Gregory Kirchhoff (born June 18, 1992) is a German

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and producer.

Career

Kirchhoff wrote his first screenplay, ''Dusky Paradise'', at the age of 21. He launched a crowdfunding campaign on

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in May 2014, which raised £18,450 to produce the film. In 2015, the ''Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein'' ( de) funded the project with an additional €14,000 for post-production. Dusky Paradise premiered at the

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in Krakow, as part of the main competition "Making Way" on April 29, 2016, and was nominated for the Krakow Film Award. Besides further international nominations, ''Dusky Paradise'' got nominated for the Discovery Award for best debut feature at the 2016

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and won the Evolutionary Island Award at the

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. Following ''Dusky Paradise'', Kirchhoff was offered to direct the German tragic-comedy Ostfriesisch für Anfänger ( de) starring

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. Although it was produced as a TV-movie the film was acquired by

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and got a nationwide theatrical release. The film premiered at the 2016

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and came to cinemas on October 27, 2016. His third film Baumbacher Syndrome, starring

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opened the 53.

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and premiered internationally at the

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. In 2021, the film was released on

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in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and on

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in Central Europe. In 2021, Kirchhoff directed an episode of

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, Germany's longest-running, most popular TV-Drama.
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Filmography

* 2015: Dusky Paradise (writer, director, producer) * 2016: Ostfriesisch für Anfänger ( de) (director) * 2019: Baumbacher Syndrome (writer, director, producer) * 2021: Tatort Dresden (director)

References

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