Christopher J. Kraus (born 1963) is a German

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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'' (german: Vier Minuten), 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 teac ...

'' (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 Lars Eidinger 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 The Bavarian Film Awards (german: Bayerischer Filmpreis) have been awarded annually since 1979 by the state government of Bavaria in Germany for “exceptional achievement in German filmmaking.” Along with the German Film Awards, these are the ...

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