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Source: DIF
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Christian Petzold
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Christian Petzold was born September 14, 1960, in Hilden, as the oldest of three sons. He grew up in Haan, where he went to school and finished his high school degree in 1979. After finishing civil service, Christian Petzold went to Berlin in 1981 and started to study German studies and dramatics at Freie Universität Berlin. After his graduation in 1989, Petzold continued to study at Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb). During his studies, Christian Petzold worked as an assistant director for Hartmut Bitomsky and Harun Farocki – who contributed to all of Petzold's later feature films – and worked as a film critic for several newspapers and magazines.
After several short films, including "Süden" and "Das warme Geld", Petzold finished his graduation film for dffb, "Pilotinnen", in 1994. The film production company Schramm Film Koerner & Weber participated in the production of "Pilotinnen", and Petzold continued to collaborate with the production company.
In 2000, Petzold followed his critically praised TV movies "Cuba Libre" and "Die Beischlafdiebin" with the movie production "Die innere Sicherheit" ("The State I Am In"). Besides the German movie award in Gold for best film, the intense drama about a young adolescent and her parents who are wanted as terrorists won numerous awards and finally turned Christian Petzold into one of the most influential filmmakers of contemporary German cinema.
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In 2001, the director collaborated with actress Nina Hoss for the first time in the highly praised TV thriller "Toter Mann" ("Something to Remind Me"). The film won an Adolf Grimme award as well as the German TV award. Nina Hoss also played a leading role alongside Benno Fürmann in Petzold's next film for the movie screen: "Wolfsburg" won the FIPRESCI award at the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival and in the same year also won the Adolf Grimme award in Gold.
Petzold's recurring creative collaborators include the cinematographer Hans Fromm, the editor Bettina Böhler, the production designer K.D. Gruber, and the composer Stefan Will. The team also finished Petzold's "Gespenster" ("Ghosts") that saw Julia Hummer – who had already made a strong performance in "Die innere Sicherheit" – and Sabine Timoteo as dropouts who are wandering through an equally inhospitable- and unreal-looking Berlin.
"Yella", on the other hand, tells the story of a young woman who wants to start a better life until her past catches up with her. Nina Hoss made a memorable performance in the title role and won the Silver Bear as Best actress at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival and the German Film Award in 2008.
The next cooperation between Petzold and Hoss followed in 2008 with "Jerichow", the story of a fatal love triangle also starring Benno Fürmann and Hilmi Sözer.
Christian Petzold is married to the documentary film maker Aysun Bademsoy and lives with his family in Berlin-Kreuzberg.
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