Tim Fehlbaum
{{short description|Swiss film director|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
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|image =Tim Fehlbuam in 2022.jpg
| caption = Fehlbaum in 2022
|birth_place = Basel, Switzerland
|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1982}}
| alma_mater = University of Television and Film Munich
| years_active = 2011–present
| occupation = {{hlist|Director|producer|writer}}
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Tim Fehlbaum (born 1982) is a Swiss film director. He is known for the film September 5 (2024), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Career
Fehlbaum studied directing from 2002-2009 at the University of Television and Film Munich. While there, he made several short films, music videos and worked as camera operator on documentary films.
In 2011 Fehlbaum made his feature film debut with the bleak post-apocalyptic horror film Hell, for which he also co-wrote the screenplay. The film starred Hannah Herzsprung, Angela Winkler and Lars Eidinger in the lead roles. It has received numerous good reviews, especially for Fehlbaums ability to create a visually bright but atmospherically dark thriller with dense atmosphere.{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/hell-film-review-208031/ | title=Hell: Film Review | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=5 July 2011 }}
Fehlbaum won the German Cinema New Talent Award{{cite web | url=https://www.filmfest-muenchen.de/de/festival/preise-preistrager/forderpreis-neues-deutsches-kino/ | title=Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino }} at the Munich Film Festival, where it had its world premiere and the Zurich Film Award both in the director category. In 2012 the film was nominated in six categories and won Best Music at the German Film Awards and two awards at the Swiss Film Award.{{cite web | url=https://www.swissfilms.ch/de/movie/hell/E3A33CB8DF00476A856D31E1DB86E324 | title=Hell }} It also appeared in competition at the Locarno International Film Festival and won awards at genre festivals such as the Sitges Film Festival{{cite web | url=https://swissfilms.ch/de/news/zwei-preise-fuer-hell-am-festival-in-sitges-spanien/4286 | title=Zwei Preise für "Hell" am Festival in Sitges (Spanien) }} and Fantasporto.{{cite web | url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/216906/ | title=Hell and Ave Fantasporto's great winners }}
Fehlbaum also won the German New Faces Award in 2012{{cite web | url=https://www.n-tv.de/ticker/New-Faces-Preise-fuer-Jungschauspieler-vergeben-article6129056.html | title="New Faces"-Preise für Jungschauspieler vergeben }} and was listet in Variety's 10 Euro directors to watch.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/markets-festivals/10-euro-directors-to-watch-1118055702/ | title=10 Euro directors to watch | date=23 June 2012 }}
In 2021 Fehlbaum's science-fiction thriller film Tides premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in the Berlinale Special section and subsequently won several awards, such as four German Film Awards,{{cite web | url=https://www.deutscher-filmpreis.de/preisverleihung/2021/ | title=2021 • Deutscher Filmpreis }} as well as two Bavarian Film Awards{{cite web | url=https://www.fff-bayern.de/aktuelles/aktuell/detail/news/im-kino-tides-von-tim-fehlbaum.html?tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=fbf4ec766bbd0aed5a1f9082c3139ce2 | title=Im Kino: "Tides" von Tim Fehlbaum }} for Best Director and Best Cinematography. Tides won the RTS Audience Award and the Best Production Design Award at the 20th edition of the NIFFF. and Best Feature Film and Best Visual Effects at the Fancine Fantastic Film Festival in Malaga.{{cite web | url=https://site-fancine.festicine.pro/en/pratical-infos/2021-winners | title=2021 winners | Fancine Festival de cine fantástico de Málaga | date=18 November 2021 }}
Reviews noted Fehlbaum's flair for striking mise en scene.{{cite web | url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/tides-berlin-review/5157591.article | title='Tides': Berlin Review }}
In 2024, Fehlbaum co-wrote and directed September 5, a film about ABC Sports' coverage of the 1972 Munich massacre. He received several accolades, including a nomination the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, alongside Moritz Binder and Alex David.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/live/91itAWKi5dc?si=ECugSp6h7IlgPypX |title=LIVE: Oscars 2025 nominations announced by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott |language=en |access-date=2025-01-23 |via=www.youtube.com}}
Filmography
Short film
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| 2004
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| 2006
| Wo ist Freddy? | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2016
| Flicker | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Feature film
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| 2004
| Nicht meine Hochzeit | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2011
| Hell | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
| 2021
| Tides | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
| 2024
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Awards
References
[http://caligari-film.de/2011/06/30/tim-fehlbaum-erhalt-den-forderpreis-deutscher-film-fur-regie/ Tim Fehlbaum receives the German Film for director] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322014912/http://www.caligari-film.de/2011/06/30/tim-fehlbaum-erhalt-den-forderpreis-deutscher-film-fur-regie/ |date=2016-03-22 }} message caligari-film .com June 30, 2011
[http://bazonline.ch/kultur/kino/Schweizer-Horror-unter-sengender-Sonne/story/12959550 Swiss horror under the scorching sun] In bazonline.de from 5 August 2011
[https://www.nifff.ch/en/2021/07/10/nifff-2021-a-new-generation-crowned/ NIFFF 2021 : A New Generation Crowned] In NIFFF.ch, 11 July 2021
External links
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- [http://www.filmportal.de/df/d8/Uebersicht,,,,,,,,4B7C42F3E37240528945B6037C480135,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,.html Profile] on filmportal.de
- [http://popkulturschock.de/interview-tim-fehlbaum/ interview] at popkulturschock.de
- [http://www.internettv.ch/people-lifestyle/unterhaltung/schweizer-bringt-endzeit-ins-kino Video Portrait] in internetTV.ch
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