German TV Film for Kidnapped
- 2010: Hans Abich Prize
- 2012: Golden Camera, Best German TV Film for Love Years
- 2012: Grimme Prize for years of love
- 2012: German TV Award - Best TV Film for The End of a Night
- 2013: Golden Camera Best German TV Film for The End of a Night
- 2013: Grimme Prize for The End of a Night
- 2013: Special honor from the German Adult Education Association
- 2013: Hamburg Crime Award in honor of Jürgen Roland for The End of a Night
- 2015: Rockie Award from the Banff World Media Festival for The Zeugenhaus
- 2015: Gold World Medal New York Festivals for The Zeugenhaus
- 2015: Prize of the Student Jury at the Baden-Baden TV Film Festival for A Great Awakening
- 2016: Golden Camera, Best German TV Film for A Great Awakening
- 2019: Order of Merit of the State of Brandenburg
Web links
- Matti Geschonneck in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Matti Geschonneck at filmportal.de
- Regine Sylvester: He who loves is right. The director Matti Geschonneck . In: Berliner Zeitung , November 24, 2001
- Regine Sylvester: German Ensemble . Matti Geschonneck filmed the novel "Die Nachrichten" by Alexander Osang. A shooting report . In: Berliner Zeitung , November 6, 2004
- The late father - Erwin Geschonneck is 100 years old. A conversation about the actor with his son Matti. In: Berliner Zeitung , December 23, 2006
Individual evidence
- ↑ 49th Grimme Prize 2013 - The End of a Night (ZDF). In: grimme-preis.de. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ The winners of the 2015 Rockie Awards: Category Made for TV Movie ( Memento from June 10, 2015 on WebCite )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Geschonneck, Matti |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |