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- Life and work
- Filmography (select)
- Awards and prizes
- References
- External links
Edward Berger (born 1970 in Wolfsburg) is a German director and screenwriter. Life and work Edward Berger graduated from Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Wolfsburg.[1] He attended the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig from 1990 to 1991 and then transferred to the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, where he finished his studies in directing in 1994.[2] At NYU, he created numerous short films, which were screened at many international film festivals. He gathered his first work experience at the U.S. Independent Production company Good Machine, working, among others, on the films of Ang Lee und Todd Haynes. Additionally, Edward Berger gave lectures and carried out workshops at Columbia University, and at Universität der Künste Berlin[3] and at the HFF Potsdam. Edward Berger has been living in Berlin since 1997. His first feature based on his own screenplay was Gomez. He also worked as a screenplay author and director for episodes of the television series KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst. Aside from television productions, for which Edward Berger frequently wrote screenplays, he has also directed films. In 2012, his film Ein guter Sommer was awarded the Grimme-Preis. His film Jack was invited for the Berlinale 2014 and awarded the 2015 German Film Prize in silver for the best feature film. Since August 2014, Berger has directed the first five episodes of the eight-part television series Deutschland 83 for UFA Fiction, which premiered at 2015 Berlinale in the section Berlinale Special. Filmography (select) - 1998: Gomez – Kopf oder Zahl (screenplay author and director)
- 2001: Frau2 sucht HappyEnd (screenplay author and director)
- 2001, 2002: Schimanski (crime series; directed two episodes)
- 2004: Bloch (television series; directed the episode Schwestern )
- 2005, 2006: Unter Verdacht (television series; screenplay author for two episodes; directed one episode)
- 2006: Tatort (crime series; directed the episode Das letzte Rennen)
- 2007: Windland (television film; director)
- 2008: KDD – Kriminaldauerdienst (crime series; director of three episodes and book with two episodes)
- 2010: Polizeiruf 110 (crime series; screenplay author and director of the episode Aquarius)
- 2011: Ein guter Sommer (television film, (screenplay author and director)
- 2012: Mutter muss weg (television film; director)
- 2013: Tatort (crime series; director of the episode Wer das Schweigen bricht)
- 2014: Jack (screenplay author and director)
- 2015: Deutschland 83 (television series)
- 2018: The Terror (television series)
- 2018: Patrick Melrose (television series)
- 2019: All My Loving
Awards and prizes - 1998: Winner of the Film Prize of the City Lünen at the Kinofest Lünen for Gomez – Kopf oder Zahl
- 2000: Variety Award „Ten European Directors To Watch“ for Frau2 sucht HappyEnd
- 2003: Nomination for the Adolf-Grimme-Preis for the episode Asyl – crime series Schimanski
- 2004: Nomination for the International Emmy Award for the episode Asyl – crime series Schimanski
- 2012: Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Ein guter Sommer
- 2013: Nomination for the Adolf-Grimme-Preis for Mutter muss weg
- 2013: Nomination for the Hamburger Krimipreis for Mutter muss weg
- 2014: Audience Prize at the filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Schwerin for Jack
- 2014: Audience Prize at the Festival of German Film in Ludwigshafen for Jack
- 2014: Prize for the best screenplay at the Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival in Starnberg for Jack
- 2014: Filmfest Lünen, School Children aged 10+ Prize, "Jack"
- 2014: Deutscher Regiepreis Metropolis for best film Jack
- 2015: Bavarian Film Prize for "Jack", VGF Bester Nachwuchsproduzent
- 2015: TV-Festival Séries Mania Paris, Best World Drama, "Deutschland 83"
- 2015: European Youth Film Festival of Flanders, Best Feature Film, "Jack"
- 2015: Nomination for the German Film Prize Lola in the categories Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Feature Film for "Jack"
- 2015: German Film Prize in Silver for the Best Feature Film for "Jack"
References 1. ^Tatort: Wolfsburger als Regisseur erfolgreich. Wolfsburger Allgemeine Zeitung, retrieved, 29 April 2015
2. ^Edward Bergers Profil bei der Agentur Die Agenten, retrieved, 20 January 2014
3. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.soup-film.de/director/0/55/vita |title=Vita Edward Berger |publisher=Soup Film |access-date=20 January 2014 }}
External links - {{Official website|http://www.edwardberger.de/}}
- {{IMDb name|0074163}}
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