Benjamin Eicher (born 31 March 1974 in

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) is a

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famous for his

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sequel ''Dei Mudder Sei Gesicht II'' and further feature-length

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comedies. His company Los Banditos Films, founded in 2000 together with , produces controversial movies with stylistic influences from American and French film. Lately they concentrate on filming in Street Gangster Movies. ''Dei Mudder Sei Gesicht I – III'' and ''Schaffe schaffe Scheiße baue'' are said to be Germany's most-watched underground movies. In addition to his feature-length movies Benjamin Eicher has directed numerous

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s and

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s since 1996.

Filmography (selection)

* ' (1997) * ' (2001) * ''Schaffe schaffe Scheiße baue'' (2001) * ''Der kalte Tod'' (2002, short) * ''Schluss mit Mudder'' (2002) * ''Behind the Wall'' (2003, short) * ''Camera Obscura'' (2003) * ''Wenn der Klatschmohn blüht'' (2003, short) * ''Kampfansage – Der Film'' (2003) * ''A Lovely Young Girl'' (2004) * ''Abgezockt ist Abgezockt'' (2005) * ''Amok'' (2005, short) * ' (2009)

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Los Banditos Films
1974 births Living people Mass media people from Baden-Württemberg People from Tübingen {{Germany-film-director-stub