Karl Riedl is a German

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film stock, film which increasingly involves the use Digital cinema, of digital ...

based in

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

. The films he worked on have been granted multiple awards at major film festivals including Rotterdam, Berlin, Cannes, Venice, New York, Sundance, Tokyo and Montreal among others. A selection of awards he received includes: the Tiger Award from the

International Film Festival Rotterdam International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) is an annual film festival held at the end of January in various locations in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, focused on independent and experimental films. The inaugural festival took place in June 1972, ...

in 2000 for Suzhou River; the Silver Bear for Best Artistic Achievement at the

Berlin International Film Festival The Berlin International Film Festival (), usually called the Berlinale (), is an annual film festival held in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of Europ ...

and Best Narrative Feature Film at

Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Festival is an annual film festival organized by Tribeca Enterprises. It takes place each spring in New York City, showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. The festival ...

in New York in 2003 for Blind Shaft; and Best Actress and Economical Prize at the

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (), commonly abbreviated MWFF in English or FFM in French, was an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1977 to 2019.Museum Boijmans van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from its two most important donors, Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. The museum is located a ...

in Rotterdam and

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. A vital component of his work is his collaboration with independent Chinese filmmakers, which led to production of Buddha Mountain in 2010, the first arthouse box office success in China. In addition, he has been holding guest lectures at

Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design The Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG) is a state art college founded in 1992 in Karlsruhe, Germany. It focuses on media art, communication design, product design, exhibition design and scenography, art research, and media philoso ...

Filmography

* 1998 Signalstörung (directed by Thomas Mank) * 2000 Suzhou River (directed by

Lou Ye Lou Ye (), born 1965, is a Chinese screenwriter-director who is commonly grouped with the " Sixth Generation" directors of Chinese cinema. In June 2018, Lou was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Care ...

) * 2000 Conspiracy Spray (directed by

Ine Lamers Ardina Gerarda Maria "Ine" Lamers (born 15 May 1954) is a Dutch photographer and video installation artist,Saskia Asser (2007), ''A critical history of photography in the Netherlands.'' p. 13. who is specialized in ilfochrome photography and chrom ...

) * 2002 1 or 2 things I know about Chisinau (directed by

) * 2003 Blind Shaft (directed by Li Yang) * 2004 Not She (directed by

) * 2005

Dam Street ''Dam Street'' () is a 2005 Chinese film directed by Li Yu. ''Dam Street'' is Li's second feature film, after 2001's '' Fish and Elephant'' and was produced by screenwriter Fang Li's Laurel Films and Sylvain Bursztejn's French company, Rosem Fil ...

(directed by Li Yu) * 2005 Into Great Silence (directed by

Philip Gröning Philip Gröning (born 7 April 1959, in Düsseldorf) is a German director, documentary film maker and screenwriter. Career Gröning was raised in Germany and U.S., but also traveled extensively. He studied Medicine and Psychology, before beginni ...

) * 2006 Bridging the Gap (directed by Ciro Cappellari) * 2007

Lost in Beijing ''Lost in Beijing'' () is a 2007 Chinese drama film directed by Li Yu and starring Tony Leung Ka-fai, Fan Bingbing, Tong Dawei, and Elaine Jin. It had its international premiere at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival on February 16, 20 ...

(directed by Li Yu) * 2007 Songs from the Southern Seas (directed by Marat Sarulu) * 2008 Armee der Stille - La Isla Bonita (directed by Roland Lang) * 2009 Spring Fever (directed by

) * 2009 In Berlin (directed by Ciro Cappellari &

Michael Ballhaus Michael Ballhaus, A.S.C. (5 August 1935 – 12 April 2017) was a German cinematographer, known for his work with directors like Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Martin Scorsese, and Mike Nichols. He was a member of both the Academy of Arts, Berlin a ...

) * 2010 Buddha Mountain (directed by Li Yu) * 2011 Blind Date (directed by Isabell Heimerdinger) * 2012 Closed Season (directed by Franziska Schlotterer) * 2013

The Police Officer's Wife ''The Police Officer's Wife'' () is a 2013 German drama film directed by Philip Gröning. It was screened in the main competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival), ...

(directed by

) * 2014 Factory Boss (directed by Zhang Wei) * 2015 The Spiderwebhouse (directed by Mara Eibl-Eibesfeldt) * 2015 Jesus Cries (directed by Brigitte Maria Mayer) * 2017 The Swim (directed by He Xiangyu) * 2018 The Rib (directed by Zhang Wei) * 2018 Good Girl Gone Bad (directed by Petra Lüschow)

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Karl Riedl
at BFS, the German association of film editors {{DEFAULTSORT:Riedl, Karl German film editors Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Film people from Berlin