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 playi ...

'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 () 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. As the constitution said ...

. 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 film), Heaven'' (2002), ''Perfume: The Sto ...

, 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 polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on Western literature, literary, Polit ...

'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 Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

'', 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, 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 (World War II), Italian Campaign of the Second World War. The four main charact ...

'' - Interrogation Room Soldier #1 *1997: '' Winter Sleepers'' (''Winterschläfer'') - Otto *1998: '' Eine ungehorsame Frau'' (TV Movie) - Niklas *1998: ''

Run Lola Run ''Run Lola Run'' (, ) 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 Deutsche Mark in twenty minutes to save the life of her boy ...

'' (''Lola rennt'') - Mike *1998: ''

Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit ''Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit'' (English title – ''Love Scenes from Planet Earth'') is a 1998 German romantic comedy film. It earned the director Marc Rothemund a Bavarian Film Award for "Be ...

'' - Andi *1999: ''Fremde Freundin'' - Matthias *2000: ''England!'' - Galerist *2000: ''

The Princess and the Warrior ''The Princess and the Warrior'' () is a 2000 German romantic drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer. It follows the life of Sissi ( Franka Potente), a psychiatric hospital nurse who, after a near-death experience, enters into a relat ...

'' (''Der Krieger und die Kaiserin'') - Security Typ 1 *2002: ''Elephant Heart'' - Baerwald *2003: ''Ganz und gar'' - Physiotherapeut Frank *2004: ' - Baste *2005: ' - Biskup *2010: ''

Three 3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies ...

'' (''Drei'') - Simon *2012: ' (TV Movie) - Chefredakteur *2012: ''

Ludwig II Ludwig II (Ludwig Otto Friedrich Wilhelm; 25 August 1845 – 13 June 1886), also called the Swan King or the Fairy Tale King (), was King of Bavaria from 1864 until his death in 1886. He also held the titles of Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duk ...

'' - Ludwig II. im Alter *2013: ' (TV Movie) - Chefredakteur *2013-2015: ''

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

'' - Kommissar Jan Katz *2014: ''

Inbetween Worlds ''Inbetween Worlds'' () is a 2014 German drama film produced, written and directed by Feo Aladag. The film tells the story of a friendship between the German soldier Jesper and his young Afghan interpreter Tarik. Both men are confronted with th ...

'' - Constantin Lemarchal (uncredited) *2014: ''I Am Here'' - Peter *2015: '' Coconut Hero'' - Frank Burger *2024: '' Sad Jokes'' As director and writer *1999: '' Absolute Giganten'' *2006: '' A Friend of Mine'' (''Ein Freund von mir'') *2009: '' Sometime in August'' (''Mitte Ende August'') *2015: ''

'' *2019: ''

Roads A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. The ...

References

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