Niko von Glasow

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Niko von Glasow (née Brücher), born 1960 in Cologne, Germany. Feature Film Director. Son of Ernst Brücher and Marijella DuMont founders of the DuMont Publishing house.

Producer and director for Palladio Film, began his training with Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Lola and Theater of the World). He then worked for a number of film directors including George Stefan Troller, Hellmuth Costard, Alexander Kluge, Peter Zadek and Jean-Jacques Annaud. Niko has also worked for film distributors, film studios, and the first European Low-Budget Film Festival in Hamburg. Niko studied drama coaching with John Costopoulos and film directing with Jack Garfine. He studied film at New York University and at the Film Academy of Lódz in Poland. This is where he made his first feature film in 1991, Wedding Guests. In 1994 Niko wrote, directed and produced MARIE’S SONG starring Sylvie Testud, Bastian Trost, Veronica Quilligan and Jean-François Perrier. In 2004 he directed and produced Edelweiss Pirates starring Iwan Stebunow, Bela B., Jan Decleir, Jochen Nickel and Anna Thalbach. He co-produced the films Dandy and Wintersleeper. He lives in London and Cologne and he is a member of BAFTA and the European Film Academy. Niko taught scriptwriting at UCLA in Los Angeles and at the Wederzijds-Theater in Amsterdam.