Ralf Kukula

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Ralf Kukula (born May 21, 1962 in Dresden ) is a German filmmaker and director.

Life

In addition to his Abitur, Ralf Kukula took an evening course in painting and graphics at the Dresden University of Fine Arts . From 1981 he worked in the DEFA studio for animated films . In 1984 he began studying at the Konrad Wolf Academy of Film and Television in Babelsberg , which he graduated in 1987 as an animator . From 1991 to 1998 he worked as a freelance filmmaker. In 1990 he was one of the founders of the Saxony Film Association and was its chairman for ten years. In 1993 he was involved in founding the German Institute for Animated Film . From 1993 to 2002 he acted as a reviewer and assessor at the Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden .

In 1999, he and Grit Wißkirchen founded Balance Film GmbH (including Die Sandmanzen ) in Dresden, of which he is a partner and managing director. Kukula is Deputy Board Member of the DEFA Foundation and head of the animation class at the Jugend & KunstSchule Dresden. He is a member and, since October 2015, deputy secretary of the Fine Arts and Film class of the Saxon Academy of the Arts .

Ralf Kukula lives and works in Dresden.

Movies

  • 1995 The Reconquest - screenplay, camera, direction, editing
  • 1999 Adventure with Fix and Fax - The Flying Present - co-director
  • 2000 Heinrich the Säger - co-producer
  • 2001 Passion Fatale - production management, editing
  • 2003 You save yourself the trip to Venice (short film; with Ray van Zeschau ) - script, direction, camera
  • 2003 Tigel and Iger - producer
  • 2004 Die Eisbaderin - producer
  • 2005 I think he was a bit rebellious ... (documentary) - director
  • 2005 Wutz & Wiebke - producer
  • 2006 - 2013 Die Sandmanzen (children's cartoon series ) - director
  • 2007 The Green Vault Rebirth of the Saxon Treasury (documentary) - script, director, camera
  • 2007 Masha, the Cat and the Little Elephant (short animation film) - producer
  • 2008 How was that, Veronika (short film) - director
  • 2009 My First Wedding (short film) - director
  • 2009 What remains - post-war modern architecture in Dresden (documentary) - director, camera
  • 2009 Oktoberfilm - Dresden 1989 (documentary) - director
  • 2010 The man who still believed in the rattle stork - director
  • 2010 Klotz und Kiesel (animation short film) - director, camera
  • 2011 Alois Nebel (CZ, SK, D 2011) - co-producer
  • 2013 Hansel and Gretel (short animation film) - director
  • 2013 The beautiful Anna-Lena (animation short film) - director
  • 2013 My life as a cosmonaut (animadoc film) - producer
  • 2013 Fred and Anabel (animated short film) - director
  • 2019 Fritzi - Eine Wendewundergeschichte (animated film) - Director

Awards (selection)

  • 2009 Pulcinella Award from the Cartoons on the Bay festival
  • 2010 Cyber ​​Sousa Award
  • 2013 Murnau Short Film Award

Publications

DVD

  • What remains - post-war modern architecture in Dresden , 2009
  • The Green Vault - The Saxon Treasury - Dresden , 2009
  • The new Dresden - On the trail of a loss , 2008

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Kukula, Ralf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German filmmaker and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden