Sebastian Winkels

Sebastian Winkels (* 1968 in the Kleve district ) is a German director, dramaturge and cameraman.

Life

After various internships in the film industry, in 1996 he began studying camera at the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television in Potsdam- Babelsberg . In addition to filmmaking, he has been working as a freelance dramaturge for documentary film productions since 2005, giving seminars at universities and film schools and serving as a mentor for creative documentary films in DocLabs and workshops. He has two children and lives in Berlin .

honors and awards

• 2015 nomination for the German Film Critics' Prize for Not Swallowing Everything - A Film About Crises and Psychotropic Drugs (together with Jana Kalms, Piet Stolz)
• 2005 Robert Geisendörfer Prize in the television category for writing and directing by 7 brothers.
• 2005 Award of the House of Documentary Film (HDF) for 7 brothers
• 2003 Young Talent Award from the DEFA Foundation

Filmography (direction / selection)

• 1997: Volles Rohr (documentary, 29 min)
• 2000: Hare and Hedgehog (short film)
• 2001: Upper room (short film)
• 2001: Partie lento (short film)
• 2002: Inner-Outer Mongolia (documentary, 21 min)
• 2003: 7 Brothers (documentary, 86 min)
• 2004: Falling Grace (short film)
• 2006: 3 Island Diaries (short film)
• 2007: The herb garden of Java (documentation, 52 min)
• 2015: My beautiful life (Don't swallow everything) (documentary, 84 min)
• 2017: Talking Money (documentary, 85 min)

Web links

• Sebastian angle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sebastian Winkels at filmportal.de
• Biography with the DEFA Foundation until 2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Career
2. ↑ http://www.vdfk.de/392-preistrager-2015
3. ↑ http://www.robert-geisendoerfer-preis.de/archiv/2004/preisverleihung.html
4. ↑ https://www.presseportal.de/pm/7840/686275
5. ↑ http://www.defa-stiftung.de/DesktopDefault.aspx?TabID=672