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Bastian Clevé is a Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Editor Allemand born on 1 january 1950 at Munich (German)

Bastian Clevé

Bastian Clevé
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Nationality German
Birth 1 january 1950 (74 years) at Munich (German)

Bastian Clevé, born 1 January 1950 in Munich, is a German filmmaker and producer. He is Professor and Head of the Film Production-Department at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Biography

Clevé grew up in Hamburg. After a two-year stint as sound-assistant at the TV-studios in Munich he studied Visual Communication in Hamburg at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg (University of Fine Arts of Hamburg) where he continued filmmaking and started winning awards. In 1975/76 he was awarded a one-year scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD to study at the San Francisco Art Institute. He was touring with his experimental short films throughout the continent. After a brief return to Germany he relocated to Los Angeles in 1979 where he worked as a freelance writer, director and producer.

In 1991 he returned to Germany to become Professor and Head of the Department for “Film Production and the Business of Entertainment” at the newly established Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg, in charge of the training program and the curriculum for motion-picture- and TV-producers. Clevé wrote and edited more than two dozens books on filmmaking and film production. He is married with a daughter.

Best films

Bagdad Cafe (1987)
(Production Manager)

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Filmography of Bastian Clevé (3 films)

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Director

Exit Sunset Boulevard
Directed by Bastian Clevé
Actors Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, Elke Sommer

A German man (Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt) travels to California to claim an inheritance, but discovers it is tied up in property in the desert. He tries to set himself up there, but he soon finds himself overwhelmed by the American way of life and begins to suffer a mental breakdown.

Scriptwriter

As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me, 2h38
Genres Drama, War
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Irina Pantaeva, Michael Mendl, André Hennicke
Rating72% 3.6485653.6485653.6485653.6485653.648565
Clemens Forell is a German soldier who is captured by the Soviets in 1945.
Exit Sunset Boulevard
Directed by Bastian Clevé
Actors Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, Elke Sommer

A German man (Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt) travels to California to claim an inheritance, but discovers it is tied up in property in the desert. He tries to set himself up there, but he soon finds himself overwhelmed by the American way of life and begins to suffer a mental breakdown.

Producer

Bagdad Cafe, 1h35
Directed by Percy Adlon
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Feminist films, Films about magic and magicians, Political films
Actors Marianne Sägebrecht, CCH Pounder, Jack Palance, Christine Kaufmann, Monica Calhoun, George Aguilar
Roles Production Manager
Rating73% 3.696863.696863.696863.696863.69686
German tourist Jasmin Münchgstettner (Sägebrecht) from Rosenheim and her husband fight whilst they are driving across the desert. She storms out of the car and makes her way to the isolated truck stop, which is run by the tough-as-nails and short-tempered Brenda (Pounder), whose own husband, after an argument out front, is soon to leave as well. Jasmin takes a room at the adjacent motel. Initially suspicious of the foreigner, Brenda eventually befriends Jasmin and allows her to work at the café.
Exit Sunset Boulevard
Directed by Bastian Clevé
Actors Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, Elke Sommer
Roles Producer

A German man (Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt) travels to California to claim an inheritance, but discovers it is tied up in property in the desert. He tries to set himself up there, but he soon finds himself overwhelmed by the American way of life and begins to suffer a mental breakdown.

Editor

Exit Sunset Boulevard
Directed by Bastian Clevé
Actors Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt, Elke Sommer

A German man (Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt) travels to California to claim an inheritance, but discovers it is tied up in property in the desert. He tries to set himself up there, but he soon finds himself overwhelmed by the American way of life and begins to suffer a mental breakdown.