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Jochen Alexander Freydank

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Jochen Alexander Freydank, winner of the Oscar® for Best live action short film, for work on "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollwood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
Jochen Alexander Freydank was born on 15 September 1967 in Berlin, German Democratic Republic. He is a producer and director, known for Spielzeugland (2007), Dienst (2003) and Kafka's the Burrow (2014).
BornSeptember 15, 1967
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BornSeptember 15, 1967
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 28 wins & 9 nominations total

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Jochen Alexander Freydank, winner of the Oscar® for Best live action short film, for work on "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, with presenters Seth Rogen and Janusz Kaminski during the the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollwood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
For Best live action short film, The Oscar® is awarded to Jochen Alexander Freydank for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, backstage in the press room at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
For Best live action short film, The Oscar® is awarded to Jochen Alexander Freydank for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, backstage in the press room at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
Jochen Alexander Freydank accepts the Oscar® for Short Film (Live Action) for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" during the live ABC Telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
Jochen Alexander Freydank accepts the Oscar® for Short Film (Live Action) for "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" during the live ABC Telecast of the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollywood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.

Known for

Julia Jäger and Cedric Eich in Spielzeugland (2007)
Spielzeugland
7.7
Short
  • Producer
  • 2007
Dienst (2003)
Dienst
7.3
Short
  • Producer
  • 2003
Kafka's the Burrow (2014)
Kafka's the Burrow
5.3
  • Producer
  • 2014
Notfall
7.6
Short
  • Producer(as Jochen Freidank)
  • 2001

Credits

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Producer

  • Kafka's the Burrow (2014)
    Kafka's the Burrow
    • producer
    • 2014
  • In aller Freundschaft (1998)
    In aller Freundschaft
    • producer (as Jochen Freydank)
    • TV Series
    • 2008–2009
  • Endlich Samstag!
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2008
  • Julia Jäger and Cedric Eich in Spielzeugland (2007)
    Spielzeugland
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2007
  • One Single Moment
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Dienst (2003)
    Dienst
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2003
  • Die letzte Reise
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Notfall
    • producer (as Jochen Freidank)
    • Short
    • 2001
  • Glückliches Ende (1999)
    Glückliches Ende
    • producer
    • Short
    • 1999

Director

  • Howalds Fall (1990)
    Tatort
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2011–2023
  • Riesending (2022)
    Riesending
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2022
  • Herzogpark (2022)
    Herzogpark
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Zero (2021)
    Zero
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2021
  • Du sollst nicht lügen (2021)
    Du sollst nicht lügen
    • Director
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2021
  • Vladimir Burlakov and Josefine Preuß in Dein Leben gehört mir (2019)
    Dein Leben gehört mir
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2019
  • Das Joshua-Profil (2018)
    Das Joshua-Profil
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2018
  • Barcelona Crime (2017)
    Barcelona Crime
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Engelmacher (2016)
    Baltic Crimes
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016–2017
  • Police Call 110 (1971)
    Police Call 110
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Zorn
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Nord bei Nordwest (2014)
    Nord bei Nordwest
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Große Fische, kleine Fische (2015)
    Große Fische, kleine Fische
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2015
  • Küstennebel
    • Director (attached)
    • TV Movie
    • 2014
  • Kafka's the Burrow (2014)
    Kafka's the Burrow
    • Director
    • 2014

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Einsteins Ende
    • second unit director
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • Iris Berben and Christian Brückner in Das Miststück (1998)
    Das Miststück
    • assistant director
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • Jochen Horst and Natalia Wörner in Der Handymörder (1998)
    Der Handymörder
    • second unit director
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • Blutiger Ernst
    • assistant director
    • TV Movie
    • 1998
  • Rainer Hunold in Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen (1997)
    Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
    • first assistant director
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • Police Call 110 (1971)
    Police Call 110
    • assistant director (as Jochen Freidank)
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • Feuerbach
    • first assistant director
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • Simone Thomalla in Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau (1996)
    Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau
    • assistant director
    • TV Series
    • 1996
  • Rache (1995)
    Rache
    • assistant director
    • 1995
  • Kein perfekter Mann
    • first assistant director
    • TV Movie
    • 1993
  • Die Gespenster von Flatterfels (1992)
    Die Gespenster von Flatterfels
    • assistant director (as Jochen Freydank)
    • TV Series
    • 1992
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Jochen Freidank
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    • September 15, 1967
    • Berlin, German Democratic Republic

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