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Jannis Niewöhner was born on 30 March 1992 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Munich: The Edge of War (2021), Ruby Red (2013) and Godless Youth (2017).- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Writer
Samira Radsi was born in 1968 in Krefeld, Germany. She is a director and assistant director, known for Anduni - Fremde Heimat (2011), Deutschland 83 (2015) and The Typist (2018).- Producer
- Writer
- Production Manager
Born in Krefeld, Germany as the son of a lawyer couple, he started making short films. After school in 1991 he studied business, but left to work in the movie business in different jobs from production assistant to unit manager. In 1994 he started studying sat HFF Munich Filmschool, where he produced more than 15 short films and commercials. His biggest success was the short "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer" by his friend Peter Thorwarth for which they got a foreign 'Student Academy Award'-Nomination. During Hof Film Festival he met former Kinowelt founder Thomas Häberle and formed in 1997 the production companies 'Indigo Filmproduktion GmbH' and 'Becker & Häberle Filmproduktion GmbH'. With their F.A.M.E. Film & Music Entertainment AG, Christian Becker and Thomas Häberle merged their labels with Curt Cress (Artforce music publishing) and Michael Bischoff (mb Medienvertriebs LLC) and took the company public on Germany's booming Neuer Markt stock exchange in Frankfurt in August 2000.
Subsequently, Becker and his old Indigo team went on to found 'Rat Pack Filmproduktion' and 'Westside Filmproduktion' together with European power house Constantin Film in 2001 where they produced over 100+ feature films & Fernseher series.- Actor
- Director
- Additional Crew
Walter Janssen was born on 7 February 1887 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for Maria Stuart, Teil 1 und 2 (1927), Irrende Seelen (1921) and Die Alm an der Grenze (1951). He died on 1 January 1976 in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany.- Ruth Niehaus was born on 11 July 1928 in Krefeld, Germany. She was an actress, known for Studentin Helene Willfüer (1956), Das Haus in Montevideo (1951) and Adrienne Mésurat (1969). She was married to Ivar Lissner. She died on 24 September 1994 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Composer
- Actor
- Director
Ralf Hütter was born on 20 August 1946 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a composer and actor, known for Swordfish (2001), 17 Again (2009) and The Lego Batman Movie (2017).- Writer
- Director
- Producer
Jan wrote, directed, and produced his debut-feature RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND (2019), Ethiopia's official Oscar entry in the category "Best International Feature," and he received the prestigious Bernhard Wicki German Film Award for Peace. RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND is distributed worldwide, with by Samuel Goldwyn in the U.S. and Canada, and Netflix Africa.
Jan founded R&B RÄUBER & BANDITEN FILM UG after graduating in 2006, of which he is still today the owner and managing director. He is also the managing director of AC INDEPENDENT UG & Co. KG, which financed the feature film RUNNING AGAINST THE WIND and produced it in cooperation with R&B FILM.
In 2016, he was a student at Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School. Herzog has been Jan's mentor ever since. As a participant of Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami's masterclass in Cuba, Jan shot the feature film "Buena Vista Chico" (2016). The film is still unreleased after the sudden death of Abbas Kiarostami.
He studied Film Production and Media Business at University of Television and Film (HFF) Munich, and Anthropology & Art History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, and has worked as an assistant director and unit manager on more than forty films, television shows, and commercials.
Jan was born 1987 in Krefeld, Germany, as the eldest of three children. He works in Los Angeles where he currently resides to work on his slate of feature film projects. He is authorized to work in the United States as Producer, Director, and Writer.
HUMANISTIC ACTIVITIES Karlheinz Böhm personally invited Jan to Ethiopia to see the development projects of his foundation Menschen für Menschen after he raised 23.500 Euros donations as an 8th grade student. While still at school, Jan founded a fundraising association that has collected over 120.000 Euros to date for the funding of two schools in Ethiopia since 2008.- Actor
- Writer
Heinrich Giskes was born on 3 April 1946 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and writer, known for Heinrich (1977), Unter dem Pflaster ist der Strand (1975) and Die Kumpel (2001).- Music Artist
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Andrea Berg was born on 28 January 1966 in Krefeld, Germany. She is a music artist and actress, known for Love Steaks (2013), Andrea Berg x Vanessa Mai: Unendlich (2022) and Grünwald - Freitagscomedy (2003). She has been married to Ulrich Ferber since 2007. She was previously married to Olaf Henning.- Actor
- Writer
Beuys took part in the Second World War as a fighter pilot. During a mission in 1943 he crashed over the Crimea. During his sick bed, Beuys was treated with tallow and wrapped in felt. This experience was decisive for him and his later art materials, because alongside wax and copper, fat and felt were among his preferred materials from which he formed works of art. Between 1946 and 1955 he joined the Kleven Artists' Association. From 1947, Joseph Beuys studied painting and sculpture at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. He was a student of Josef Enseling and later a master student of Ewald Mataré. In 1953 he had his first solo exhibition of sculptures and drawings in Wuppertal and Kranenburg. Beuys suffered from depression due to his war experiences. That's why he stayed in Kranenburg for a long time in 1957. In 1961 he was appointed professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. He taught there until 1972. In 1964 he took part in the Kassel art exhibition documenta for the first time. From then on he exhibited there regularly.
In 1965 his first exhibition was organized in Alfred Schmeler's gallery in Düsseldorf. In 1967, Beuys founded the "German Student Party" on the occasion of the unrest surrounding the Shah's visit to Germany and the murder of the student Benno Ohnesorg. Beuys wanted to advocate for universities to operate autonomously and for a fairer admissions process. In 1970 he founded the "Organization of Non-Voters, Free Referendum". In the same year an exhibition took place in the Hessian State Museum in Darmstadt. In addition to drawings and pictures, the so-called "Beuys Block", multi-part room installations, were also shown there. In 1971 Beuys founded the "Organization for Direct Democracy through Referendums". In a spectacular action that same year, Beuys and his students occupied the secretariat of the Düsseldorf Art Academy. He also allowed students who had previously been rejected by the academy to take part in his lessons.
The following year he took part in documenta 5. There he exhibited an office of his "Organization for Direct Democracy through Referendum" and was present there every day of the hundred days of the exhibition. Once again, Beuys filled the academy secretariat with rejected university applicants. He received notice of termination from Johannes Rau, the North Rhine-Westphalian Minister for Science and Research. Public protests against the termination came from Martin Walser, Peter Handke, Heinrich Böll and Gerhard Richter, among others. In 1973 he founded the "Free International University for Creativity and Interdisciplinary Research". Three years later he took part in the Venice Biennale and the Berlin Zeitgeist exhibition. In 1978, the legal dispute over Beuys' dismissal because of the occupation of the secretariat was ended. The artist had sued against the dismissal and was granted justice. The termination was unlawful. Beuys agreed to a compromise that granted him the title of professor and the rights to use the studio.
In 1978 he accepted a visiting professorship at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. A year later he received a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York and he ran for the European Parliament. In 1980 he took up a visiting professorship at the Städel Art School in Frankfurt/M. true. He tried for a seat in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia for the Green Party. In 1984, Beuys exhibited his works at the Seibu Museum in Tokyo. His other exhibitions include the event "Cross and Sign - Religious Foundations in the Work of J.B." in 1985. and participation in "German Art in the Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture 1905-1985" in London. In addition to his efforts to unite nature and spirit in art, Beuys also valued the political commitment to which he used his work. The basis for the politicization of art was his idea of applying the artist's creativity to all areas of life.
In practical terms, he carried out actions such as planting 7,000 oak trees and setting up 7,000 basalt steels for dokomenta 7 (1982) in order to draw attention to the problems of environmental destruction. Beuys often used his variety of artistic forms of expression for counter-projects, which he equipped with magical-religious elements in order to demonstrate his rejection of a purpose-oriented rationalism.- Actor
- Producer
Ingo Lenßen was born on 2 January 1961 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Lenßen & Partner (2003), Lenßen - Der Film (2011) and Lenßen übernimmt (2020).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Heiko Pinkowski was born on 8 October 1966 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor and producer, known for Heavy Girls (2012), Reuber (2013) and I Feel Like Disco (2013).- Michael Cromer was born on 21 August 1939 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Dr. Fummel und seine Gespielinnen (1970), Loves of a French Pussycat (1972) and Flitterwochen (1980). He was married to Mara Cramer. He died on 4 September 2007 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.
- Hermann Speelmans was born on 14 August 1906 in Uerdingen, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Danton (1931), Our Flags Lead Us Forward (1933) and A Certain Mr. Gran (1933). He died on 9 February 1960 in Berlin, Germany.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Stefan Maria Schneider was born on 28 December 1980 in Uerdingen, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a composer, known for Walking Tall (2004), How to Train Your Dragon (2010) and Aslan (2015).- Bruno Wick was born on 2 May 1892 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for The House on 92nd Street (1945), Walk East on Beacon! (1952) and Love Island (1952). He died in November 1979 in Flushing, New York, USA.
- Samer Nassif was born on 20 January 1977 in Krefeld, Germany. He was an actor, known for Die Biester (2001), Ina & Leo (2004) and Sommer und Bolten: Gute Ärzte, keine Engel (2001). He died on 14 February 2004 in Kassel, Hesse, Germany.
- Ken Jebsen was born in 1966 in Hüls, Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Erik Robert was born on 30 June 1977 in Krefeld, Germany. He is a director and actor, known for Swap (2004) and Not Safe for Work (2014).- Oliver Hörner was born on 24 April 1967 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany. He is an actor, known for The Air Rescue Team (1997), Leonie Löwenherz (1991) and The Country Doctor (1987).
- Producer
Ben Neumann was born on 27 May 1966 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Ben is a producer, known for Dark World (2008).- Actress
- Additional Crew
Pinar Erincin was born on 18 February 1983 in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for En garde (2004), Müslüm (2018) and Tatort (1970).- Jochen Bludau was born on 2 July 1941 in Krefeld-Hüls, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. He was a writer and producer, known for Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (1993), Unter Geiern - Der Geist des Llano Estacado (1973) and Die verflixte 7 (1984). He was married to Brigitte Biermann. He died on 9 March 2023 in Elspe, Lennestadt, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Marta Hillers was born on 26 May 1911 in Krefeld, Germany. Marta is a writer, known for A Woman in Berlin (2008). Marta was previously married to Karl Albert Dietschy.
- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Director. Writer. Studied theatre sciences. Travelled through Europe and North Africa between 1945 and 1955. Has written poems, novels, essays as well as plays. In 1966 his novel 'Venedig liegt bei Cleve' was published. 1973 his radio play 'Der Tod meines Vaters' (1972) has been awarded with the 'Hoerspielpreis der Kriegsblinden'. Co-founder of the german distribution company 'Filmverlag der Autoren'. Between 1975 and 1977 he worked as a lecturer at the Hochschule fuer Fernsehen und Film (HFF) in Munich. In the recent past he concentrated on TV and directed several movies of the 'Tatort' series, a TV co-production of Austria, Germany and Switzerland.