Simone Wendel

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Simone Wendel (* 1974 in Bad Dürkheim ) is a German documentary filmmaker , director , film producer and art director .

Life

Simone Wendel trained as a show advertising designer at Appelrath-Cüpper in Mannheim from 1992 to 1995 . In 1998 she began to study communication design in Mannheim and Darmstadt . In 2004 she successfully completed her studies. During her studies, she worked as a freelance writer, director, producer and communication designer. Her first documentary, commissioned for the German Architecture Museum to Friedensreich Hundertwasser ( ". Eleven architects Friedensreich Hundertwasser A Sunday Architect"), was released in 2005. That same year she founded as Managing Project Gold - filmmaker , an author - and production team , the commissions of various Produces genres and formats, but also carries out self-initiated projects.

In 2006 she was the producer of the short film The First Angel with Ralf Herforth and Heinz Werner Kraehkamp. In 2010 the short film and experimental thriller The Short Case of Record 12 / Record 12 with Meret Becker , Iris Böhm and Richard van Weyden was released , which she directed and produced. In 2014 and 2016 Projekt Gold implemented the film portrait series Mannheim - Projekt Gold , which presents 9 short film portraits about creative people from Mannheim and was created in cooperation with the economic development of the city of Mannheim.

Simone Wendel's first feature documentary Kings of Kallstadt was released in 2014 in coproduction with SWR and Arte . In addition, Kings of Kallstadt was accompanied by producer Kathleen Glynn as a mentor and consulting producer. The film introduces Simone Wendel's hometown Kallstadt in the Palatinate , from which the Donald Trumps family and the father of Henry John Heinz also come. Simone Wendel interviewed Donald Trump in the Trump Tower , where Trump was proud of his German roots. Kings of Kallstadt has received several awards, including the Roger Ebert Prize at the Traverse City Film Festival by American director Michael Moore .

Simone Wendel lives and works in Mannheim .

Filmography

  • Eleven architects on Friedensreich Hundertwasser. A Sunday Architect (2005)
  • The First Angel (Mario A. Conte) (2006)
  • The black rose or how Mr. Fossenrath tried not to change the world (directed by Mario A. Conte) (2008)
  • Safari FRG (2007-2009)
  • The Short case of Record 12 / Record12 (2009, 2010)
  • Suizid Spenger (Art Director) (2010)
  • artscoutone - Art - Parcour - Mannheim (2011)
  • The City of Founding (2012)
  • Mannheim - Project Gold , Season 1 & 2 (2014 and 2016)
  • Mannheim entrepreneurship award winning films (2016, 2017, 2018)
  • Maifeld Derby - Aftermovie (Direction Donni Schönemond) (2017)
  • Lights out (music video, directed by Niels Reinhard) (2017)
  • Kings of Kallstadt (2014)
  • The Fraunhofer President - Prof. Neugebauer (2017)
  • Together. The end. (Directed by Sven Münstermann) (2018)

Participation in film competitions

  • California Independent Film Festival with The First Angel
  • Jupiter TV Award International Competition with The First Angel
  • Shocking Shorts Award with The First Angel
  • Scoop ideas competition between Axel Springer and Safari BRD
  • California Independent Film Festival with The Short Case of Record 12
  • Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis 2009 with Record 12
  • Documentary ideas competition of Bavarian Radio with Kings of Kallstadt

Awards

  • Hans W. Geißendörfer Young Talent Award for The First Angel
  • Special Jury Award Rautger Hauers Filmfestival for The Short Case of Record 12
  • At the golden Hirsch Audience Award for The Short Case of Record 12
  • Joseph Binder Award , Design Austria for the local plan design project
  • Shorts at Moonlight Audience Award for Suizid Spengler
  • ClipAward audience award with Suizid Spengler
  • For the golden stag audience award with Suizid Spengler
  • Roger Ebert Prize - Michael Moore Traverse City Film Festival for Kings of Kallstadt

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ project-gold-1. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Created by: Mannheim Project Gold - FILMPORTAITS. Retrieved August 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wendel, Simone
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German documentary filmmaker, director, film producer and art director
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Dürkheim