Ulrich Köhler (director)
Ulrich Köhler (born December 15, 1969 in Marburg ) is a German film director from the Berlin School .
Life
When Köhler was five years old, his parents moved to Africa. He grew up in Zaire until he was nine years old , where his parents worked as development workers. The move to a small town in Hesse was a tough turning point for him and his siblings. From 1989 to 1991 he studied art in Quimper , France , then philosophy and visual communication at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts . After studying, which he finished in 1998, he made short films. In 2002 the feature film Bungalow was shown in the Panorama of the Berlin International Film Festival . In 2005 he made the feature film Monday come the windows . In 2011 he was awarded the prize for best director ( Silver Bear ) at the Berlin International Film Festival for the feature film Sleeping Sickness .
Köhler lives with the director Maren Ade in Berlin, the couple have two children.
Filmography
- 1993: Feldstrasse (3 min, Super 8 , color)
- 1996: Epoxy (6 min, 16 mm , paint, together with Nina Könnemann)
- 1997: Starsky (short film)
- 1997: Maria Tokyo (5 min, 16 mm, color)
- 1998: Palü (6 min, color, together with Jochen Dehn)
- 1998: Rakete (10 min, 16 mm, color, together with Nina Könnemann)
- 1999/2000: White Calf ( installation , 5 min, DV / 16 mm, color, together with Jeanne Faust )
- 2002: Bungalow (85 min, 35 mm , color)
- 2006: Monday come the windows (88 min, 35 mm, color)
- 2011: sleeping sickness
- 2018: In My Room
Awards
- 2011: Award for best director ( Silver Bear ) of the Berlin International Film Festival for sleeping sickness
- 2011: Art Award of the German Film Festival for Sleeping Sickness
Web links
- Ulrich Köhler in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ulrich Köhler at filmportal.de
- Ulrich Köhler: Why I don't make political films.
- Sleeping sickness Berlin International Film Festival
- Ulrich Köhler's sleeping sickness ( memento from May 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://mediathek.rbb-online.de/radio/Kulturradio-am-Morgen/Ulrich-K%C3%B6hler-Regisseur/kulturradio/Audio?bcastId=9839110&documentId=57357040
- ↑ Sleeping sickness ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 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. by Ulrich Köhler on www.arte.tv including a short biography
- ↑ Prizes & Awards 2011 Berlin International Film Festival
- ↑ https://mediathek.rbb-online.de/radio/Kulturradio-am-Morgen/Ulrich-K%C3%B6hler-Regisseur/kulturradio/Audio?bcastId=9839110&documentId=57357040
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Koehler, Ulrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | 15th December 1969 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg |