Veit Helmer

{{short description|German film director and screenwriter (born 1968)}}

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|image =Veit Helmer (Amiens nov. 2008) 3a.jpg

| name = Veit Helmer

| caption = Veit Helmer in 2008

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|4|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Hanover, West Germany

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| occupation = Film director, screenwriter

| yearsactive = 1989-present

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Veit Helmer (born 24 April 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. He started shooting films at the age of fourteen.{{citation needed|date=April 2015}} After finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR. Two month before the wall came down, he moved to East-Berlin to study theatre directing at the famous drama school "Ernst Busch". From 1991 to 1997 Helmer studied film directing at HFF Munich. His first feature film Tuvalu (starring Denis Lavant and Chulpan Khamatova) earned more than 32 awards. His 2008 film Absurdistan was premiered in Sundance and entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2008 |title=30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008) |access-date=2013-06-01 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130421050837/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=2008 |archive-date=April 21, 2013 }}

Selected filmography

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Film
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
2023 \|Gondola{{cite web \| url =https://cineuropa.org/film/452125/ \| title =Gondola \| last =Helmer \| first =Veit \| publisher =Cineuropa \| access-date =2024-01-24}} \|Director & Screenwriter \|{{Cite web \|last=Vivarelli \|first=Nick \|date=2024-02-02 \|title=Veit Helmer’s Gay Romance ‘Gondola’ Scores Sales via Coccinelle Film (EXCLUSIVE) \|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/gay-romance-gondola-veit-helmer-sales-coccinelle-film-1235895128/ \|access-date=2024-05-28 \|website=Variety \|language=en-US}}
2018 \|{{ill\|The Bra\|de\|Vom Lokführer, der die Liebe suchte…}} \|Director & Screenwriter \|{{Cite web \|date=2019-04-30 \|title=Veit Helmer • Director of The Bra \|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/371557/ \|access-date=2024-05-28 \|website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema \|language=en}}
2014 \|{{ill\|Fiddlesticks (2014 film)\|de\|3=Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande\|lt=Fiddlesticks}} \|Director & Screenwriter \|
2011 \|Baikonur \|Director & Screenwriter \|{{Cite web \|last=Newman2012-12-15T05:26:00+00:00 \|first=Kim \|title=Baikonur \|url=https://www.screendaily.com/baikonur/5050040.article \|access-date=2024-05-28 \|website=Screen \|language=en}}
2008 \|Absurdistan \|Director & Screenwriter \|{{Cite web \|last=Dawson \|first=Nick \|date=2009-02-06 \|title=Veit Helmer, Absurdistan - Filmmaker Magazine \|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/1354-veit-helmer-absurdistan/ \|access-date=2024-05-28 \|website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. \|language=en-US}}
1999 \|Tuvalu \|Director & Screenwriter \|
1995 \|A Trick of Light \|Screenwriter \|
1995 \|Surprise! \|short \|

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|+ Film

Year

! Title

! Role

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2023

|Gondola{{cite web

| url =https://cineuropa.org/film/452125/

| title =Gondola

| last =Helmer

| first =Veit

| publisher =Cineuropa

| access-date =2024-01-24}}

|Director & Screenwriter

|{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2024-02-02 |title=Veit Helmer’s Gay Romance ‘Gondola’ Scores Sales via Coccinelle Film (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/festivals/gay-romance-gondola-veit-helmer-sales-coccinelle-film-1235895128/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

2018

|{{ill|The Bra|de|Vom Lokführer, der die Liebe suchte…}}

|Director & Screenwriter

|{{Cite web |date=2019-04-30 |title=Veit Helmer • Director of The Bra |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/interview/371557/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema |language=en}}

2014

|{{ill|Fiddlesticks (2014 film)|de|3=Quatsch und die Nasenbärbande|lt=Fiddlesticks}}

|Director & Screenwriter

2011

|Baikonur

|Director & Screenwriter

|{{Cite web |last=Newman2012-12-15T05:26:00+00:00 |first=Kim |title=Baikonur |url=https://www.screendaily.com/baikonur/5050040.article |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Screen |language=en}}

2008

|Absurdistan

|Director & Screenwriter

|{{Cite web |last=Dawson |first=Nick |date=2009-02-06 |title=Veit Helmer, Absurdistan - Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/1354-veit-helmer-absurdistan/ |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}}

1999

|Tuvalu

|Director & Screenwriter

1995

|A Trick of Light

|Screenwriter

1995

|Surprise!

|short

References

External links

{{IMDb name|375691}}

Category:1968 births

Category:Living people

Category:Film people from Hanover

Category:Media Wave Award winners