Sebastian Schipper (born 8 May 1968) is a German actor and filmmaker.

Life and career

Sebastian Schipper studied acting at the Otto Falckenberg Schule in Munich from 1992 to 1995. He got his first film role in

Sönke Wortmann Sönke Wortmann (; 25 August 1959 in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German film director and producer. Biography Wortmann's father was a miner. After Wortmann's A-Levels he wanted to become a professional football player and started playin ...

's '' Little Sharks'' from 1992. He debuted as director with '' Absolute Giganten'' from 1999, which received the second place prize for the

German Film Award for Best Fiction Film The German Film Award for Best Fiction Film (german: Bester Spielfilm) is the main award given for best German film at the annual Deutscher Filmpreis awards, the German national film awards. It has been held annually since 1951 in varying formats. A ...

. It was co-produced by

Tom Tykwer Tom Tykwer (; born 23 May 1965) is a German film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing the thriller films ''Run Lola Run'' (1998), ''Heaven'' (2002), '' Perfume: The Story of a Murderer'' ...

, who has cast Schipper in several of his own films. Schipper's 2009 film '' Sometime in August'' is loosely based on

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic. His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as tr ...

's novel ''

Elective Affinities ''Elective Affinities'' (German: ''Die Wahlverwandtschaften''), also translated under the title ''Kindred by Choice'', is the third novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published in 1809. Situated around the city of Weimar, the book relates the ...

''. His fourth film as director is '' Victoria'', a film about a night in a Berlin nightclub gone awry, shot in one continuous take. It played at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival and won in six categories at the

German Film Award 2015 The 65th German Film Award took place on 19 June 2015, organised by the Deutsche Filmakademie. The award ceremony was held at the Palais am Funkturm in Berlin and broadcast by the ZDF. Jan Josef Liefers hosted the event. Winners and nominees ...

, including Best Film and Best Direction.

Filmography

;As actor *1992: '' Little Sharks'' (''Kleine Haie'') - Hamlet *1996: ''

The English Patient ''The English Patient'' is a 1992 novel by Michael Ondaatje. The book follows four dissimilar people brought together at an Italian villa during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. The four main characters are: an unrecognisably burn ...

'' - Interrogation Room Soldier #1 *1997: ''

Winter Sleepers ''Winter Sleepers'' (german: Winterschläfer meaning "hibernators") is a 1997 German film directed by Tom Tykwer. It was premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival. Plot The film is set in the deeply snowy alpine winter resort of Ber ...

'' (''Winterschläfer'') - Otto *1998: '' Eine ungehorsame Frau'' (TV Movie) - Niklas *1998: ''

Run Lola Run ''Run Lola Run'' (german: Lola rennt}, lit. "Lola Runs") is a 1998 German experimental thriller film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. The story follows a woman named Lola ( Franka Potente) who needs to obtain 100,000 Deutschmarks in twenty ...

'' (''Lola rennt'') - Mike *1998: '' Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit'' - Andi *1999: ''Fremde Freundin'' - Matthias *2000: ''England!'' - Galerist *2000: ''

The Princess and the Warrior ''The Princess and the Warrior'' (german: Der Krieger und die Kaiserin, lit=The Warrior and the Empress) is a 2000 German romantic drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. It follows the life of Sissi ( Franka Potente), a psychiatric hospi ...

'' (''Der Krieger und die Kaiserin'') - Security Typ 1 *2002: ''Elefantenherz'' - Baerwald *2003: ''Ganz und gar'' - Physiotherapeut Frank *2004: ' - Baste *2005: '' Die blaue Grenze'' - Biskup *2010: '' Three'' (''Drei'') - Simon *2012: '' Überleben an der Wickelfront'' (TV Movie) - Chefredakteur *2012: ''Ludwig II.'' - Ludwig II. im Alter *2013: ' (TV Movie) - Chefredakteur *2013-2015: ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'' - Kommissar Jan Katz *2014: '' Inbetween Worlds'' - Constantin Lemarchal (uncredited) *2014: ''I Am Here'' - Peter *2015: ''

Coconut Hero ''Coconut Hero'' is a German-Canadian comedy film directed by Florian Cossen and released in 2015. Coconut Hero premiered on March 18, 2015 at the Carlton Cinema in Toronto where it screened for two consecutive weeks. Following its premiere, on ...

'' - Frank Burger As director and writer *1999: '' Absolute Giganten'' *2006: '' A Friend of Mine'' (''Ein Freund von mir'') *2009: '' Sometime in August'' (''Mitte Ende August'') *2015: '' Victoria'' *2019: ''

Roads A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

References

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