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Andres Veiel

アンドレス・ヴァイエル

Andres Veiel

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1959-10-16 （Stuttgart）
Nationality
German
Languages
German

Career

Occupations
Film director, Screenwriter, Theater director, Writer
Active Years
1992-
Affiliations
Maxim Gorki Theater, Staatstheater Stuttgart, Deutsches Theater Berlin
Memberships
European Film Academy, Deutsche Filmakademie, Academy of Arts, Berlin
Influenced By
Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrei Tarkovsky
Nominations
German Film Award Nominee (Best Film Score) for Beuys, Best screenplay award (nomination) for Ökozid

Education

Free University of Berlin
Psychology
Period: 1982-1988
Year of Graduation: 1988
Country: Germany
Studied Psychology
Künstlerhaus Bethanien
Director's class
Period: 1985-1989
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: Germany
Director's class of Krzysztof Kieślowski. Other professors included Andrei Tarkovsky, Patrice Chéreau, Robert Wilson.

Awards

Peace Award of the Berlin International Film Festival
1994
Work: Balagan
Organization: Berlin International Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Findling Award
1993
Work: Balagan
Organization: Internationale Leipziger Dokumentarfilm-Woche (Dok Leipzig)
Result: 受賞
German Film Award in Silver
1994
Work: Balagan
Organization: German Film Award
Result: 受賞
Adolf Grimme Award Best Documentary Film
1998
Work: The Survivors
Organization: Adolf Grimme Award
Result: 受賞
European Film Award
2001
Work: Black Box BRD
Organization: European Film Academy
Result: 受賞
German Film Award
2002
Work: Black Box BRD
Organization: German Film Award
Result: 受賞
Panorama Audience Award of the Berlin International Film Festival
2004
Work: Addicted to Acting
Organization: Berlin International Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Adolf Grimme Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement
2008
Work: The Kick
Organization: Adolf Grimme Award
Result: 受賞
Alfred Bauer Prize
2011
Work: If Not Us, Who?
Organization: Berlin International Film Festival
Result: 受賞
German Film Award in Bronze
2011
Work: If Not Us, Who?
Organization: German Film Award
Result: 受賞
Hessischer Filmpreis Best Feature Film
2011
Work: If Not Us, Who?
Organization: Hessischer Filmpreis
Result: 受賞
Silver Giraldillo and Best Actor Award
2011
Work: If Not Us, Who?
Organization: Seville European Film Festival
Result: 受賞
Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse (Federal Cross of Merit)
2017
Organization: President of Germany
Result: 受賞
German Film Award in Gold (Best Documentary)
2018
Work: Beuys
Organization: German Film Award
Result: 受賞
German Film Award in Gold (Best Editing)
2018
Work: Beuys
Organization: German Film Award
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Black Box BRD

2001 Documentary film 101 pages

Documentary juxtaposing the biographies of Deutsche Bank chairman Alfred Herrhausen and RAF member Wolfgang Grams.

TerrorismGerman historyCapitalism

Beuys

2017 Documentary film 105 pages

Documentary on controversial 20th-century artist Joseph Beuys, using extensive archival footage.

ArtSocial sculpturePolitics

If Not Us, Who?

2011 Feature film 124 pages

Explores the origins of the RAF and Bernward Vesper's relationship with Gudrun Ensslin and Andreas Baader.

Terrorism1960sLiterature

The Kick

2006 Documentary film/Theater 82 pages

Documentary theater piece on the 2002 murder of a teenager by neo-Nazis in East Germany.

Neo-NazismViolenceSocial issues

Black Box BRD (book)

2002 Non-fiction

Book extending the research from the film.

TerrorismBankingRAF
Adaptations
  • [Film] Black Box BRD / Andres Veiel (2001)

Bibliography

  • Die letzte Probe. Ein Stück Revolution im Altenheim.
  • Hier drin kannst du alles haben. Ein Stück Knast.
  • Black Box BRD. Alfred Herrhausen, the Deutsche Bank, the RAF and Wolfgang Grams.
  • Der Kick. Ein Lehrstück über Gewalt.
  • 1968. Bildspur eines Jahres. (co-authored with Gerd Koenen)
  • Dokumentarfilm. Werkstattberichte. (co-authored with Beatrice Ottersbach)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Long-term research-based documentary approachExtensive use of archival footageBalance between documentary and fiction
Recurring Motifs
Terrorism and politicsSocial injusticeArt and social changeClimate change and future

Legacy

Prominent German documentary filmmaker and writer known for works on RAF, neo-Nazis, artist Beuys, and social-political themes. Recipient of numerous awards including European Film Award and German Film Awards. Member of European Film Academy, etc.