Nicolas Wackerbarth

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Nicolas Wackerbarth (2017)

Nicolas Wackerbarth (born May 31, 1973 in Munich ) is a German film director , author and actor .

Life

Nicolas Wackerbarth received his acting training at the Bavarian Theater Academy August Everding in Munich . From 1996 he was on stage at the Schauspielhaus Frankfurt and from 1997 to 2000 he was a member of the Cologne Theater Ensemble .

He then learned film directing at the DFFB in Berlin. His short film Half Hours was invited to the 2007 Cannes International Film Festival . The graduation film Unter Mitte Kinn (2011), produced by the ZDF editorial team, Das kleine Fernsehspiel , received an honorable mention at the Munich Film Festival . In 2013, his feature film Halbschatten was premiered in the Forum section of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and subsequently shown at numerous international festivals. At the 2017 Berlinale , casting was celebrated by critics and audiences alike. Before the cinema releases in France, Austria, Switzerland and Germany, Casting was shown at the Viennale , the BFI London and the Midnight Sun Film Festival and opened the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema 2017. Casting was nominated in three categories for the German Film Prize and with awarded the Ludwigshafen Film Art Prize. The main actor Andreas Lust received the Günter Rohrbach Film Prize for his role as Gerwin .

Nicolas Wackerbarth teaches as a lecturer at art and film schools such as the HFF Munich , the DFFB Berlin , the UdK Berlin , the Hamburg Media School , the HFBK Hamburg and the St. Petersburg School of New Cinema. He has been a member of the European Film Academy since 2018 . He publishes texts on film ( Cargo , Las Naves Cine, Revolver , Cinema Scope) and regularly organizes film talks (Revolver Live!) At the Volksbühne Berlin .

Nicolas Wackerbarth is co-editor of the film magazine Revolver . He lives in Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

As a director
  • 2004: beginners! (Short film)
  • 2005: Westernstadt (short film)
  • 2007: Half an hour (short film)
  • 2011: Bottom middle chin (TV movie)
  • 2013: partial shade
  • 2017: Casting
As an actor
  • 2001: Frau2 is looking for HappyEnd
  • 2001: God is a dead fish
  • 2002: The Novicin (TV movie)
  • 2003: The Treacherous Heart (short film)
  • 2003: Motown
  • 2004: Passengers - Every encounter is an opportunity
  • 2006: The Invisible Hand (short film)
  • 2012: Companion (short film)
  • 2014: About Me and You (Director: Benjamin Heisenberg)
  • 2016: Toni Erdmann (Director: Maren Ade)
  • 2016: The Dreamlike Path (Director: Angela Schanelec)
  • 2019: Golden Twenties (Director: Sophie Kluge)

Publications

  • Nicolas Wackerbarth a. a. (Ed.): Revolver. Magazine for film . Frankfurt a. M .: Publishing house of the authors.
  • Nicolas Wackerbarth: "Tableau vivant". In: Marcus Seibert (Ed.): Revolver. Cinema has to be dangerous . Frankfurt a. M .: Publishing House of the Authors 2006.
  • Nicolas Wackerbarth, Marcus Seibert (Ed.): Filmfunke. 50 years of DFFB . Berlin: DFFB 2018.
  • Nicolas Wackerbarth a. a .: "What remains of the year" . In: Cargo . Article dated January 9, 2019, accessed May 30, 2019.

Awards

  • 2017: Ludwigshafen Art Award for Casting
  • 2018: Best script, nomination for the German Film Award for Casting
  • 2018: Best male leading role, nomination for the German Film Award for Casting
  • 2018: Best female leading role, nomination for the German Film Award for Casting

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Press kit casting . In: swr.de, accessed on March 12, 2017
  2. ^ Nicolas Wackerbarth | DFFB. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ HALF HOURS - Festival de Cannes. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  4. ^ Munich Film Festival - Bottom middle chin. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
  5. ^ Bert Rebhandl: German movie "Casting": Mr. Fassbinder, please answer the phone! ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed May 30, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Barbara Schweizerhof: Comedy film "Casting": The characters are as precise as seldom . In: The daily newspaper: taz . November 2, 2017, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed May 30, 2019]).
  7. ↑ Stefanie Diekmann: Nobody is stable. In: Friday. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  8. ^ Georg Seeßlen: "Casting" by Nicolas Wackerbarth. In: Strandgut - The culture magazine for Frankfurt and Rhine-Main. November 1, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Harald Martenstein: Between puzzles and enthusiasm. In: Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Anja Seeliger: Film review on the casting by Nicolas Wackerbarth Forum Berlinale 2017 - Out of breath: The Berlinale Blog. In: Pearl Divers. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  11. ↑ BAFICI 2017 - BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE INDEPENDIENTE - Movie List. Retrieved May 30, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Federal Government | Nominations for the German Film Prize 2018. Accessed on May 4, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Ludwigshafen Prize goes to two films . Article dated September 16, 2017, accessed September 16, 2017.
  14. ↑ REVOLVER | Movie Magazine - Revolver Live! Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wackerbarth, Nicolas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES from Wackerbarth, Nicolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director, author and actor
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich , Germany