Thomas Freundner

Thomas Freundner (* 1961 in Dülmen ) is a German film director and screenwriter .

Life

Freundner studied at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts , where he graduated in 1989 with a degree in film. This was followed by a master’s degree and from 1992 to 1994 a degree in directing in the advanced film course at the University of Hamburg . During his studies, Freundner made several short and documentary films. His documentary Sehnsucht nach Bitterfeld received the audience award at the documentary film festival Nyon in 1992 . His children's short film The Undead from the First Floor was awarded the Golden Sparrow in Gera in 1995 .

Thomas Freundner has directed television films for various German broadcasters since 1996 , including numerous episodes of Tatort . For the HR crime scene heart failure , Freundner was awarded the Adolf Grimme Prize 2005 and the German Television Crime Prize. In 2005 he was allowed to enter himself in the Golden Book of the Schwielowsee community . The film Das gutte Glück , produced for Südwestrundfunk , received the TV beaver at the Biberach Film Festival 2010. Freundner wrote the script himself for some of his films, such as the comedies Bettis Bescherung and Juli mit Delfin .

Thomas Freundner is married to the German actress Kathrin Freundner and has three daughters.

Filmography

• 1992: Longing for Bitterfeld
• 1994: The undead from the first floor
• 1996: The airport clinic
• 1997: SOS Barracuda
• 1997: Tatort - The Devil
• 1998: Tatort - Fallen Angels
• 1999: dream woman with side effects
• 2000: Tatort - deployment in Leipzig
• 2000: Tatort - Of cops and bears
• 2001: The Soloist - No Man's Land
• 2001: Crime scene - cloudy water
• 2001: Tatort - funeral mass
• 2002: Tatort - Dance of Death
• 2003: Days of the Storm
• 2003: crime scene - fathers
• 2004: Tatort - Heart Failure (also screenplay)
• 2005: Crime Scene - Deep Case
• 2006: Bettis Bescherung (also screenplay)
• 2006: The Unclean Mark (also screenplay)
• 2007: Tatort - The Dark Side (also screenplay)
• 2008: July with Delfin (also screenplay)
• 2009: Tatort - The girl Galina
• 2009: Snow White
• 2010: shared happiness
• 2011: Tatort - death of a teacher (also screenplay)
• 2012: Tatort - Dead Earth (also screenplay)
• Since 2013: Everything Klara
• 2015–2016: Matterns Revier
• 2017: Chaos Queens - A problem for every solution
• 2019: Billy Kuckuck - A good mother

Awards

• 1992: Audience award at the Nyon documentary film festival for longing for Bitterfeld
• 1995: Goldener Spatz , short film award for The Undead from the first floor
• 2005: Nominated for the German Television Award as best crime series for the scene: heart failure
• 2005: Adolf Grimme Prize for Tatort: ​​Heart Failure
• 2005: German television crime prize for crime scene: heart failure
• 2010: Prize of the Russian Cultural Center at the Children's and Youth Film Festival Art Amphora in Sofia , Bulgaria, for Snow White
• 2010: TV beaver of the Biberach film festival for Das shared Glück

Web links

• Thomas Freundner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Thomas Freundner at the Players agency

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hamburg Media School - The film graduates: Thomas Freundner ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 27, 2010 
2. ↑ Adolf Grimme Prize - Crime Scene: Heart Failure ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed January 27, 2010 
3. ↑ Not just for sleeping in Caputh. Potsdam Latest News of March 26, 2005
4. ^ "Snow White" is the winner of the Art Amphora Children's and Youth Film Festival in Bulgaria , Bavaria Film press release from October 7, 2010