Katrin Gebbe

Katrin Gebbe

Katrin Gebbe showing her first movie Tore tanzt, at the Apollo-Cinema Center, 2014 in Ibbenbühren (GER).
Born 1983 (age 31–32)
Ibbenbüren, Germany
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Years active 2005–present
Awards Bavarian Film Awards; Adult Jury Prize CICFF (Short Film); European Young Civis media prize; Preis der deutschen Filmkritik; German Film Award for Best Direction; Montblanc Script Award

Katrin Gebbe (born 1983) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Mini-biography

Katrin Gebbe studied liberal arts and visual communication on the Academy of Visual Arts in Enschede, where she made her first short experimental film.[1] From 2005 she postgraduated on the specialization film direction at the Hamburg Media School.[2] Her degree work, the short film Şoreş & Şîrîn, featuring Ulrike Folkerts, was awarded on the Chicago International Children's Film Festival with the ″Adult Jury Prize″ for short films.[3] In addition it also received 2009 the European Young Civis media prize.[1]

Her feature film début ″Nothing Bad Can Happen″ (German: Tore tanzt), that tells the story of a Hamburg Jesus Freak, received an invitation on the section Un Certain Regard from the 66th Cannes Film Festival.[4][5] There the movie also had its premiere 23 May 2013. Gebbe and Verena Höfe-Gräft, the producer, had met during their time in college and started in 2009 working together on the project. The main role was played by the newcomer actor Julius Meier field.[6] For this movie Katrin Gebbe receiced 2013 the Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for the best feature film début,[7] as the Bavarian Film Awards for the best newcomer director.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 „Sores & Sîrîn“ von Katrin Gebbe - Kurzschluss arte.tv, 20 March 2012, last access 1 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Katrin Gebbe – Workexperience katringebbe.com, last access 1 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Husmann, Wenke (25 November 2013). "Als Filmemacher sollte man einen Stachel hinterlassen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  4. ↑ Produktionsspiegel: Niedersachsen/Bremen – Tore tanzt nordmedia.de, last access 1 May 2013.
  5. ↑ 2013 Official Selection festival-cannes.fr, last access 1 May 2013.
  6. ↑ Mit dem ersten Langfilm zu den Filmfestspielen abendblatt.de, last access 13 May 2013.
  7. ↑ Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2013 Official website of the Association of German Film Critics (reg. ass.), last access 6 May 2014.