German film director

Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director. Freydank has directed feature films, TV movies, commercials and stage plays, and won various awards, including an Academy Award for his short film Toyland in 2009.

Jochen Alexander Freydank was born in 1967 in East Berlin. He started his career in the 1990s as an editor and *istant director for television and film productions. He is also known as a screenwriter for television series and TV movies and worked as a producer. He produced one of Germany's most successful TV series. In 1999 he founded his film production company, Mephisto Film.

Freydank's first short film was the macabre comedy Happy End, followed by the short film Emergency. In 2002, he wrote and directed Duty, which had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival. Freydank then directed, co-wrote and produced the short film Toyland, which won more than 30 international awards. In February 2009 TOYLAND won the Oscar for best live-action short film.

Freydank's directorial credits include feature films and TV movies, among them Homefront, Allmächtig, Tatort, and the tragicomedy Und Weg Bist Du, which won the best director award at Bayerischer Fernsehpreis. In 2010 Freydank directed the stage play Johnny Chicago at Berliner Volksbühne. In 2013/2014 he wrote, directed and produced the feature film Kafka's The Burrow based on a novel by Franz Kafka. The film had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival and its European premiere at the Warsaw International Film Festival. 2014 Freydank wrote and directed Grosse Fische – Kleine Fische, followed by three prime-time movies for German TV in 2015: Der Wilde Sven, the thriller Zorn – Wie Sie Töten and Engelmacher, a police crime drama. In 2016 he directed the TV movies Dünnes Eis and Trugspur. He then directed two German TV movies in Barcelona, Spain: Über W*er Halten and Tod Aus Der Tiefe, and in 2017 a thriller based on the best selling novel Das Joshua Profil by Sebastian Fitzek. In 2020 he directed another literary adaptation: Zero is a dark social media thriller based on the bestselling novel by Marc Elsberg starring Heike Makatsch.

Freydank is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Contents

• 1 Filmography as director
• 2 Theatre
• 3 Filmography as producer
• 4 Filmography as writer
• 5 Awards
  • 5.1 2021
  • 5.2 2020
  • 5.3 2015
  • 5.4 2014
  • 5.5 2013
  • 5.6 2009
  • 5.7 2008
  • 5.8 2007
  • 5.9 2004
  • 5.10 2003
  • 5.11 2002
  • 5.12 2001
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Filmography as director

• 2021: Herzogpark (miniseries)
• 2021: Zero
• 2020: Du sollst nicht luegen (miniseries)
• 2019: Dein Leben ge*t mir
• 2018: Das Joshua Profil
• 2017: Tod aus der Tiefe
• 2017: Über W*er halten
• 2016: Trugspur
• 2016: Polizeiruf 110: Dünnes Eis
• 2015: Zorn – Wie sie töten
• 2015: Der wilde Sven
• 2015: Engelmacher
• 2014: Grosse Fische – Kleine Fische
• 2014: Kafka's The Burrow
• 2013: Tatort: Allmächtig
• 2012: Und weg bist du
• 2010: Tatort: Heimatfront (Homefront)
• 2007: Toyland (Spielzeugland)
• 2002: Duty (Dienst)
• 2001: Emergency (Notfall)
• 1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)

Theatre

• 2010: Johnny Chicago (Berliner Volksbühne)

Filmography as producer

• 2014: Kafka's The Burrow
• 2007–2009: In aller Freundschaft
• 2007: Endlich Samstag!
• 2007: Toyland (Spielzeugland)
• 2002: One Single Moment
• 2002: Duty (Dienst)
• 2002: The Last Journey
• 2001: Emergency (Notfall)
• 1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)

Filmography as writer

• 2015: Grosse Fische – Kleine Fische
• 2014: Kafka's The Burrow
• 2008: Polizeiruf 110 – Taximord
• 2007: Toyland
• 2003: Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
• 2002: Duty (Dienst)
• 2001: Klini* Berlin Mitte – Leben in Bereitschaft
• 2001: Emergency (Notfall)
• 1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)

Awards

2021

• Jupiter Award, nomination "Du sollst nicht lügen" best series
• Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, nomination Barry Atsma, best actor "Du sollst nicht lügen"
• Hessischer Fernsehpreis, nomination Felicitas Woll, best actress "Du sollst nicht lügen"

2020

• Jupiter Award, nomination Vladimir Burlakov, best actor "Dein Leben gehört mir"

2015

• Edinburgh International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
• Shanghai International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
• Bari International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"

2014

• Busan International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
• Warsaw International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"

2013

• Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, best director for "Und weg bist du"

2009

• OSCAR live action short film for Toyland
• Phoenix Film Festival, United States, world cinema best short for Toyland
• Anchorage Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
• Washington Jewish Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
• Kansas City Film Fest, United States, best narrative short for Toyland
• Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
• Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, audience award for Toyland
• Rehoboth Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
• Villa Mare Film Festival, Italy, audience award for Toyland
• Reno Film Festival, United States, best foreign film for Toyland
• Portland International Film Festival, United States, audience award (second place) for Toyland
• Lenola Film Festival, Italy, best film + "best Soundtrack" for Toyland
• Shorts at moonlight, Germany, audience award for Toyland
• New Jersey Film Festival, United States, honorable mention for Toyland
• Cleveland International Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
• San Diego Jewish Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland

2008

• Short Shorts Film Festival Tokyo, *an, audience award for Toyland
• Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Germany short film award for Toyland
• Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda Short Film Award for Toyland
• Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States, second place International Discovery Award for Toyland
• Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, APEC Award in gold for Toyland
• Montreal World Film Festival, Canada nomination for "Toyland"
• Alpinale, Austria, audience award, for Toyland
• Odense International Film Festival, Danmark, best children and youth film for Toyland
• Alemeria en Corto, Filmfestival, Spain, jury award & audience award for Toyland
• Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, United States audience award for Toyland
• Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, United States, audience award for Toyland
• Sedicicorto – International Film Festival Forli, Italy, Best short film for Toyland
• Asheville Film Festival, United States, Best short film for Toyland
• Victoria Independent Film Festival, Australia, Best short under 20 minutes for Toyland
• Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Almería, Spain, audience award- and jury award for Toyland

2007

• Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, Golden Spike for Toyland

2004

• Montecatini Film Festival, Italy, best film International Panorama for "Duty"

2003

• Rüsselsheimer Kurzfilmtage, special award for "Duty"
• Montreal World Film Festival, Canada nomination for "Duty"
• Fantastisk Filmfestival Malmö, Sweden, nomination for best European short film for "Duty"

2002

• Audience award, Spotlight, internationales TV- und Werbefilm Festival for Hanfstreu
• Cindy Award in Gold by the *ociation of Audio Visual Communicators for Hanfstreu
• Silberner Bär, Festival der Nationen, Austria for Emergency
• Corto web award, Arcipelago FIlm Festival, Rome, 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)

References

External links

• Official website
• Jochen Alexander Freydank at IMDb
• Jochen Alexander Freydank bei crew united
• Berliner Spaziergang: Der Geschichtenerzähler, Berliner Morgenpost, 17 May 2009
• Der deutsche Oscargewinner, Die Welt, 23 February 2009
• , Oscar Gewinner Jochen Alexander Freydak DW, 5 July 2009
• Ich unterstelle mir schon Talent, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 6. März 2009
• Mephisto Film