Anno Saul (born 14 November 1963) is a German screenwriter and film director.

Biography

Born in

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, the son of a physician, Saul studied at the Peter-Joerres-Gymnasium in

Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler () is a spa town in the German States of Germany, Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate that serves as the Capital (political), capital of the Ahrweiler (district), Ahrweiler district. The Bundesautobahn 61, A61 motorway conn ...

and afterwards, graduating from the

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, and then, from 1985 to 1990, filmed a feature film at the University of Television and Film Munich. In 1987, he created a

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teleplay. In 1991, Saul received the Max Ophüls film festival prize for the film ''Unter Freunden''. After several television films, he filmed his feature film debut, ''Grüne Wüste'' ("Green Desert"), in 1998 with Martina Gedeck. After his television film ''Novizin'', he directed his second feature film, '' Kebab Connection'', based on a book by Fatih Akin, Ruth Thoma and Jan Berger. In 2006, he directed the movie '' Where Is Fred?'' with

Til Schweiger Tilman Valentin Schweiger (; born 19 December 1963) is a German actor and filmmaker. He became known in the 1990s for films such as '' Manta, Manta'', '' Der bewegte Mann'' and '' Knockin' on Heaven's Door''. He went on to star in international ...

, Jürgen Vogel, Christoph Maria Herbst, and Alexandra Maria Lara. This was followed in 2009 by the mystery thriller '' The Door'' with

Mads Mikkelsen Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (; born 22 November 1965) is a Danish actor. He rose to fame in Denmark as an actor for his roles such as Tonny in the first two films of the Pusher (film series), ''Pusher'' film trilogy (1996, 2004), Detective Sergea ...

, Jessica Schwarz, and Thomas Thieme. In 2013, he also directed the comedy ''Therapy Crashers'' with Marie Bäumer, Milan Peschel, Fahri Yardım, and Josefine Preuß. Saul was a lecturer at the

Internationale Filmschule Köln The ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh (''international film school cologne'') is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW. In the German film school ranki ...

. Since 2010, he has been a full member of the board of directors of the

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in the field of directing. He lives in

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Awards

* 1991: Max-Ophüls-Preis for ''Unter Freunden'' * Publikumspreis at the Cinequest Film Festival in

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, United States, for ''Grüne Wüste'' * 2010: Hauptpreis "Best Picture" at the Tromsø International Film Festival for ''The Door'' * 2010: "Le Grand Prix" at the Festival international du film fantastique de Gérardmer for ''The Door'' * 2010: The "Silver Melias" at the

Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival The Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF), previously named Brussels International Festival of Fantastic Film (, ) was created in 1983 as a venue for horror, thriller and science fiction films. It takes place in Brussels, eve ...

for ''The Door''

Filmography

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* 1990: ''Unter Freunden'' (short) * 1996: ''Und morgen fängt das Leben an'' (TV film) * 1997: ''Alte Liebe, alte Sünde'' (TV film) * 1998: ''Blind Date – Flirt mit Folgen'' (TV film) * 1998: ''Zur Zeit zu zweit'' (TV film) * 1999: ''Grüne Wüste'' * 2002: ''Die Novizin'' (TV film) * 2005: '' Kebab Connection'' * 2006: '' Where Is Fred?'' * 2007–2014: '' Der Kommissar und das Meer'' (TV series, 7 episodes, including pilot) * 2009: '' The Door'' * 2011–2015: ''Reiff für die Insel'' (TV series, 3 episodes, including pilot) * 2014: ''Therapy Crashers'' * 2013–2018: ''Nord Nord Mord'' (TV series, 5 episodes) * 2016–2017: ''München Mord'' (TV series, 3 episodes) * 2019: ''

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'' (TV series, 6 episodes)

References

External links

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