Robert Thalheim (born July 2, 1974, in

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) is a German stage and film director and screenwriter. Thalheim was an assistant director at the ''

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'' in 1997–98. He then studied modern German literature, history and politics at the

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until the year 2000; during this period he edited the first issues of the culture magazine ''Plotky''. In 2000 he began to study film directing at the ''Filmhochschule'' (film school) in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Short biographical listing by an agency. His teacher there was

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, who monitored his work on his first films. Thalheim shot the film ''Pink Children'' (2012) together with 4 German directors about their mentor

. Robert Thalheim returned to the theatre in 2003, staging his own play, ''Wild Boys'' at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2004 his debut film Netto was awarded the Art of Film Award at the Festival of German Film. In 2006 he finished his film for the diploma exam, '' And Along Come Tourists'' (''Am Ende kommen Touristen''). The film was shot on location at the International Youth Meeting Center in Oświęcim/Auschwitz, where Thalheim was a volunteer in 1996–97, and near the

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. This documentary film, produced by Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knöller, was presented at the

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in 2007 and was released in Germany in August 2007.

Filmography

* '' Netto'' (2005) * '' And Along Come Tourists'' (2007) * '' Westwind'' (2011) * ' (2013) * ' (2017) * '' TKKG'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2021)

Awards

* Best Script Award at the

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2005 for the feature film ''Netto'' * German Cinemaprize 2005 for ''Netto'' * German film critic-prize 2006, “best film debut” for ''Netto'' * German "Kritikerpreis" 2008

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* 1974 births Living people Film people from Berlin German film directors German screenwriters German theatre directors {{screenwriter-stub

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