Olaf Saumer
Olaf Saumer (born April 22, 1976 in Kassel , Hessen) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer.
Life
From 1999 to 2007 he studied film at the Kassel Art College . In December 2006 he founded the production company Tagträumerfilm . Olaf Saumer lives and works in Berlin .
Among other things , he produced the short film Kleine Annabelle , which was awarded the rating of particularly valuable by the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) . The film premiered in 2007 at the Max Ophüls Preis film festival and Bayerischer Rundfunk broadcast the film on BR Short Film Night in 2009. In addition to the production, he is also responsible for the script, direction and editing of his films.
His graduation film Suicide Club , which premiered in January 2010 in the feature film competition of the Max Ophüls Preis film festival , received the 2010 Interfilm Prize there. The film also won the jury's main prize - the "CIGALE D'OR" at the French film festival Ciné-Festival Pays de Fayence as well as the North Hessian film award "Golden Hercules 2010" at the Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival and in San Francisco the "Federico Fellini Award 2011" for the best foreign debut film.
Kinostar GmbH from Stuttgart brought Suicide Club to German cinemas on November 25, 2010. In December 2010 the German Film and Media Assessment (FBW) awarded the film the title “valuable”.
At the moment Olaf Saumer is working as a screenwriter on a TV film for the Rat Pack film production in Munich and on other film projects as a director.
Filmography
- 2004: Stille Wasser, direction, screenplay, production, editing
- 2006: Kleine Annabelle , direction, screenplay, production
- 2007: Eckis Welt, director, screenplay, production, editing, camera
- 2009: Hidden in Schnuttenbach , editing, camera
- 2010: Suicide Club , director, screenplay, production, editing
Web links
- Olaf Saumer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry in the film portal
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Saumer, Olaf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director, screenwriter and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | kassel |