Oliver Berben

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Oliver Berben (2017)

Oliver Berben (born August 29, 1971 in Munich ) is a German film producer . Since January 2017 he has been the board member for television, entertainment and digital media at Constantin Film .

Life

Oliver Berben, son of the actress Iris Berben , began studying electrical engineering and aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Berlin , which he did not finish. He was as a production assistant and manager for commercial productions operate later in the field of cinema and TV movie . Together with the director Carlo Rola he founded the company Moovie - the art of entertainment in 1996 , which later merged with Constantin-Film by Bernd Eichinger .

His first directorial work was in 1999 for the TV film Das Teufelsweib . By 2006 he produced around 40 other TV and cinema films, including The Beautiful Bride in Black , Beautiful Widows Kiss Better and The Patriarch , which was nominated for the 2005 German Television Prize. In 2004 he produced the TV documentary And Now, Israel? In 2006 the TV production Thousand Words / Der Hölle so nah , which was directed by Solo Avital , was broadcast; a film that followed the work of the war photographer Ziv Koren for two years.

In January 2009, Oliver Berben took over the management of Constantin Film Produktion GmbH . Since January 1, 2017, he has been a director for television, entertainment and digital media within Constantin Film AG in addition to his production activities.

Overall, Oliver Berben produced over 150 television and cinema films. These include productions such as Elementarteilchen (2006), Why Men Don't Listen and Women Don't Park Badly (2007), Men’s Thing (2009), The Pope (2009), The God of Carnage (2011), Lap Prayers (2014), Ms. Müller must go! (2015), He is back (2015), Timm Thaler or the sold laugh (2017), This stupid heart (2017), In times of waning light (2017), Piss off, Snow White (2018) and Drachenreiter (2020) .

Oliver Berben has produced a large number of films for television, including a. Africa, mon amour (2006), Krupp - A German Family (2009), the six-part TV series Klimawechsel (2009), Das Adlon. A family saga (2013), Crimes after Ferdinand von Schirach (2013), Das Zeugenhaus (Film) (2014), Guilt after Ferdinand von Schirach (2016), Minute of Silence (2016), The White Ethiopian (2016), Terror - Your Judgment , Das Sacher (2016), family! (2016), The Ministers (2018), Perfume (2018), Royal Beer (2019), The Club of Singing Butchers (2019), Wendezeit (2019), My Father-in-Law, The Camper (2019), We Children From Bahnhof Zoo ( 2020), Not to be killed (2020) and The Enemy - Law or Justice according to Ferdinand von Schirach (2020).

Oliver Berben has been awarded numerous prizes.

Filmography

production

Director

Awards and honors (a selection)

  • 1997: New York Film Festival : "Finalist Award" for director, film, producer for Code Red - The Seven Fires of Death
  • 2000: Adolf Grimme Prize : Nomination for The Soloist - No Way Back
  • 2002: Tokyo International Film Festival : “Best Director Award” for Sass - Die Meisterdiebe
  • 2002: Bavarian Film Award for “Best Camera” for Sass
  • 2003: German Comedy Award: Nomination for “Best Comedy Series” for men in motion
  • 2003: German Television Award: nomination for “Best Sitcom” for men in motion
  • 2004: Adolf Grimme Prize for business trip ("Best Director", best leading actor)
  • 2004: German Television Award: nomination for “Best Sitcom” for men in motion
  • 2005: Golden Camera for The Patriarch
  • 2005: German Television Award: nominations in the categories “Best TV Film”, “Best Actress” and “Best Actor” for The Patriarch
  • 2006: TV Film Festival Baden-Baden : Invitation for the film Silver Wedding
  • 2009: Bernd Burgemeister TV Prize for The Prodigal Son
  • 2012: Golden Camera for years of love ("Best TV Film")
  • 2014: Romy in the category Best Producer TV Film for Schuld nach Ferdinand von Schirach
  • 2015: Romy in the Best Movie category for Ms. Müller must go!
  • 2017: Rose d'Or in the TV Movie for Terror category - your verdict

literature

Web links

Commons : Oliver Berben  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oliver Berben: “It is not saving that is rewarded, but courage” . Media.biz from August 4th. Last accessed on January 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ cf. Christopher Keil: Elementary Parts. ( Memento from January 24, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) at sueddeutsche.de, December 15, 2008 (accessed on December 16, 2008)
  3. ↑ Constantin Film press release , accessed on November 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kurier: ROMY 2015: Academy prizes awarded . Article dated April 23, 2015, accessed April 23, 2015.
personal data
SURNAME Berben, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich