Tim Huebschle
Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter. His films are characterised by real-life scenarios, often blending documentary and fictional elements to highlight social and cultural themes relevant to Namibia.
Tim Huebschle

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- Name
- Tim Huebschle
- Occupation
- * Film Director
- Born
- 24 May 1978
- Birthplace
- Reutlingen, Germany
- Nationality
- Namibia
- Education
- University of Cape Town
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Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter. His films are characterised by real-life scenarios, often blending documentary and fictional elements to highlight social and cultural themes relevant to Namibia.
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Tim Huebschle (born 1978) is a director, film producer and screenwriter and a national of Namibia. The director was born in Reutlingen. Tim Huebschle studied at University of Cape Town.
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• Name — Tim Huebschle • Occupation — * Film Director • Screenwriter • Producer • Editor • Born — 24 May 1978 • Birthplace — Reutlingen, Germany • Website — collective.com.na • Mother — Michaela Hübschle • Father — Otto Hübschle
Biography
Biography
After completing his high school in Windhoek, Tim Huebschle relocated to Cape Town and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English & German Literature at the University of Cape Town. During his studies, he participated in a few film theory seminars and subsequently chose to follow a career in the film industry. He started making independent short films in 2000, after leaving South Africa and moving to Berlin to pursue internships at production companies in the German capital. In 2003 he returned to Namibia where he had secured a production budget for Savanna Stories, a 13-part documentary series, aired on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). After winding up the series in 2005 Huebschle continued to work as director on a wide range of short films, documentaries, music videos and commercials. Throughout the years he collected numerous local and international accolades for his work. In 2009 he co-founded the Namibian film production company Collective Productions. In 2013/14 he directed 26 episodes of a documentary series and 20 episodes of a children's series for the afternoon programming of the German TV station ARD. Huebschle premiered his debut full-length feature entitled #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm in October 2019.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Year — Title — Genre — Director — Writer — Producer — Editor — Notes • 2004 - 2005 — Savanna Stories — TV series — directed & wrote 6 episodes; edited 9 episodes • 2006 — 100 Years of Etosha — Documentary • 2007 — Beef — Short film • Mokasie – Gazza — Music video • Chokola – Lady May — Music video • 2009 — Rider without a Horse — Short film — co-written with Jana von Hase • 2011 — Looking for Iilonga — Short film — co-written with Nailoke Mhanda • 2012 — Dead River — Short film — co-written with Rolf Ackermann • 2013 - 2015 — Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere — TV series • 2017 — Another Sunny Day — Documentary • Oom Land — Documentary — co-written with Ernst Steynberg • Nikhita’s Dancing Feet — Documentary • 2019 — Hafeni – The Man of Mondesa — Documentary • #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm — Feature film • 2020 - 2022 — Walking Forward — Docuseries • 2022 — The Forests of a Desert Land — Docuseries • More Than Just a Game — Docuseries • 2023 — Hand-holder — Feature film • 2024 — Walvis Tale — Documentary — co-written with Taati Niilenge
Identity
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Tim Huebschle is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded with the occupation screenwriter. Recorded as screenwriter, film producer and director.
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1978
Tim Huebschle was born on 24 May 1978.
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Awards and nominations
• Year — Awards Event — Nominated work — Category — Result • 2007 — Channel O Music Video Awards — Mokasie – Gazza — Best Kwaito • 2008 — Channel O Music Video Awards — Chokola – Lady May — Best Dance Video • 2012 — Silicon Valley African Film Festival — Looking for Iilonga — Best Short Film • 2013 — Africa Movie Academy Awards — Dead River — Best Short Film • Silicon Valley African Film Festival — Dead River — Best Short Film • 2019 — Namibian Theatre & Film Awards — Another Sunny Day — Best Documentary — rowspan=2 • Best Sound & Music • 2020 — Silicon Valley African Film Festival — #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm — Best Narrative Feature • 2021 — Uganda Film Festival — #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm — Best International Feature Film • Urban Mediamakers Film Festival — Walking Forward — Best International Web Series • 2025 — Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards — Walvis Tale — Best Documentary • Vues d'Afrique — Walvis Tale — Sustainable Development Prize • L'Afrique Fait Son Cinéma — Walvis Tale — Ubuntu de Bronze
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Tim Huebschle. IMDb.
- 2.Huebschle launches film collection. The Namibian Newspaper.
- 3.Tim Huebschle. IMDb.
- 4.Arhiva Kraf. Liburnija film.
- 5.The Villager Newspaper Namibia. www.thevillager.com.na.
- 6.II, Gabriel Nwoffiah. SVAFF 2013 Awards. www.svaff.org.
- 7.Collective Productions Namibia.
- 8.Das Filmteam (Staffel 3) Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere. Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (ARD).
- 9.#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm - IMDb.
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