Uli Edel

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Ulrich Edel (born April 11, 1947 in Neuenburg am Rhein ) is a German television and film director . His best-known films include Christiane F. - Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (1981), Last Exit Brooklyn (1989) and The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).

Career

Uli Edel attended the Jesuit boarding school at St. Blasien from 1957 to 1966 . After studying theater studies , Edel was accepted at the University of Television and Film in Munich . There he met Bernd Eichinger . They worked together on their exercise films and shared a fascination with both Nouvelle Vague and neorealism and mainstream American movies . At the same time he took acting lessons and became interested in the theories of Stanislavski and Strasberg . After graduation, he worked withDouglas Sirk and has directed two television productions .

In 1980 Edel worked with Bernd Eichinger ( production ) and Herman Weigel ( screenplay ) on the true story of drug addict Christiane F. The film, titled Christiane F. - We Children from Bahnhof Zoo , was released the following year and was both national and international a great international success. Six years later they worked together again and produced another success: Last Exit to Brooklyn (Last Exit To Brooklyn) with Stephen Lang and Jennifer Jason Leigh , based on the novel by Hubert Selby .

In 2002 Edel directed the international two-part television production Julius Caesar , which, with a budget of 20 million US dollars, became one of the most expensive television films ever. In 2004 he directed the two-part television series Die Nibelungen , based on the Nibelungen saga . In 2007 Edel shot the Stefan Aust film Der Baader Meinhof Complex for producer Bernd Eichinger . In 2009, the film was nominated as the official German contribution for the Oscar in the category Best Foreign Language Film and for the Golden Globe Award .

In the summer of 2009, Uli Edel directed the filming of the film times change you in Berlin, based on the autobiographical book by the rapper Bushido . The producer was again Bernd Eichinger; the film premiered on February 3, 2010 in Berlin.

From June 13 to September 29, 2012, he shot the lavish three-part Das Adlon on 76 days for a total of € 10 million on behalf of ZDF . A family saga with Heino Ferch and Marie Bäumer in the leading roles. The film aired on January 6, 7 and 9, 2013.

Awards

In 1990, Edel was awarded the Bavarian and German Film Awards in the Best Director category for his film Last Exit Brooklyn . In 2009 he received another nomination in this category for his work on Der Baader Meinhof Complex .

Filmography

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Times are changing: Bushido comes to the cinema at Spielfilm.de on July 21, 2009
  2. Jump up ↑ Bushido Times Are Changing Movie Reviews from August 8, 2009
  3. ↑ Background report on the shooting in TV Movie 1/2013, p. 18 ff.
  4. ↑ cf. German Film Award: An overview of the nominations at welt.de, March 13, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Noble, Uli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Edel, Ulrich (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German television and film director
DATE OF BIRTH April 11, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel on the Rhine