Walter Steffen

Walter Steffen (born March 9, 1955 in Oberstdorf ) is a German film director , screenwriter and producer.

Life

After graduating from high school, Walter Steffen initially worked as a hut keeper, port and factory worker, land surveyor, trucker and film lighting fixture. He toured Europe, North and Central America, Arabia, North Africa and Asia. He was the director of a theater group, wrote plays, scripts, short stories and short stories and made Super 8 short films at an early age .

In 1981 Walter Steffen completed an internship in the Schauburg (Munich) , afterwards an internship at the television production Die Cause , directed by Michael Verhoeven and with Otto Sander in the lead role. This was followed by other activities in film and television productions as a driver, lighting technician , production and assistant director .

Since 1985 Walter Steffen has worked as a freelance author and director for industrial, training and image films. He also makes his own fictional short films with international festival participations and awards (Bilbao, Trondheim, Locarno). Walter Steffen has been writing scripts for film and television since 1991, with co-author Manfred Birkl until 2002 .

As an author, director and producer, he has been making documentaries since 2007, which he brings to the cinemas as a self-lender.

Walter Steffen is married and has three sons. Today he lives and works at Lake Starnberg .

Filmography

Feature films (as screenwriter and director):

1985: GANZ, short film (script, direction, production)
1986: Herzlaub & Rosenwind, short film ( script , direction, production)

1991: GAS, short film (script, direction, production with Manfred Birkl)

1993: Love, Art and Cows, TV film (screenplay with Manfred Birkl)

1995: Eldorado, TV film (screenplay with Manfred Birkl)

1996: Naked in a convertible, TV film (screenplay with Manfred Birkl)

1997: Weekend with Leiche, TV film (screenplay with Manfred Birkl)

2001: Edel & Starck (TV series, development & screenplay with Manfred Birkl), until 2002

2002: The Curse of the Black Swan, TV film (screenplay with Manfred Birkl)

2003: Natalie - Babystrich Ostblock, TV film (screenplay with Manfred Birkl)

2013: Mina's Mädel, TV film (screenplay), until 2016

Documentaries (as writer, director and producer):

2007: Bulldogs
2009: Netz & Würm
2010: stuff & work
2011: Seeshaupt terminus
2011: Gradaus Beside
2013: Munich in India
2013: Truffle hunt in 5Seenland
2014: Bavaria Vista Club
2015: Happy Welcome
2017: Drive ma obi on the water

Awards

2010: Tassilo Prize , awarded by Süddeutsche Zeitung
2011: Citizens' Culture Prize of the Weilheim-Schongau district
2011: terminus Seeshaupt is in the archives of Yad Vashem added
2012: The German Film and Media Review records in December last stop Seeshaupt a documentary of the month from