Hans-Christian Schmid
Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Hans-Christian Schmid
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- Born
- 1965 · Altötting.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- screenwriter · film producer · university teacher · audio engineer · director
- Education
- University of Television and Film Munich
- Honours
- German Film Award · Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award
- Languages
- English · German
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Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter.
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Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is an audio engineer, director and film director, among other activities, of German nationality. The audio engineer was born in Altötting.
Hans-Christian Schmid was educated at University of Television and Film Munich. The audio engineer worked for Internationale Filmschule Köln and is a member of Academy of Arts, Berlin and Deutsche Filmakademie.
Languages used include English and German. Works are held at Harvard Film Archive and Museum of Modern Art. Honours include German Film Award and Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award.
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Life and work
Hans-Christian Schmid studied at University of Television and Film Munich. The recorded working language is English and German. Employment is recorded with Internationale Filmschule Köln. Work by Hans-Christian Schmid is recorded in the collections of Museum of Modern Art and Harvard Film Archive. Distinctions recorded are German Film Award and Sitges Film Festival Best Feature-Length Film award.
Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with Michael Gutmann on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998), and Crazy (2000). Gutmann also directed Heart Over Head (2001) for which he and Schmid wrote the screenplay.
Filmography
Filmography
Sekt oder Selters (1989) Die Mechanik des Wunders (1992) Heaven and Hell (Himmel und Hölle, 1994) After Five in the Forest Primeval (Nach Fünf im Urwald, 1995) 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998) Crazy (2000) Distant Lights (Lichter, 2003) Requiem (2006) Storm (Sturm, 2009) Home for the Weekend (Was bleibt, 2012) Das Verschwinden (2016/17) We Are Next of Kin (2022)
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1995: Findling Award for Heaven and Hell 2003: Bavarian Film Award, Best Screenplay [1] 2003: Findling Award for Distant Lights
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