Rainer Matsutani

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Rainer Matsutani (born July 9, 1964 in Hockenheim ) is a German film director and screenwriter who has made a name for himself in particular in the film genres of thrillers , crime novels and horror films . In some smaller roles he was also active as an actor .

Origin and professional career

Rainer Matsutani's father is of Japanese origin and his mother is German. He spent several years of his childhood in Japan. Matsutani headed the film group at his school, the Bunsen-Gymnasium in Heidelberg . Immediately after graduating from high school in 1984, he began writing reviews and film articles for various magazines and local daily newspapers. He later moved to Berlin, where he took part in the Berlin screenwriting workshop for young writers as a scholarship holder . In 1988 Rainer Mastutani began his training at the Munich University for Television and Film .

In 1989 he founded the production company Engram Pictures with his fellow students Harry Patramanis and Jürgen Hebstreit, for which he wrote the 30-minute short film Flight into the Night in 1989 . A commercial and industrial features followed before Matsutani achieved his first major film success in 1991 with the short film thriller Klinik des Horens (with Ulrike Folkerts ). The film received several festival awards. In 1993, with From the Realm of Shadows, another fantastic horror story followed, with which he was able to win more prizes.

In 1994 Engram Pictures, previously run as a GbR , was converted into a GmbH , with Matsutani and Hebstreit as shareholders. 1995 followed with the black comedy Nur über Meine Leiche (with Katja Riemann and Christoph M. Ohrt ), the award-winning cinema debut. After that, Matsutani concentrated mainly on working in the television sector.

He first realized in 1997 the horror anthology witching hour . This was followed by an episode of the science fiction miniseries Lexx - The Dark Zone and in 1998 the fantasy action film Firecracker - Curse of the Volcano , which he wrote together with Eckhard Vollmar . With Romantic Fighter Matsutani ventured onto the martial arts -Parkett to it in 2000 with an invitation to murder , a book written by Eckhard Vollmar remake of Rainer Erler's Last Holiday , a flawless psychological thriller to follow. 2002 followed with 666 - don't trust anyone you sleep with! a cinema work.

After that he turned to the crime scene and was responsible for two episodes of the Tatort series (2006: Das Ewig Böse mit Jan Josef Liefers , 2009: Tödliche Camouflage ) and directed three TV crime novels (2003: Die Voices , 2004: Untreu , 2005: At that time you were quiet ) with Mariele Millowitsch as chief inspector Mona Seiler.

In the area of ​​TV comedy, Matsutani directed five episodes of the Ladyland series with Anke Engelke in 2006/2007 . Other important TV works were 2007 Das Inferno - Flammen über Berlin and 2008 Das Papst-Assassatat . The movie Gangs premiered on September 25, 2009 .

He then turned to the ZDF series and directed numerous episodes by SOKO Stuttgart and Dr. Small .

Between the two TV event films Factor 8 - The day has come (2009) and In a wild country (2013), he shot the horror movie Room 205 - Do you trust yourself in? (2011). For NBC Universal he shot the international SciFi series Spides (2020), where he acted as creator, director and, for the first time, as a showrunner.

Rainer Matsutani was married to the German actress Noémi Matsutani. He is the father of three children he and his wife Sinah Matsutani have.

Awards

  • 1992 “Particularly valuable” rating from the Wiesbaden film evaluation agency for the Horror Clinic
  • 1992 Eastman Kodak Award, Hof Film Festival for Horror Clinic
  • 1993 Audience Award in the Films d'Ecoles category at the Festival d'Angers for Clinic of Horror
  • 1993 Film Award from the City of Munich for the Horror Clinic
  • 1993 at the Hamburg No Budget Festival for the Clinic of Horror
  • 1993 nomination for the German Film Prize for From the Realm of Shadows
  • 1993 “Particularly valuable” rating for From the Realm of Shadows
  • 1995 “Particularly valuable” rating for Only about my corpse
  • 1996 VGF Prize for young productions of the Bavarian Film Prize for Only about my corpse
  • 1996 Audience Award at the International Fantasy Film Festival Brussels for Only over my corpse
  • 1997 Critics' Prize (Prix de la Critique), Special Prize of the Jury (Prix Special du Jury) and Audience Prize (Prix de AudienceFun Radio) at the Gérardmer Film Festival for Nur über Meine Leiche
  • In 2006 Matsutanis participated in the German Comedy Award for “Best German Comedy” with Ladyland .

Filmography

As a director

  • 1989: Flight into the Night (short film; screenplay, director: Harry Patramanis)
  • 1991: Clinic of Horror (short film; also screenplay)
  • 1993: From the Realm of Shadows (short film; also screenplay)
  • 1995: Just about my corpse (also script)
  • 1997: Witching Hour - Elevator to the Hereafter (TV; segments: The Sleepwalker, The Houseman and Incredible But True ; also script)
  • 1997: Lexx - The Dark Zone - episode: Eating Pattern (TV)
  • 1998: Firewalker - The Curse of the Volcano (TV; also screenplay)
  • 1999: Romantic Fighter (TV)
  • 2000: Invitation to Murder (TV)
  • 2002: 666 - Don't trust anyone you sleep with! (also script)
  • 2003: The Voices (TV)
  • 2004: Unfaithful - The Voices II (TV)
  • 2005: Back then you were silent - The Voices III (TV; also screenplay)
  • 2006: Tatort - Episode: The Eternal Evil (TV; also screenplay)
  • 2006: Ladyland - Episodes: The Candidate, The Act, The Telenovela (TV)
  • 2007: Ladyland - Episodes: The biological clock, papa is coming (TV)
  • 2007: Ladyland - episodes: Fine company, mom is the best (TV)
  • 2007: The Inferno - Flames over Berlin (TV)
  • 2008: The Pope Assassination (TV)
  • 2009: Tatort - Episode: Deadly Disguise (TV)
  • 2009: gangs
  • 2009: Factor 8 - The day has come (TV)
  • 2011: Room 205 - Do you dare to go in?
  • since 2011: SOKO Stuttgart (TV; several episodes)
  • 2013: The full throttle (TV)
  • 2013: In a wild land (TV; also screenplay)
  • 2014–2019: Dr. Small (22 episodes)

As an actor

  • 1994: Followers (short film)
  • 1997: Lexx - The Dark Zone - episode: Super Nova (TV)
  • 2001: Painfully Welcome (TV), directed by Yoriku Okada
  • 2003: Violent Shit 4 - Nikos (Video)

As a showrunner

  • 2020: Spides, NBC Universal Series

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Noemi and her younger friend: "I can only recommend it". Münchner Abendzeitung, 20. May 2013, accessed June 26, 2020
  2. ↑ 1993 Prize Winner of the Festival d'Angers (accessed June 28, 2009; PDF; 32 kB)
personal data
SURNAME Matsutani, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Hockenheim