Neelesha Barthel
Neelesha Barthel (also Neelesha Bavora , or Neelesha BaVora ; born March 2, 1977 in Potsdam ) is a German film director , screenwriter and actress . She lives in Berlin .
life and work
Neelesha Barthel is the daughter of the Indian director Chetna Vora and the German cameraman Lars Barthel. In 1983 she left the GDR with her parents and grew up in West Berlin after living in India and the USA . In 1993 she began her film career, initially as an actress in the German soap opera Gute Zeiten, Bad Zeiten , in which she played the role of Manjou Neria until 1994 . From 1995 to 2008 she worked as an actress under her stage name Neelesha Bavora, a. a. in leading roles in the films Samsara (2001) and Everyday Life (2002).
Immediately after graduating from high school, from 1997 to 1999 she did an internship in directing a. a. in the film Angel Express . From 1999 she worked on various film projects as a camerawoman , film editor and director . In 2002 she started studying directing at the Babelsberg Film and Television Academy "Konrad Wolf" , which she finished in 2008. Her parents were already studying at this film school.
As a director and screenwriter, she made her feature-length documentary debut in 2001 with the film Bling Bling . She then made the documentary Fifty Fifty (2002) for Das Kleine Fernsehspiel on ZDF . In 2004 she received the young journalists' award for this production. The film was also nominated for the Bavarian Documentary Award The Young Lion .
Her graduation film Two to Three was shown both at the Achtung Berlin 2008 film festival and on RBB television . The Kreuzberg culture clash comedy Marry Me! came to theaters in 2015. In 2016 she realized her first commissioned work for ZDF , the television comedy A terrible rich couple . She now works as a commissioned director for television films and series and also develops her own cinema and TV film material.
Awards
- 2002 German Young Talent Award at the Sehsuchten Festival for Bling Bling
- 2004 Young Journalists' Award for Fifty Fifty
- 2004 bronze medal of the Fish Festival Rostock for Mr. Street
- 2004 Young Talent Award of the Film and Videtoage in Gera for Mr. Street
- 2006 Award for best “women directing” at the Granada Film Festival for Joy's Joy
- 2008 Award for best “women directing” at the Granada Film Festival for two to three
- 2008 Audience Award from the Dreiland Film Festival for two to three
- 2008 Award for the best screenplay at the Balchik Film Festival (Bulgaria) for two to three
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1999: En Why? Lake! (Documentary)
- 2001: Bling Bling (documentary)
- 2002: Fifty Fifty (documentary)
- 2004: Mr. Street (short documentary)
- 2004: Irrläufer (short film)
- 2004: Joys Joy (short film)
- 2005: Better to be safe. Better to live - children tell stories (road safety campaign)
- 2007: Aktion Gemeinschaftinn eV - Daddy Uncool (advertising film)
- 2007: Cranes (short film)
- 2007: Two to Three (short film)
- 2009: 24h Berlin - A Day in the Life (co-director)
- 2011: Take off - Gretel (music video)
- 2015: Marry Me - In Indian please
- 2016: a terribly rich couple
- 2016–2017: Emergency call harbor edge
- 2018: SOKO Cologne : Sleepless through the night
scriptwriter
- 2002: Fifty Fifty
- 2003: Mr. Street
- 2003: Lingnam & Yoni
- 2005: Joy's Joy
- 2007: two in three
- 2014: Marry Me!
actress
- 1993–1994: Good times, bad times
- 2001: Women who drink Prosecco
- 2001: Samsara - Mind and Passion
- 2003: everyday life
- 2004: My way to you is called love
- 2004: Die Sitte , guest appearance: Episode The Decoy (2.5)
- 2005: Berlin Nights
- 2008: The Criminalist - Journey to Death
- 2010: Goethe!
- 2013: silence
Web links
- Neelesha Barthel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Neelesha Barthel at filmportal.de
- Neelesha Barthel at Crew United
- Neelesha Barthel Own website
- Wie im Leben , article by Neelesha Barthel in the PNN of October 12, 2009, accessed October 1, 2013
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neelesha Barthel. In: filmportal.de. Retrieved March 3, 2020 .
- ↑ kino.de Profile: Lars Barthel
- ↑ How to: Director - Neelesha Barthel. In: zdf.de. November 10, 2017, accessed March 3, 2020 .
- ^ Marlies Hesse Young Talent Award: all award winners. Overview of all award winners since 2002. In: journalistinnen.de. June 6, 2018, accessed March 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barthel, Neelesha |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bavora, Neelesha (stage name); BaVora, Neelesha (alternative spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director, screenwriter and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2nd 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |