Christopher Becker
{{Short description|German film director, screenwriter and film producer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
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| birth_place = Bad Münstereifel, Germany
| occupation = Film director, screenwriter, producer
| years_active = 2001–present
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Christopher Becker (born 1 May 1980) is a German film director, screenwriter, and film producer.
Biography
Becker studied directing at the Internationale Filmschule Köln, where he graduated in 2005. He also held various positions in the film industry, first as a unit production manager, later as a production manager. Already during his studies he made short films, which were represented at national and international film festivals. These include Frauenparkplatz and his graduation film Mittsommer. From 2007 to 2011, he was along with Johannes F. Sievert and Moritz Grenzebach co-owner and managing director of "Pi Filmproduktion".
From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and directed together with Daniel Rakete Siegel the web series Jabhook with Daniel Wiemer, Raphael Rubino, Anna Angelina Wolfers and Hans-Martin Stier in the lead roles. With Siegel and Sönke Andersen he created the viral spot "Schalenklau" for the company PayPal, which had over two million views on the Internet and was broadcast in several television shows.
At the University of Duisburg-Essen he was a lecturer and had 2011 a cameo in the movie Eine Insel namens Udo.
Filmography
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! Year ! Film ! Role ! Notes |
| 2004
| Frauenparkplatz | Director | |
| rowspan="3" |2005
| Transfamily | Director of photography | |
| Schwarzer Peter
| Director | |
| Mittsommer
| Director, writer | |
| 2006
| Poldis Engel | Production manager | |
| 2007
| Absolution | Co-producer | |
| 2008
| Jabhook | Writer, director | |
| 2011
| Brüder | Producer | |
| 2011
| Actor | |
| 2012
| Playtime (Spielzeit) | Producer | 2012 Sundance Film Festival{{Cite web|url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2012-festival-program-announcement-shorts/|title=2012 Sundance Film Festival Announces Short Film Program - sundance.org|date=6 December 2011|accessdate=14 March 2024}} |
| 2012
| Pommes essen | Actor | |
| 2015-2017
| Comedy Rocket | Producer, writer, director | |
| 2018
| Die große Entbärung | Producer | |
Awards
His short film Frauenparkplatz won the Made for Mobile Award 2007. In 2010, his viral spot for the Internationale Filmschule Köln was nominated for the Viral Video Award.{{cite web | url= http://www.viralvideoaward.com/12/ |title=Viral Video Award 2010 |date=13 October 2010 |access-date=22 November 2010 |publisher=interfilm Berlin}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1959708}}
- [http://english.crew-united.com/index.asp?show=memberdetail&ID=5726 Christopher Becker] at the German film database Crew United
- [http://www.firststeps.de/filmkatalog/filmemacher/show-person.html?tx_e27firststepswfqbe_pi1%5BID%5D=17D93A58-D8F4-4558-B467-466256F41FC8 Christopher Becker] at First Steps
- [https://www.filmportal.de/person/christopher-becker_572f302998804eff97ea457d8b19f4d3 Christopher Becker] at filmportal.de
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Category:Film people from Cologne