Christopher J. Kraus (born 1963) is a German

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, screenwriter and author.

Life and work

Kraus was born in 1963 in

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. He worked as a screenwriter before he staged his love duel Shattered Glass (Scherbentanz) into a feature film in 2002. His second work as a director ''

Four Minutes ''Four Minutes'' (), is a 2006 German existentialist drama film directed by Chris Kraus starring Hannah Herzsprung, as a disturbed piano-playing genius imprisoned for murder and Monica Bleibtreu, as her 80-year-old piano teacher, with Richy Mü ...

'' (Vier Minuten), a drama, won national and international awards. Kraus' third feature film, '' The Poll Diaries'', received four golden " Lolas," three

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, one

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and the German Film Critic's Award. Kraus shot the film ''Pink Children'' (2012) together with four German directors about their mentor

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. This was followed by his film '' The Bloom of Yesterday'', a winner at the

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, at the Jewish Film Festival Moscow, of the Baden-Württemberg Film Prize and of the Thomas-Strittmatter Prize for Best Screenplay. In total, this comedy featuring

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and

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was nominated in eight categories for the German Film Prize and in three categories for the Austrian Film Prize.

Awards

*2002: Bavarian Film Award, Best New Director (Shattered Glass) *2002: German Film Advancement Award, Screenplay (Shattered Glass) *2003: New Faces Award, Best Director (Shattered Glass) *2006: Bavarian Film Award, Best Screenplay *2007: German Film Prize, Best Film (Four Minutes) *2007: Sofia International Film Festival, Best Director (Four Minutes) *2010: Black Nights Tallinn Film Festival: Best Director (The Poll Diaries)

Filmography

* 1999: ''The Einstein of Sex'' * 2000: ''Lovebabe'' * 2002: ' * 2004: ' * 2004: ''Acapulco'' * 2006: ''

'' * 2008: ''

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: Trip to China'' (TV film) * 2010: '' The Poll Diaries'' * 2012: ''Pink Children'' * 2016: '' The Bloom of Yesterday''

Publications

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References

External links

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His Agent Page
with a current

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kraus, Chris 1963 births Living people Film people from Lower Saxony Mass media people from Göttingen