André Erkau (born 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Life and work
Born in
Dortmund
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, Erkau grew up in
Bremen
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. After he completed his actor's training, he worked for theatre and TV. In 2001, he began to study film direction at the
Academy of Media Arts in
Cologne
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. He finished his study in 2005 with his diploma-movie ''
37 ohne Zwiebeln''. This short film won more than twenty film awards and was in 2006 one of Germany's most successful short films. His first cine film, ''Come In and Burn Out'', also received awards.
Selected filmography
*1993: ''
Nicht von schlechten Eltern'' (German TV series, actor)
*2001: ''fabrixx'' (German TV series, actor)
*2003: ''Verkauftes Land'' (German TV movie, actor)
*2006: ''
37 ohne Zwiebeln'' (direction, screenplay, producer)
*2008: ' (''Selbstgespräche''), (direction, screenplay)
*2011: ''
Alive and Ticking'' (actor)
*2011: ' (direction, screenplay)
*2012: ''
Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge'' (direction)
*2014: ''
Tatort - Wahre Liebe'' (German TV series, direction)
*2015: ''Winnetous Sohn'' (direction)
*2015: ''Tatort - Schwanensee'' (German TV series, direction, screenplay)
Awards and nominations
*''37 ohne Zwiebeln'' (2006)
:- 2006: Winner of the
Audience Award in the category Hanse Short at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival
:- 2006: Winner of the Audience Award and Best short Film award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in
Saarbrücken
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:- 2006: Winner of the ProSieben Young Directors Award in the category Best Director at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools
:- 2006: Winner of the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award in the category Best Screenplay at the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award
*''Come In and Burn Out'' (2008)
:- 2008: Winner of the Max Ophüls Award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken
*''Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge'' (2012)
:- 2012: Nominated for the ''Best German Language Feature Film'' at
Zürich Film Festival
:- 2014: Nominated for the ''Best German Film'' at the
Jupiter Awards
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Film people from Dortmund
Mass media people from North Rhine-Westphalia