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curriculum vitae and filmography
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THOMAS FRICK
German director
cinema
2002
1994
„Detective Lovelorn und die Rache des Pharao“ (“Detective Lovelorn and the
revenge of the pharaoh”) 90 min, 35 mm, (director), long feature film for
CHECKPOINT Berlin, starring Horst Buchholz
Nomination for the FIRST MOVIE AWARD „Detective Lovelorn“ at the
BERLINALE FILM FESTIVAL, (Category: PERSPECTIVE GERMAN
CINEMA), FANTASYFILMFEST
cinema distribution: Stardust / SENATOR FILM AG
“Der unbekannte Deserteur“ („The Unknown Deserter“)
fiction, 35mm (1:1,85), 40 min
director, writer
graduating film, coproduction with U.C.L.A. Los Angeles
starring Udo Kier, US-mentor Roland Emmerich
festivals: Potsdam (Saloon of the European Film), Los Angeles (AFI), Denver,
Washington, Amsterdam, Uppsala,
Finalist Award Houston Worldfest
TV: ORB (Germany)
cinema distribution: (YILDIZ) as double feature with
„Varieté“ („Variety Show“) (1991)
fiction, 35mm (1:1,85), 27 min
director, writer
festivals: Berlinale, Oberhausen, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles (AFI), Uppsala, Tokyo
(Best Visual Creation), Mexico City etc., Awards in Tokyo and Los Angeles
TV: ORB (Germany)
1992 – 2006 several commercials for cinema
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short films
2007
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“Maik meets Mandy”
“Dust in the wind”
“Seven pieces”
“Dangerous Island” ... in progress
2006
“Rechtsstaat” 1:30 min (director, writer)
2005
“Dangerous Animal” 9:26 min, (director, writer, editor)
shot in Tunisia for ZWANZGERFILM
more than 40 international festivals
Nomination Hollywood Discovery Award
Bronze Award Houston Worldfest
Audience Award Selb Int. Filmfest and Mechernich Int. Filmfestival etc.
2000
“Emmerich” (35mm, 12:30 min, writer and director, for HFF/ NITROFILM) –
world-premiere in Filmfest Saarbrücken, sold to the Deutsche Bahn AG
Best Actor Award at the Fright Nights Kärnten for Axel Prahl
Audience Award Halloween Filmfest Stuttgart
“Grünes Licht” (“Green Light”) 7 min, 35mm (writer, director, producer)
Filmfest Emden, Filmfest Marburg
1991
„Büchner - Woyzeck - Der Mord“
TV-exercise, U-matic, 12 min, (director)
1990
„Lieber Prof. Borrmann“ („Dear Prof. Borrmann“)
fiction, episodes, 16mm, 12 min, (director, writer)
„Notorno“ („Notorno“)
fiction, 35mm, (main actor)
1989
„Als Paule kam“ („When Paule Did Come“)
fiction, 16mm, 16 min, (director, writer)
Film Festival Saarbrücken
1987-1988
three films (fiction, exercises in the DEFA-Studios for feature films)
35mm, 3-10 minutes (director, writer, editor)
1983-1987
several films (experimental, fiction, comedy, documentary, mixed)
super-8, 3-80 min (director, producer, writer, camera, editor)
shown at East-German-underground-film-festivals, Filmfest Osnabrück,
Dresdener Schmalfilmtage
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commercials
“You buy more than you expect” (director, writer) for SUKUMA
starring German TV Star Jörg Schüttauf
“Kopfkino” (director, storyboard) cinema commercial
for FUTURE CINEMA FOUNDATION / DIE HIRSCHEN AGENCY
“ZANOX M3 – make more money!” for ZANOX AG
(Producer, writer, director), screened in more than 15 countries
2005
“Romeo!” for Zanox AG (Producer, writer, director)
“Susie!” (Producer, writer, director, camera, editor)
BEST COMMERCIAL AWARD at ECOTOPTEN festival
2003
“Pomerania”, image film (director of the polish part)
“Perkutane Vertebroplastie” medical science image film (camera, writer)
2001
„ Senioren-PC“ (writer and director) for LINTEC
“Altersvorsorge” and “Der Kuß” (director) for TV and cinema with
SCHMIDTZ KATZE GMBH
“Haltestelle” (director) for cinema, starring Axel Prahl
“Reportage” (director) for cinema, starring Axel Prahl and Florian Lucas
2000
"Roll Out IT 2000" 3 imagefilms for DEUTSCHE TELEKOM (writer)
"Bei Anruf Zähler" imagefilm for AQUAMESS (writer)
1999
„Creatives For Children“ with THOMSEN AG and FILMHAUS Berlin
(director) entry in the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS as the
fastest commercial production
1998
commercials for MCPAPER, DANONE, RED CROSS, GSW, NESTLE and
others (FILMHAUS Berlin) (writer, director, storyboard)
1995
„Silicon Studio Trailer“ computer-animated opening trailer, (line producer)
TV: „Deutsche Welle“ (worldwide)
1992
„Specktaculatius“ und „Die finstere Nacht“ („Specktaculatius“ and „The
Gloomy Night“) advertising spots, 35mm (director, writer)
1992, 1993, 1994 Open Air Cinema „Waldbühne“ Berlin
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tv
2007
“Caspar David Friedrich” (director) TV dokumovie for NDR broadcast
2001
"Alpha Team" (director), weekly for MULTIMEDIA and SAT.1-TV
1998
TV-script “Der Erlkönig” (90 min.) for PRO7-T V and Polyphon (Co-writer)
1996/97
„Gute Zeiten-Schlechte Zeiten“ („Good Times-Bad Times“) (director)
34x25 min GRUNDY-UFA for RTL, GOLDEN LION TV Award
1992
„Bilder aus der Magdeburger Jugendszene“ („Pictures From The Magdeburg
Youth-Scene“) TV-documentary, 28 min (director),
TV: ARD, MDR,
B1
documentary
2004
“Jugendliche auf der Suche nach Europa”
18 min, documentary shot, DVD (producer, writer, camera, director)
2002
“German pupils in Israel” 3:30, documentary short (director, editor, camera)
1997
„Do Swidanja Deutschland“ („Good Bye Deutschland“)
60 min (director, writer)
distribution: Institut for Political Education in Germany, schools
1995
„Abschied von Deutschland“ („Good Bye From Germany“)
90 min, (director, writer, editor) festival: BERLINALE PANORAMA
1992
„Der OET von Prof. Arno Linke“ („The OET by Prof. Arno Linke“)
medical science film, 30 min (director, writer) VHS-distribution
1989
„Jaja neenee“ („Yesyes Nono“)
documentary short, 16mm, 8 min (director, writer)
Dokumentary Film Festival Neubrandenburg, Osnabrücker Filmtage
Dokumentary and Short Film Festival Leipzig
„10 Tage im Oktober“ („10 Days In October“)
documentary, 16mm, 60 min, (director, writer)
„Goldene Taube“ - Award, Documentary Film Festival Leipzig
Award for Youth and Education in Frankfurt/Main
TV: Germany (DFF) and Belgium TV
sold to the Goethe Institut, (worldwide distribution)
music video
2001
"Ich spiel da nicht mit" with CLUESO at FOUR MUSIC / SONY
(writer and director) VIVA TV
1998
„Nothing compares to you“ with „Acoustica“
(producer, director, writer) VIVA TV
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“50 years 17th of June 1953” (event director)
gala ceremony, invitation of the governing major of Berlin
2002
exhibition as underwater photographer in Potsdam
2000
„Spirit of Europe“ (mentorship)
(youth-film-project, trailer and presentation in the Bundeskanzleramt)
1996
“Prix Europa” (event director)
TV award gala ceremony
youth-film-project “Heimat”(mentorship, teacher)
ORB-Scriptwriting-Award
since 1992
working as a teacher for directing, dramaturgie and scriptwriting
Medienakademie Babelsberg
Erasmus International School Potsdam
Filmgymnasium Babelsberg
Berufsfachschule für Wirtschaft und Technik Dresden (TÜV)
Sächsischer Ausbildungs- und Erziehungskanal S.A.E.K.
Offener Kanal Magdeburg
international seminars and media camps in Germany and Poland
awards
Finalist Award, World Fest Houston Texas
Best Visual Creation, Students Filmfestival Tokyo
2 times Best Shortfilm, AFI - Los Angeles
“GOLDEN LION” TV award
Award for Youth and Education Frankfurt a.M.
“GOLDENE TAUBE” International Documentary Filmfestival Leipzig
First ORB Scriptwriting Award Potsdam
Guinness WORLD RECORD for the fastest production of a commercial spot
Audience Award Halloweenfilmfest Stuttgart
BERLINALE Nomination for the First Movie Award
award for “tolerance and understanding” by the BUNDESMINISTERIUM DES INNERN
AUDIENCE AWARD International Borderland Filmdays Selb / Bavaria
Citation of the Jury - Festival Of The Nations, Ebensee / Switzerland
Nomination Boje-Buck scriptwriting award
Audience Choice Winner, Shorts at Moonlight Bad Soden
Finalist Skodafilmpreis Mainz
WINNER SHORTFILM AWARD Int. Filmfestival Mechernich
finalist HOLLYWOOD DISCOVERY AWARD
Winner of the ECOTOPTEN COMMERCIAL AWARD
Bronze Award International Worldfest Houston
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curriculum vitae
born in Rostock, East-Germany
1979
following primary school in Greifswald (Pomerania)
High School A Level (university entrance level)
1979-1988
apprentice, work as nurse, army, art night school, painting class
leader of experimental film group G.E.Z.
founder of the Greifswald underground film festival
assistant at GREIFSWALD THEATRE
1987-88
assistant director at DEFA STUDIOS POTSDAM-BABELSBERG
1988
enrolment at „Konrad Wolf“ Academy of Film and Television, PotsdamBabelsberg, Department of director
1993
realization of the graduating film („The Unknown Deserter”) as a coproduction
with U.C.L.A. in Los Angeles (U.S. mentor: Roland Emmerich)
1996
graduating as Master of Fine Arts, department of directing
MASTERSCHOOL SCRIPTWRITING of the BERLIN-BRANDENBURGFILMBOARD GmbH
1996-97
director at UFA-Grundy-TV for RTL-TV
author at ORB-TV and POLYPHON / PRO 7
founding the THOMAS FRICK FILMPRODUCTION
2002
long feature film “Detective Lovelorn And The Revenge Of The Pharaoh”
starring Horst Buchholz, premiere at the BERLINALE FILMFESTIVAL
teacher for scriptwriting and directing at the ERASMUS INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL
2003 / 5
director for commercials, documentaries, working as author
teacher for scriptwriting and directing in Magdeburg, Potsdam, Dresden,
Wroclaw, Olsztyn, Leipzig etc.
shooting of “Dangerous Animal” in Tunesia
2006
“DANGEROUS ANIMAL” runs at more than 40 international festivals
Nomination for the “HOLLYWOOD DISCOVERY AWARD”
best commercial at the ECTOTOPTEN award for “Susie!”
commercial “Zanox M3 – make more money” is translated into 14 languages
2007
participation at the Berlinale Actors Meeting as a director
working at a TV dokumovie and a short film
starting a feature film project with the MMC Studios Cologne
teaching at the Filmgymnasium Babelsberg