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

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- Name
- Sebastian Schipper
- Born
- 8 May 1968
- Birthplace
- Hanover, West Germany
- Education
- Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts
- Occupation
- * Filmmaker
- Nationality
- Germany
- Honours
- German Film Award · Berliner Bär
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Sebastian Schipper • Birth Name — Sebastian Schipper • Born — 8 May 1968 • Birthplace — Hanover, West Germany • Education — Otto Falckenberg School of the Performing Arts • Years Active — 1992–present • Occupation — * Filmmaker • actor
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Sebastian Schipper (born 8 May 1968) is recorded as an actor and director. Sebastian Schipper was born on 8 May 1968 in Hannover.
Life and career
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'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. It was co-produced by Tom Tykwer, 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's novel Elective Affinities. 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, including Best Film and Best Direction.
Filmography
Filmography
• As actor • 1992: Little Sharks (Kleine Haie) - Hamlet • 1996: The English Patient - Interrogation Room Soldier #1 • 1997: Winter Sleepers (Winterschläfer) - Otto • 1998: Eine ungehorsame Frau (TV Movie) - Niklas • 1998: Run Lola Run (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 (Der Krieger und die Kaiserin) - Security Typ 1 • 2002: Elephant Heart - Baerwald • 2003: Ganz und gar - Physiotherapeut Frank • 2004: Nightsongs (film) - Baste • 2005: A Quiet Love - Biskup • 2010: Three (Drei) - Simon • 2012: Überleben an der Wickelfront (TV Movie) - Chefredakteur • 2012: Ludwig II - Ludwig II. im Alter • 2013: Alaska Johansson (TV Movie) - Chefredakteur • 2013-2015: Tatort - Kommissar Jan Katz • 2014: Inbetween Worlds - 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: Victoria • 2019: Roads
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1968
Sebastian Schipper born at Hanover.
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- 1.Oldenburger zieht die Stars aus. nwzonline.de. 2006-11-02.
- 2.Victoria im Berlinale-Programm, abgerufen am 27. Januar 2015
- 3.Berlinale-Nebenjurys geben Gewinner bekannt – "Victoria" gewinnt Gilde-Preis, rbb-online vom 14. Februar 2015, abgerufen am 15. Februar 2015.
- 4.Deutscher Filmpreis – Toll, dass es uns gibt, SZ.de vom 20. Juni 2015, abgerufen am 21. Juni 2015.
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