Andreas Dresen

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Andreas Dresen
Andreas Dresen at Berlinale 2022.jpg
Dresen at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival, 2022
Born (1963-08-16) 16 August 1963 (age 60)
Gera, East Germany
(now Germany)
OccupationFilm director
Years active1989–present

Andreas Dresen (born 16 August 1963) is a German film director. His directing credits include Cloud 9 , Summer in Berlin , Grill Point and Night Shapes. His film Stopped on Track premiered at the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, [1] [2] where it won the Prize of Un Certain Regard. [3] Dresen is known for his realistic style, which gives his films a semi-documentary feel. He works very teamoriented and heavily uses improvisation. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival. [4]

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Early life and education

Dresen was born in Gera. From 1984-85 Dresen worked as a sound engineer for the Schwerin Theatre. From 1984-1986 he was a trainee at East Germany's DEFA Studio for Feature Films as an assistant director to Günter Reisch. Between 1989-91 he studied directing at the Konrad Wolf College of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg and was a Master student in Günter Reisch's class at the Berlin Art Academy. [5]

Career

Starting in 1985, Dresen directed several short films, documentaries, and films for television, and wrote screenplays. [5]

Filmography

Documentaries

Awards

German Awards

  • German Film Critics Association Awards
o 1999: Best feature film for Night Shapes
o 2003: Best feature film for Grill Point
  • Bavarian Film Award
o 2003: Director's Award for Grill Point
o 2006: Director's Award for Summer in Berlin
  • Hessian Film Award
o 1992: for Stilles Land
  • Grimme-Award
o 2001: Adolf-Grimme-Award in Gold for Policewoman
o 2011: Grimme-Award, Section Information and Kultur, for the artistic direction of 20 x Brandenburg
  • Fernsehfilm-Festival Baden-Baden
o 2000: Hauptpreis für Policewoman
  • German Film Award
o 1999: Nominated for the Film Award in Gold for Extraordinary Achievements in Directing for Night Shapes
o 2002: Film Award in Silber for Grill Point
o 2002: Nominated for the Film Award for Extraordinary Achievements in Directing for Grill Point
o 2009: Best Director for Cloud 9
  • German Television Award
o 2001: Award for best Director for Policewoman
  • Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney
o 1999: Nominated for the Film Award for Night Shapes
  • 1992: German Film Critics Award
  • 2007: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

International Awards

  • International Children's and Youth Filmfestival
o 1998: Lucas for the age group 12- and 13 for Changing Skins
  • Max-Ophüls-Award
o 1995: Sponsorship Award for Feature Film for Mein unbekannter Ehemann
  • International Filmfestival Berlin
o 1999: Nominated for the Golden Bear for Night Shapes
o 2002: Silver Bear of the jury for Grill Point
  • Montréal Film Festival
o 2000: Nominated for the Grand Prix for Policewoman
  • International Filmfestival Flandern
o 2002: Silver Spur for Grill Point
  • Chicago International Film Festival
o 2002: Silver Hugo – Best Director for Grill Point
  • European Film Award
o 2002: Nominated for Best Director for Grill Point
o 2008: Nominated for Best Director for Cloud 9
  • International Film Festival of Cannes
o 2008: Coup de coeur du jury for Grill Point
o 2011: Prix Un Certain Regard for Stopped on Track
  • International Filmfestival Karlovy Vary
o 2009: Best Director for Whiskey with Vodka

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References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  2. ↑ "Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup". guardian.co.uk. London. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2011.
  3. ↑ Leffler, Rebecca (21 May 2011). "Un Certain Regard Announces Top Prizes (Cannes 2011)". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2011.
  4. ↑ "The International Jury 2013". Berlinale. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Andreas Dresen - Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. n.d. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
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