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Thomas Schadt

Geburtsort
Nürnberg
Biography

Thomas Schadt was born in 1957 in Nuremberg. During his Photography studies, he worked as a film projectionist, photography assistant and theater photographer, followed by studies at the German Film & Television Academy (dffb) in Berlin from 1980-1983. He then founded his own film production company, Odyssee-Film, and has been working since as a freelance documentary filmmaker, photographer and cinematographer. Since 1991, he has been teaching at various film academies, including the dffb and the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg.

 

His films include: his graduation film "Was hab i in Hawaii verloren" (1982), "Unterwegs nach immer und ueberall – Eine Deutschlandreise" (1985/1986), "Der Autobahnkrieg" (1991) – winner of the Adolf Grimme Award, "Grenzgaenge – Die Deutschen auf der Suche nach einer Identitaet" (1993) and "Augenzeugen – Die Fotografen Hoepker, Lebeck, Moses und Scheler" (1998) together with Reiner Holzemer, "Der Kandidat – Gerhard Schroeder im Wahlkampf ‘98" (1998) – winner of the German Television Award for Best Documentary in 1999, "Hans im Glueck – Deutsche Banker an der Wall Street" (1999), "My Way – James Last" (2001), "Berlin Symphony" ("Berlin - Sinfonie einer Grossstadt", 2002), and many, many more.

Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH

Filmography
2021-2023
Elaha
  • Co-Producer
2021
Nicht die 80er
  • Producer
2017/2018
Schwimmen
  • Co-Producer
2015/2016
24 Wochen
  • Co-Producer
2014/2015
Ein Leben - Franz Beckenbauer
  • Director
2013/2014
Der Rücktritt
  • Director
  • Screenplay
2012
Schnabel hoch!
  • Producer
2011
Ich brauch mehr Rot!
  • Producer
2009/2010
Shahada
  • Co-Producer
2007
Ohne Halt
  • Creative supervisor
2006/2007
Roots Germania
  • Consultant
2005-2007
Von einem der auszog - Wim Wenders' frühe Jahre
  • Consultant
2005/2006
Beruf Lehrer
  • Screenplay
  • Producer
2002-2005
Wer ist Helene Schwarz?
  • Participation
2003/2004
Amok in der Schule. Die Tat des Robert Steinhäuser
  • Director
  • Story
  • Producer
2004
Schrei nach Veränderung
  • Director
  • Story
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
2003/2004
Afghanen flirten nicht
  • Production manager (other)
2003/2004
Das Kanzleramt
  • Producer
2004
Carola Stern - Doppelleben
  • Director
  • Screenplay
2003
more than music
  • Producer
2002/2003
Pausenfilm
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Interviews
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
2001/2002
Berlin - Sinfonie einer Großstadt
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
2000
Gerhard Schröder - Bundeskanzler
  • Director
  • Screenplay
1997
Wallstreet
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
1995/1996
Herr W und Herr W
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Interviews
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
1991-1993
Die vergessene Stadt - Butte, Montana
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Interviews
  • Director of photography
  • Producer
1991/1992
Der Autobahnkrieg
  • Director
  • Screenplay
  • Director of photography
1989
Das Gefühl des Augenblicks. Auf den Spuren des Fotographen Robert Frank
  • Director
1986/1987
Ein Treffen mit Rimbaud
  • Still photography
1986
Unterwegs nach immer und überall
  • Director
1984
Ein guter Schritt, Böses zu tun
  • Director
  • Director of photography
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