Cast, Director, Assistant director, Screenplay, Producer
Zürich, Schweiz

Biography

Martin Walz was born in Zurich/Switzerland in 1964, but spent his childhood in Berlin. After finishing school, he took acting lessons and appeared in "Das Boot ist voll" in 1980 and "Rote Erde" in 1982. At the same time, he wrote screenplays and made shorts. In 1986, he undertook courses in 16 mm filmmaking at New York University. He had his first directing experience for the cinema working as an assistant director for Thomas Brasch ("Welcome to Germany"), Dani Levy ("RobbyKallePaul") and Wolf Vogel ("Reise hinter den Spiegel"). He made his award-winning debut as a feature film director with "azka - Die Wette" in 1991. In addition to working for television, he continued writing screenplays, including a draft for Sönke Wortmann"s "Der bewegte Mann".

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

 

Filmography

2007/2008
  • Director
  • Screenplay
2006
  • Director
2002
  • Director
  • Screenplay
2002
  • Director
  • Screenplay
2001
  • Director
  • Screenplay
2001
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1999/2000
  • Producer
  • Co-Producer
1998/1999
  • Producer
1997
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1996
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1989-1990
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Co-Producer
1988
  • Cast
  • Assistant director
1983
  • Cast
1980/1981
  • Cast