Stephan Puchner

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Stephan Puchner (born May 8, 1971 in Erlangen ) is a German-speaking writer , screenwriter and director . He lives in Munich .

life and work

Puchner grew up in Nuremberg . He is a graduate of the University of Television and Film Munich .

In the 1990s he made internationally successful short films, such as Der Sortierer with Christoph Gareisen , a homage to the expressionist silent film, which premiered in the official competition at the Cannes International Film Festival, and Flut with Rufus Beck and Rudolf Wessely , who came from the theater of the absurd Samuel Becketts remembers.

In 1996 Stephan Puchner worked as Bernd Eichinger's assistant director for " Das Mädchen Rosemarie . From 1997 to 1998, as a project developer and producer for Constantin Film , he was responsible for the script development of numerous television and cinema films for the producer Bernd Eichinger . Since 1998 Stephan Puchner has been a freelance writer and dramaturge." As a screenwriter he wrote films such as Pornorama by Marc Rothemund and Musica Cubana - the sons of Buena Vista (together with German Kral ), which Wim Wenders produced and which premiered at the Venice International Film Festival .

Stephan Puchner has been teaching script and dramaturgy at the University of Television and Film Munich since 2002 .

In 2008 his debut novel Nebelheim was published by Verlag Hoffmann und Campe. Due to its linguistic and narrative qualities, some critics put it on a par with the works of Umberto Eco , Daniel Kehlmann and Stefan Zweig .

Awards

Puchner's short films have received numerous international awards, including the

  • Hessian Film Prize , a * special prize "for innovation and visual language" of the Bilbao International Short Film Festival, a
  • Nomination for the German Short Film Award , the
  • Munich Film Award and the
  • Silver Plaque Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Literary works

Works as a director

  • 1992: The sorter with Christoph Gareisen
  • 1994: Flood with Rudolf Wessely and Rufus Beck
  • 1995: Palumbina - a trivial romance
  • 1996: German Classics , television documentary, 48 min. For Bernd Eichinger / Constantin Film on behalf of SAT 1

Works as a screenwriter

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tobias Kniebe : With Wim Wenders under Golden Palms , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of May 20, 1993
  2. ↑ Tobias Kniebe : In Eternal Twilight , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of November 28, 1994
  3. ↑ Lutz Bunk: The King as an Idiot , in: Deutschlandradio Kultur, Radiofeuilleton, review of January 2, 2009
  4. ↑ Looking back , in: Frankfurter Rundschau of November 8, 1993
  5. ↑ Three men and their babies , in: Süddeutsche Zeitung of September 20, 1995
personal data
SURNAME Puchner, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 8, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH gain