Lilian Franck (born March 11, 1971) is a German

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and producer, best known for her 2010

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Pianomania ''Pianomania'' is a 2009 German-Austrian documentary film by directors Lilian Franck and Robert Cibis. The film presents Stefan Knüpfer, a virtuoso piano tuner from the piano company Steinway & Sons, in his work with pianists such as Lang Lang, Al ...

'', a collaborative work with filmmaker Robert Cibis and winner of the Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary at the

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, the

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for Best

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in 2011 and the Semaine De La Critique prize at the

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Education

Franck was born on March 11, 1971, in Würzberg, Germany. She studied at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and at Le Fresnoy - Studio National des Arts Contemporains in France.

Career

In 2002, she received the German–French Journalist Award ( de) for her documentary ''Half A Chance?'' (2002), her first with co-director and collaborator Robert Cibis. Franck and Cibis co-founded OVALmedia. Their first project producing and directing together was ''Human Capital - The Employment Trade'' (2007). Later in 2007, their project ''Disgustingly Healthy'', an

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on the use of leeches and maggots in

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, was awarded the Ektopfilm Award. Their 2009 documentary film ''

'' depicts the collaboration between piano technician Stefan Knüper and pianists including

Pierre-Laurent Aimard Pierre-Laurent Aimard (born 9 September 1957) is a French pianist. He focuses on contemporary music. Biography Aimard was born in Lyon, where he entered the conservatory. Later he studied with Yvonne Loriod and with Maria Curcio. In 1973, h ...

Alfred Brendel Alfred Brendel (born 5 January 1931) is a Czech-born Austrian classical pianist, poet, author, composer, and lecturer who is noted for his performances of Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. Biography Brendel was born in Wizemberk, Czechoslovakia ...

and

Lang Lang Lang Lang (; born 14 June 1982) is a Chinese pianist who has performed with major orchestras around the world and appeared at many leading concert halls. Active since the 1990s, he was the first Chinese pianist to be engaged by the Berlin Phi ...

; it had a successful theatrical release and was screened in theatres in over 25 countries worldwide, as well as over 100 countries on television. ''Pianomania'' was awarded the Semaine De La Critique prize at the

, the Golden Gate award at the

and the

for Best Sound Design. In 2016, Franck and Cibis produced and

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''Free Lunch Society'' (directed by Christian Tod), which opened in 100 German cinemas and venues in February in a large-scale

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premiere event, whereby members of the public were invited to receive copies of the film to hold their own public screenings. This was coordinated by Franck in association with Mein Grundeinkommen. In February 2018, Franck's film ''trustWHO'', a report on the influence of privatised industry on the

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, was released in German cinemas nationwide. An additional project, a co-production and co-direction between Franck and Cibis, ''Fuck Fame'', a biopic of the indie-rap musician,

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, was released in June 2019.

Filmography

Feature films

* ''

'' (2009) * ''Free Lunch Society'' (Co-producer & Distributor) (2016) * ''trustWHO'' (2018) * ''Fuck Fame'' (2018)

Short films

* ''Omen - 15 Hours of Techno'' (1994) * ''Clemi Escapes'' (1994) * ''Supermerle'' (1997) * ''Cora'' (2000) * ''I Love Me, I Love Me Not'' (Producer) (2003) * ''Anyway Home'' (Producer) (2015) * ''J'ai Tout Donné Au Soleil Sauf Mon Ombre'' (Producer) (2015)

Video installation

* ''Spin The World'' (2000)

Television

* ''Half A Chance?'' (2003) * ''Human Capital - The Employment Trade'' (2007) * ''Disgustingly Healthy'' (Producer) (2009) * ''Preying On Patients'' (Producer) (2009) * ''The Pill: Atom Bomb of Contraception'' (Producer) (2010) * ''Kids On Pills'' (2010) * ''Virus vs. Bacteria - A Way Out Of The Antibiotics Crisis'' (Producer) (2011)

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Franck, Lilian 1971 births Living people Film directors from Würzburg German women film directors German film producers German women film producers