Directing
Robert Thalheim
DE, PL, EN cinema · 18 credits
Born
2 July 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
Berlin, Germany
Robert Thalheim (born July 2nd, 1974 in Berlin) is a German stage and film director and screenwriter. Thalheim was an assistant director at the Berliner Ensemble in 1997/98 and then studied Modern German Literature, History and Politics at the Free University of Berlin until the year 2000, in which period he edited the first issues of the culture magazine Plotky. In 2000 he began to study film directing at the Filmhochschule Potsdam-Babelsberg. His teacher there was Rosa von Praunheim, who monitored his work on his first films. Robert Thalheim returned to the theatre in 2003, staging his own play, Wild Boys at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 2004 his debut film Netto was awarded the Art of Film Award at the Festival of German Film. In 2006 he finished his film for the diploma exam, And Along Come Tourists(Am Ende kommen Touristen), shot on location at Auschwitz. This documentary film, produced by Hans-Christian Schmid and Britta Knöller was presented at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007 and was released in Germany in August 2007. (wikipedia)
Known for
Filmography
Don't Be A Stranger
Don't Be A Stranger
Director, Writer, Producer
Kundschafter des Friedens 2
Director, Producer, Writer
The Prank
Producer
The Hamlet Syndrome
Producer
Wagenknecht
Producer
TKKG
Director, Co-Writer, Producer
Old Agent Men
Director, Writer, Producer
Eltern
Director, Writer
Rosakinder
as Self, Director
Move
as Makler im Frühjahr
Westwind
Director
And Along Come Tourists
Screenplay, Director
Neun Szenen
2006
Nine Scenes
as hört im Bus zu
Netto
Screenplay, Director