Thorsten Trimpop

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Thorsten Trimpop
Born
Lüdenscheid, Germany
Occupation(s)Director, writer, cinematographer, producer
Years active2002–present

Thorsten Trimpop is a German-American documentary filmmaker and professor. [1] [2] [3] He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019. [4]

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Life and career

Thorsten was born in Lüdenscheid, Germany. [5] He is an alum of University of Siegen and the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg. [5]

In 2016, Thorsten's directed the documentary film, Furusato, which premiered at DOK Leipzig and won the Golden Dove Award. [6] He taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [7] [8] He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Critical Media Practices at the University of Colorado Boulder. [1]

The Irrational Remains

Thorsten wrote and directed his first feature documentary, The Irrational Remains (German: Der irrationale Rest), shot on 35mm. [9] The film tells the story of three young friends from East Berlin, two of whom attempted to escape the GDR only to be caught and imprisoned in 1987. [10] Sixteen years later, the trio, all of whom remained in Berlin after the wall fell but never tried to find one another, are finally ready to see each other again. As they take turns telling their stories, they return to their pasts—the frontier forest through which they fled, the prison cells in which they were tortured—and confront feelings of betrayal, by their country, their families, and each other. [11] The viewer is left to judge for his or herself the motivations and justifications of the three protagonists. Thorsten was still in film school when The Irrational Remains premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2006, where it won the International Federation of Film Societies prize. [12] It had a cinematic release in Germany and screened at the Vienna International Film Festival, Marseille International Film Festival, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and more. [13]

Personal life

Thorsten lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife, the art critic Megan O’Grady. [14]

Filmography

YearTitleContributionNote
2002Swimming UndergroundDirectorDocumentary short
2003The Last DayDirector and writerDocumentary short
2006The Irrational RemainsDirector and writerDocumentary
200824 Hours BerlinDirectorDocumentary
2016FurusatoDirector, writer, cinematographer and producerDocumentary

Awards and nominations

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
1997Won Berlin International Film Festival Don Quixote AwardThe Irrational Remains [15]
2016Won Dok Leipzig Golden Dove AwardFurusato [6]

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  6. 1 2 "Thorsten Trimpop wins Golden Dove grand prize at Leipzig Festival". news.mit.edu. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  7. ↑ "In January, 29 Garden Blooms". thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
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  13. ↑ "15 German documentaries in Marseille". cineuropa.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  14. ↑ "Megan O'Grady, Thorsten Trimpop". The New York Times . Retrieved 2024-01-15.
  15. ↑ "THE JURIES AND THE AWARDS" (PDF). berlinale.de. Retrieved 2024-01-15.


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