Verena S. Freytag

Verena S. Freytag (born July 31, 1973 in Stuttgart ), also known as Sülbiye Verena Günar , is a director and screenwriter .

Life

Verena S. Freytag studied directing and scriptwriting at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin from 1995 to 2001.

In 2001 she made her debut as a director with the WDR cinema co-production Karamuk , which was awarded the German Civis Media Prize for entertainment for best feature film. Her diploma film Saniyes Lust (ZDF- Kleines Fernsehspiel) was nominated for the Bernd Burgemeister Television Award in 2004 at the Munich Film Festival. In 2011, the feature film Abgebrannt was released in cinemas nationwide and received the SR-ZDF script award, the New Berlin Film Award and the Juliane Bartel media award at festivals.

Freytag has also been working as a commissioned director and screenwriter since 2006.

From 2014 to 2016, Freytag was a member of the board of directors of the Federal Association . She is a member of the German Film Academy , section directing. Freytag has been a guest lecturer for directing at the Macromedia University in Cologne since 2018.

Filmography

• 1996: Fifty Fifty
• 2000: Marie's Heart (short film)
• 2003: Karamuk
• 2004: Saniyes Lust (TV movie)
• 2006–2007: Good Times, Bad Times (TV series, 14 episodes)
• 2009: Alisa - Follow Your Heart (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2009: One for all - women can do it better (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2011: Fibrillation - Die Klinik am See (TV series, 7 episodes)
• 2011: Burned down
• 2015: Hubert and Staller (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2015: In all friendship (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2017: SOKO Munich (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2017: Großstadtrevier (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2018–2019: Family Dr. Kleist (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2019: Betty's Diagnosis (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 2019 Lindenstraße (TV series, 10 episodes)
• 2019 Notruf Hafenkante - (3 episodes, director)

Awards

1997

• Federal Short Film Award nomination for the silent film Von der Verführung

2003

• Graine du Cinephage "- Jury award at the" Films de Femmes Créteil "festival for Karamuk

2004

• German (WDR) -Civis media award for entertainment for feature film Karamuk
• Main prize of the "Center International du Film pour l´Enfance et la Jeunesse" (CIFEJ) at the Children's Film Festival Buenos Aires for Karamuk
• Main prize "Premio Linda Multicinema" at the women's film festival "Laboratorio Immagine Donna" in Florence for Saniyes Lust

2011

• SR / ZDF script award for Abgebrannt at Max Ophüls Saarbrücken
• New Berlin Film Award for Best Feature Film for Abgebrannt , Attention Berlin Film Festival
• Main prize feature film at the trinational film festival Neisse for Abgebrannt
• Preselection of the German Film Award

2012

• Juliane Bartel Prize (Lower Saxony Ministry for Social Affairs, Health and Equality) as best feature film Abgebrannt

Web links

• Verena S. Freytag in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Own presentation on www.verenasfreytag.com
• Vita on film portal