Jochen Alexander Freydank
Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director. He was born in 1967 in East-Berlin. After the fall of the Berlin wall he started his film career as an editor. He then worked as first assistant director for film and TV. Jochen Alexander Freydank wrote screenplays for TV-series and movies. In 1999 he founded his own production company Mephisto Film. He worked as a producer for German TV, produced one of Germans most successful TV series. His directing career includes theatre, award winning short films and commercials. Freydanks films had been internationally recognized and won awards at various film festivals. His film Toyland won the Academy Award (OSCAR) for best live action short film in 2009. Freydank is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
Filmography as director
- 2011: Und weg bist du
- 2010: Homefront (Heimatfront)
- 2007: Toyland (Spielzeugland)
- 2002: Duty (Dienst)
- 2001: Emergency (Notfall)
- 1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)
Theatre
- 2010: Johnny Chicago (Berliner Volksbühne)
Filmography as producer
- 2007-2009: In aller Freundschaft
- 2007: Endlich Samstag
- 2007: Toyland (Spielzeugland)
- 2002: Duty (Dienst)
- 2001: Emergency (Notfall)
- 1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)
Awards
2009
- Oscar as best live action short film for Toyland
- Kansas City Film Fest, USA, best narrative short for Toyland
- Phoenix Film Festival, USA, world cinema best short for Toyland
- Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival, USA, audience award for Toyland
- Reno Film Festival, USA, best foreign film for Toyland
- Portland International Film Festival, USA, audience award (second place) for Toyland
- Lenola Film Festival, Italien, best film + "best Soundtrack" for Toyland
- shorts at moonlight, USA, Publikumspreis (2. Preis) for Toyland
- Anchorage Film Festival, USA, audience award for Toyland
- New Jersey Film Festival, USA, honorable mention for Toyland
- Cleveland International Film Festival, USA, audience award for Toyland
- San Diego Jewish Film Festival, USA, audience award for Toyland
2008
- Short Shorts Film Festival Tokio, Japan, audience award for Toyland
- Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung short film award for Toyland
- Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda Short Film Award for Toyland
- Rhode Island International Film Festival, second place International Discovery Award for Toyland
- Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, APEC Award in Gold for Toyland
- Alpinale Vorarlberg, Austria, audience award, for Toyland
- Odense International Film Festival, Danmark, best children and youth film for Toyland
- Alemeria en Corto, Filmfestival, Spanien, jury award & audience award for Toyland
- Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, USA audience award for Toyland
- Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, USA, audience award for Toyland
- Sedicicorto – International Film Festival Forli, Italy, Best short film for Toyland
- Asheville Film Festival, USA, Best short film for Toyland
- Victoria Independent Film Festival, Australia, Best short under 20 minutes for Toyland
- Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Almería, audience award- and jury award for Toyland
2007
- Valladolid International Film Festival Official Selection, Golden Spike for Toyland
2004
- Montecatini Film Festival, Italien, best film International Panorama for "Duty"
2003
- Rüsselsheimer Kurzfilmtage special award for "Duty"
2002
- audience award, Spotlight, internationales TV- und Werbefilm Festival for Hanfstreu
- Cindy Award in Gold by the Association of Audio Visual Communicators for Hanfstreu
- Silberner Bär, Festival der Nationen, Austria for Emergency
- corto web award, Arcipelago FIlm Festival, Rom, Italy for Emergency
2001
- Kommunikationsverband: "Die Klappe in Bronze", for Hanfstreu
- audience award at the online film festival "Shorts welcome" for Happy End Glückliches Ende
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