Christian Ditter
- Born
- 1977 · Giessen.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film producer · director · film editor
- Fields
- film direction
- Education
- University of Television and Film Munich
- Languages
- German · English
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Key facts
• Name — Christian Ditter
• Birth Name — Christian Ditter
• Born — 1977 6 1
• Birthplace — Giessen, West Germany
• Occupation — Film director, film producer, screenwriter
Christian Ditter (born 1 June 1977) is a German director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films, television and commercials. He is best known for his films The Crocodiles (2009 film), (2009) Love, Rosie (2014) and How to Be Single (2016) and the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).
Early life
Ditter was born on 1 June 1977 in Giessen, Hesse. He graduated from the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium Gütersloh in 1996 and went to the University of Lüneburg from 1997 to 1998, majoring in Applied Cultural Studies. He then focused his studies on directing at the University of Television and Film Munich from 1998 to 2006.
Career
While in school, Ditter's short films Enchanted (2000) and Grounded (2003) won numerous awards at international film festivals. His debut feature film French for Beginners hit theaters in 2006. He subsequently directed on the Adolf Grimme Prize and the German Television Award-winning series Turkish for Beginners (2007) and on the award-winning series Doctor's Diary (2008).
In 2008, he adapted the popular German children's book, The Crocodiles, for the big screen. The film won over fifty audience and jury awards at international film festivals and was followed up by two sequels, The Crocodiles Strike Back (2009) and The Crocodiles: All for One (2010), which he directed and produced respectively. He moved on to writing and directing Germany's first major adventure film shot entirely in 3D, Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods, which debuted at No. 1 in the German box office.
In 2014, he directed his first English-language feature Love, Rosie starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin. In 2016, he followed it up with his U.S. debut How to Be Single starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie. After working with Kay Cannon on How to Be Single, they partnered with Charlize Theron's company Denver and Delilah to create the Netflix series Girlboss in 2017, loosely based on the book #Girlboss by Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso.
Ditter served as the showrunner-director of the Netflix series Biohackers, of which the first season was released in 2020.
Filmography
• Year — Film — Credited as
• Director — Producer — Screenwriter
• 2000 — Enchanted (Short)
• 2002 — The Crusader (Short)
• 2003 — Grounded (Short)
• 2005 — Schulmädchen (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2006 — French for Beginners
• 2007 — Turkish For Beginners (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2008 — Doctor's Diary (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 2009 — The Crocodiles (2009 film)
• 2010 — The Crocodiles Strike Back
• 2011 — The Crocodiles: All for One
• My Life in Orange
• Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods
• 2014 — Vegas (Short)
• Love, Rosie
• 2016 — How to Be Single
• 2017 — Girlboss (TV series, 13 episodes)
• 2020 — Biohackers
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- 1.Christian Ditter. Rotten Tomatoes.
- 2.Above The Line. abovetheline.de.
- 3.Above The Line. abovetheline.de.
- 4.Türkisch für Anfänger – IMDb.
- 5.IMDb. Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany (2009).
- 6.Above The Line. abovetheline.de.
- 7.German 2011 Weekend 39. Box Office Mojo.
- 8.Laughs bring director Christian Ditter to 'Girlboss'. TV Show Patrol. May 3, 2017.
- 9.Watch Biohackers | Netflix Official Site. www.netflix.com.
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