Films that I wrote and directed
IN SEARCH OF MONSTERS
Documentary, 87 Minutes. 2021
Hoferichter & Jacobs, NDR/ARTE.
Co-written and co-directed with John Goetz.
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Emmy for International Current Affairs |
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Mohamedou Slahi was freed from Guantanamo in 2016. In 2017 Journalist John Goetz starts to search for Slahi’s torturers. A journey across America, leading to remarkable meetings and revelations.
HASRET – YEARNING
Documentary, 82 Mins, 2015
Geissendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion, Bredok Film Production, ZDF/ARTE
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Best Documentary 2016, Turkish Critics Association – SİYAD |
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A director is commissioned to make a documentary about Istanbul. He starts to film its everyday life… but soon becomes drawn to the darker, more mysterious side of the city… its past, its secrets, its ghosts. Gradually he succumbs to obsession.
WELCOME TO KARASTAN a.k.a. LOST IN KARASTAN
Fiction, 95 mins, 2014
F&ME, Brandstorm Entertainment, 20 Steps Productions, Metra Films
The story of a washed-up maverick film-maker who visits the world’s worst film festival in the Republic of Karastan. Whilst in Karastan, the director’s luck changes when he is offered the chance to make a new, epic film.
NAPLES OPEN CITY 1943-1948
Documentary, 70 mins, 2009
BBC/ARTE
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Special Mention, Prix Italia |
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An account of a turbulent period in the history of Naples, focusing on the economics of the black market and political intrigue.
37 USES FOR A DEAD SHEEP
Documentary, 85 mins, 2006
BBC/ARTE
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Caligari Filmpreis, Berlin Film Festival |
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Best International Documentary, Toronto Hot Docs |
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Nominated for Best Documentary, European Film Awards |
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https://www.tigerlilyproductions.com/tv-37-uses-for-a-dead-sheep-copy
The story of the Pamir Kirghiz, an Afghan tribe now living in Eastern Turkey. A collaboration between the London film team and the tribe to recount their amazing history.
FOOTPRINTS
Documentary, 42 mins, 2002
Geissendörfer Film und Fernsehen, Tigerlily Films
https://www.footprintdocumentary.com/
https://www.tigerlilyproductions.com/footprints
Filmed in Afghanistan and Laos, FOOTPRINTS records the devastation wrought on the civilian population by the use of cluster bombs.
THE NINE LIVES OF TOMAS KATZ
Fiction, 87 mins, 2000
Strawberry Vale/Geissendörfer Film und Fernsehen, G2 Films
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Best Newcomer, Evening Standard Film Awards |
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Best Director, Best Actor, Porto FantasyFilm Festival |
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The last day of creation. The Apocalypse comes to London in the form of a mysterious stranger. Can the blind Chief of Police save the universe from erasure?
SIMON MAGUS
Fiction, 105 mins, 1999
Film 4, Arts Council, ARP, Lucky Red, Hollywood Partners
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Best Director, Best Actor, Sitges Fantasy Film Festival |
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In Competition, Berlin Film Festival |
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Early 20th Century, in Poland. Simon is the village fool in a dwindling Jewish community. The devil, whom he sees in visions, and a local merchant, manipulate him into setting up a pogrom.
MAX KLAPPER
Fiction, 35 mins, 1996
Film material shot by Ben Hopkins for a theatre production written and directed by David Farr.