Tim Huebschle

{{short description|Namibian film director and screenwriter (born 1978)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Tim Huebschle

| image = Tim Huebschle.jpg

| occupation = {{plainlist|

• Film Director
• Screenwriter
• Producer
• Editor

}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|05|24}}

| birth_place = Reutlingen, Germany

| website = {{URL|collective.com.na}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Meunajo Tjiroze|2019}}

| mother = Michaela Hübschle

| father = Otto Hübschle

| nationality = Namibian}}

Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216761/|title=Tim Huebschle|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-04-23}} His films are characterised by real-life scenarios, often blending documentary and fictional elements to highlight social and cultural themes relevant to Namibia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.namibian.com.na/huebschle-launches-film-collection/|title=Huebschle launches film collection|website=The Namibian Newspaper|access-date=2025-04-02}}

After completing his high school in Windhoek, Tim Huebschle relocated to Cape Town and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English & German Literature at the University of Cape Town. During his studies, he participated in a few film theory seminars and subsequently chose to follow a career in the film industry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1216761/|title=Tim Huebschle|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-04-23}} He started making independent short films in 2000, after leaving South Africa and moving to Berlin to pursue internships at production companies in the German capital. In 2003 he returned to Namibia where he had secured a production budget for Savanna Stories, a 13-part documentary series, aired on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). After winding up the series in 2005 Huebschle continued to work as director on a wide range of short films, documentaries, music videos and commercials. Throughout the years he collected numerous local and international accolades for his work.{{Cite web|url=https://www.liburnija-film.hr/en_US/tag/kraf/|title=Arhiva Kraf|website=Liburnija film|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/433/auteur-abroad-tim-huebschle/|title=The Villager Newspaper Namibia|website=www.thevillager.com.na|access-date=2019-04-23}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.svaff.org/svaff-awards/9-svaff-2013-award-winners-full-list.html|title=SVAFF 2013 Awards|last=II|first=Gabriel Nwoffiah|website=www.svaff.org|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-04-23}} In 2009 he co-founded the Namibian film production company Collective Productions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.collective.com.na/|title=Collective Productions Namibia|access-date=2020-02-07}} In 2013/14 he directed 26 episodes of a documentary series and 20 episodes of a children's series for the afternoon programming of the German TV station ARD.{{Cite news|url=http://www.daserste.de/information/zoogeschichten/waisenhaus/hintergrund/team-100.html|title=Das Filmteam (Staffel 3) {{!}} Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere|work=Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (ARD)|access-date=2018-01-08|language=de-DE}} Huebschle premiered his debut full-length feature entitled #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm in October 2019.{{Citation|title=#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4968908/reference|access-date=2019-10-23}}