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Jochen Alexander Freydank is a Director, Scriptwriter and Executive Producer Allemand born on 15 september 1967 at Berlin (German)
Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director. Freydanks films had been internationally recognized and won awards at various film festivals. His film Toyland won the Academy Award in 2009.
Jochen Alexander Freydank was born in 1967 in East Berlin. He started his career in the early 90s as an editor and assistant director for television and film productions. In 1999 he founded his own film production company, Mephisto Film. His first short film was the macabre comedy HAPPY END, followed by the short film EMERGENCY. In 2002, Jochen Freydank made the satiric short film DUTY, which had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival and was subsequently shown at more than 40 other international festivals. Freydank then directed, co-wrote and produced the short film Toyland, which was screened around the world at numerous film festivals and won more than 30 international awards. In February, 2009, TOYLAND won the The Oscar for best live-action short film.
Parallel to his work as director, Freydank also wrote screenplays for several TV movies and series. He also produced one of Germanys most successful TV series. Freydank directed commercials, stage plays and TV movies, among them the tragicomedy UND WEG BIST DU that won the best directors award at Bayerischer Fernsehpreis.
At present he is working at the feature film THE BURROW based on a novel by Franz Kafka, which he also wrote and produced.
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Jochen Alexander Freydank
Jochen Alexander Freydank was born in 1967 in East Berlin. He started his career in the early 90s as an editor and assistant director for television and film productions. In 1999 he founded his own film production company, Mephisto Film. His first short film was the macabre comedy HAPPY END, followed by the short film EMERGENCY. In 2002, Jochen Freydank made the satiric short film DUTY, which had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival and was subsequently shown at more than 40 other international festivals. Freydank then directed, co-wrote and produced the short film Toyland, which was screened around the world at numerous film festivals and won more than 30 international awards. In February, 2009, TOYLAND won the The Oscar for best live-action short film.
Parallel to his work as director, Freydank also wrote screenplays for several TV movies and series. He also produced one of Germanys most successful TV series. Freydank directed commercials, stage plays and TV movies, among them the tragicomedy UND WEG BIST DU that won the best directors award at Bayerischer Fernsehpreis.
At present he is working at the feature film THE BURROW based on a novel by Franz Kafka, which he also wrote and produced.
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Filmography of Jochen Alexander Freydank (1 films)
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Toyland (2007)
, 14minutesDirected by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Torsten Michaelis
Rating76%
The film is set in Nazi Germany in 1942. An Aryan family, the Meißners, and a Jewish family, the Silbersteins, are neighbors and friends. The respective sons in each family, Heinrich Meißner and David Silberstein, discreetly take piano lessons together. The deportation of the Silbersteins to a concentration camp is imminent, and when Heinrich asks why they may have to go soon, Frau Meißner does not tell Heinrich the truth. She instead invents a story that the Silbersteins will go to a new place called "Toyland". Heinrich says that when the Silbersteins go, he wants to go with them, so that he can still be with his friend David, which terrifies Frau Meißner.
Scriptwriter
Toyland (2007)
, 14minutesDirected by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Torsten Michaelis
Rating76%
The film is set in Nazi Germany in 1942. An Aryan family, the Meißners, and a Jewish family, the Silbersteins, are neighbors and friends. The respective sons in each family, Heinrich Meißner and David Silberstein, discreetly take piano lessons together. The deportation of the Silbersteins to a concentration camp is imminent, and when Heinrich asks why they may have to go soon, Frau Meißner does not tell Heinrich the truth. She instead invents a story that the Silbersteins will go to a new place called "Toyland". Heinrich says that when the Silbersteins go, he wants to go with them, so that he can still be with his friend David, which terrifies Frau Meißner.
Producer
Toyland (2007)
, 14minutesDirected by Jochen Alexander Freydank
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Torsten Michaelis
Roles Executive Producer
Rating76%
The film is set in Nazi Germany in 1942. An Aryan family, the Meißners, and a Jewish family, the Silbersteins, are neighbors and friends. The respective sons in each family, Heinrich Meißner and David Silberstein, discreetly take piano lessons together. The deportation of the Silbersteins to a concentration camp is imminent, and when Heinrich asks why they may have to go soon, Frau Meißner does not tell Heinrich the truth. She instead invents a story that the Silbersteins will go to a new place called "Toyland". Heinrich says that when the Silbersteins go, he wants to go with them, so that he can still be with his friend David, which terrifies Frau Meißner.