David Cebulla

David Cebulla studied biology and ecology{{Cite web |title=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid=1288901380 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=portal.dnb.de}} at the University of Jena and conducted dendrochronological research on the climate adaptedness of individual tree species.{{Cite journal |last=Jetschke |first=Gottfried |last2=Cebulla |first2=David |last3=Frischbier |first3=Nico |last4=Krichler |first4=Thomas |title=Nachgebohrt: Jahrringanalysen zur Klimaangepasstheit von Weißtanne und Fichte |journal=Das Blatt |volume=23 |issue=3 |pages=24–25}} From 2015 onwards, he worked on sets of various film productions, including for the ZDF, Warner Bros.{{Cite web |title=David Cebulla |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9396279/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}} and as assistant director for the series teaser of "Azur".{{Citation |title=Reyst Fantasy Teaser |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teCnFzG_bAU |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}} From 2016 to April 2018, he was social media and artist manager for the wildlife and nature filmmaker Andreas Kieling.{{Cite news |date=March 2023 |title=Naturfilmer und Ökologe David Cebulla |pages=34–37 |work=Wildbrücke}} Since 2019, Cebulla has been a full-time filmmaker.

Cebulla produces mainly documentaries about nature and wildlife. His films are released on video-on-demand, including Prime Video, Vimeo on Demand, and Pantaray TV, as well as on DVD. He shows his films to audiences and holds presentations.{{Cite news |last=Burghardt |first=Armin |date=2023-02-08 |title=In Rastenberg ruft die Mopsfledermaus |work=Thüringer Allgemeine |url=https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/regionen/soemmerda/in-rastenberg-ruft-die-mopsfledermaus-id237583899.html |access-date=2023-05-18}}{{Cite web |title=Auf der Spur der Wildkatze {{!}} Freie Presse - Stollberg |url=https://www.freiepresse.de/erzgebirge/stollberg/auf-der-spur-der-wildkatze-artikel11789463 |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.freiepresse.de |language=de}}{{Cite news |date=2023-02-08 |title=Orchideen im Saaletal im Fokus |work=Ostthüringer Zeitung}} In film production, Cebulla uses ecological methods to record wildlife and appears as a protagonist himself. His own productions are known for featuring only wildlife, but no animals from game enclosures.{{Cite news |last=Könau |first=Janek |date=2022-07-04 |title=Der Hamsterfilmer |pages=9 |work=BILD Thüringen}}{{Cite web |last=Allgemeine |first=Thüringer |date=2019-11-05 |title=Schön und gefährdet: Den Wildkatzen bei Jena auf der Spur |url=https://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/regionen/jena/schoen-und-gefaehrdet-den-wildkatzen-bei-jena-auf-der-spur-id227562183.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.thueringer-allgemeine.de |language=de-DE}}

In 2016, he made the short film "Hidden Beauty – The Orchids of the Saale Valley," in which he searched for some of Germany's rarest orchid species.{{Cite web |title=David Cebulla Fotografie {{!}} Bildstrecke |url=https://wandermagazin.de/slider/19/david-cebulla-fotografie |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=wandermagazin.de}} In 2020's "The Return of the Wildcat", Cebulla went in search of the European wildcat, documenting genetic evidence as well as rare footage of individuals living in the wild.{{Cite web |last=Purr and Roar |date=2020-04-14 |title=Sofa Premiere: The Return of the Wildcat |url=https://purrandroar.com/2020/04/14/sofa-premiere-the-return-of-the-wildcat/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}} In 2022, he released the film "Wild Forests," for which he spent a year observing life in forests without any forestry activity and documenting wildlife in its natural habitat.{{Cite web |title=Online-Filmpremiere: Wälder ohne forstliche Nutzung in Thüringen |url=https://www.jenatv.de/mediathek/69505/Online_Filmpremiere_Waelder_ohne_forstliche_Nutzung_in_Thueringen.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=Jena TV - Sehen, was bewegt. |language=de}}

By his own account, he is currently working on the to date most extensive film project about the Common hamster. For "The Last Common Hamsters" he filmed wild common hamsters in Germany, rare black common hamsters,{{Cite web |last=Aschenbrenner_ |first=_Der {{!}} |date=2022-10-16 |title=Landwirt und Filmemacher kooperieren für den Feldhamsterschutz |url=https://www.oscar-am-freitag.de/beitraege-gotha/landwirt-und-filmemacher-kooperieren-fuer-den-feldhamsterschutz/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=OscarAmFreitag |language=de-DE}} cemetery hamsters in Vienna, hamster breeding for reintroduction in France, small-scale farming in Poland, hamster hunting in Hungary, and common hamsters in the steppes of Kazakhstan.

• Hidden Beauty – The Orchids of the Saale Valley (2017) – director and producer
• The Return of the Wildcat (2020) – director and producer
• Wild Forests (2022) – director and producer

General

• 2018: Medal "People 2017" for special cultural achievements in Thuringia{{Cite web |last=OTZ |date=2018-07-20 |title=Filmemacher aus Jena erfolgreich |url=https://www.tlz.de/leben/vermischtes/filmemacher-aus-jena-erfolgreich-id224402009.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.tlz.de |language=de-DE}}
• 2019: Walter Dexel Scholarship from the City of Jena{{Cite news |date=2019-11-28 |title=Walter-Dexel-Stipendium: Der Filmemacher David Cebulla nahm den Preis entgegen |work=Focus |url=https://www.focus.de/regional/jena/jena-walter-dexel-stipendium-der-filmemacher-david-cebulla-nahm-den-preis-entgegen_id_11403590.html?rnd=fa7f13798da323862044ed6de3db14fc |access-date=2023-05-18}}

Hidden Beauty – The Orchids of the Saale Valley

• 2018: International Film Competition Nature and Adventure Dortmund – nature film: winner{{Citation |title=Verborgene Schönheit - Die Orchideen des Saaletals {{!}} Offizieller Trailer {{!}} Naturfilm Doku {{!}} Jena |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQAZN-GYTk |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en}}
• 2019: Virgin Spring Cinefest – Film on nature / environment / wildlife: winner (gold){{Cite web |title=Monthly Selection : JUNE 2019 – VS CInefest |url=https://vscinefest.com/monthly-selection-june-2019/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en-US}}
• 2019: International Open Film Festival (IOFF) – Film on nature / environment / wildlife: best award

The Return of the Wildcat

• 2020: Virgin Spring Cinefest – Film on nature / environment / wildlife: winner (gold){{Cite web |title=Monthly Selection : APRIL 2020 – VS CInefest |url=https://vscinefest.com/monthly-selection-april-2020/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |language=en-US}}
• 2020: Nature Without Borders International Film Festival – Wildlife/ nature documentaries: excellence{{Cite web |title=NWBIFF Fall 2020 Winners |url=https://www.nwbiff.com/NWBIFF_Winners_Fall_2020.html |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=www.nwbiff.com}}
• 2022: Tulum World Environment Film Festival – Jury's Award Feature Films: Ocean and Wildlife Conservation: winner

Wild Forests

• 2023: Virgin Spring Cinefest – Film on nature / environment / wildlife: winner{{Cite web |title=Presse - Naturfilmer David Cebulla |url=https://www.davidcebulla.de/presse/ |access-date=2023-05-18 |website=David Cebulla |language=de-DE}}

• [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid=1288901380 Literature of and about David Cebulla] in the German National Library
• {{IMDb name|9396279}}
• [https://www.davidcebulla.de/en David Cebulla's Website]

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Category:1991 births

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Category:German documentary film directors

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