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- Actor
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David Garrett was born David Bongarz in Aachen, Germany on the 4th of September 1980. His father is a lawyer and his mother a classical ballerina. He has an older brother Alexander, who was at that time taking violin lessons. In an attempt to imitate his big brother David snatched up his violin when he was four years old and taught himself how to play the instrument on his own. Soon his parents discovered their younger son's talent and made sure he got proper tutors. He made his first appearance with the Hamburg Philharmonics at the age of ten.
At the age of thirteen he was the youngest artist to sign an exclusive contract with the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. In 1999, at the prime of his young career he decided to put everything on hold and move to New York in order to study musicology and composition at the prestigious Julliard School. To pay for his studies he worked as a bartender, a janitor and a library clerk before he was discovered by a modeling agency. At Julliard he was taught by the likes of Itzhak Perlmann and Eric Ewazen. In 2003 he won the Composition Competition of Julliard School with a fugue composed in the style of Johann Sebastian Bach.
After completing his studies he started a new career as a crossover violinist attempting to breach the often wide gap between the new generations of young people and classic music. In 2006 the record company Decca released his first crossover album "Free" (also known under the title "Virtuoso" by the record company DEAG), which contained classics such as the "Flight of the Bumblebee" by Rimsky-Korsakov and Paganini's "Caprice n° 24", as well as a remake of Metallica's "Nothing else matters".
He was awarded with an ECHO Classic 2008 in the category "Borderless Classic" The second album "Encore" followed at the heel in October 2008, The success of the second album even outdid that of the first. In the USA the album remained number one in the classical and classical crossover charts for months.
With the album "Classic Romance", released in November 2009, David returned to his classic roots. The album gained overwhelming popularity, winning Garrett the ECHO Classic 2010 in the category "Bestseller of the Year". His next album "Rock Symphonies", released in July 2010 topped everything seen up to that point. Addressing his young audience the album contained remakes of rock and metal anthems from bands like Nirvana, Guns n' Roses, Metallica and U2 combined with titles by Vivaldi and Beethoven. This brought him two ECHO awards in 20011. The DVD "David Garrett: Rock Symphonies - Open Air Live" was awarded in the category "Best Domestic DVD Production" and as "Best Artist" in the category "Rock/Pop Domestic".
After his successful Rock Symphonies Tour in 2011, David once more returned to the realm of classical music. He recorded of the album "Legacy"(by the Decca Record Company), which was first released in Germany on November 2011. The album consists of the Beethoven Violin-Concerto and various works by Fritz Kreisler. As soon as it was released "Legacy" reached rank 6 on the overall-charts in Germany, thus making it the highest-ranking instrumental classical album in German chart history. In January 2012 it reached gold-status.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Jörg Vincent Malotki, an actor born in Aachen, Germany, lived in the United States for around 6 years where he trained at Herbert Berghof Studio in New York. He has performed in a variety of TV productions, independent films, and feature films in his home country Germany and abroad. He made his lead role debut in The Snow Field (1996), a project where his acting teacher, Edith Meeks, also had a part. Jörg loves his work, and always tries to find the comedy in it. He wrote a 34 episode comedy web series The Bee (2020), that he also played multiple parts in, directed (mostly himself), edited and produced. for more then 10 years he is touring with Café Kølbert Comedy Waiters as his alter ego, Herr von Malotki. A maitre'D who believes himself to be a Prussian general from the 1920ies. Dubbing for German TV and voice work round of his work. He is working on a movie version of The Bee.- Actress
- Publicist
- Soundtrack
Katrin Heß was born on 26 June 1985 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress and publicist, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei (1996) and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Til Kiwe did in real life what several actors played in The Great Escape. Kiwe was a German paratrooper officer, captured in North Africa in 1943, who made several escape attempts from an American POW camp in Colorado. Once, having dyed his uniform with brown vegetable juice, he made it as far as St Louis by train before being recaptured. After the war he became a German actor in movies and TV. He was also an anthropologist who made several expeditions to Polynesia and SouthAmerica.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Jeanna de Waal is best known for American Idiot, Wicked, Kinky Boots, Finding Neverland and Waitress.
Jeanna attended the The Arts Educational School, Tring and subsequently studied acting at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, graduating in 2009.
Other credits include the notorious off-Broadway Carrie revival, playing Chris Hargensen. A cast album recording was released with Sh-K-Boom + Ghostlight records and is available on ITunes.- Sarah Maria Besgen was born on 15 August 1979 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Rote Rosen (2006) and Mikrofan (2007).
- Anja Karmanski was born in 1970 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for We Were the Lucky Ones (2024), The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) and Mute (2018).
- Actress
- Writer
Pia Stutzenstein was born on 14 March 1989 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Comedy Rocket (2015), The Collini Case (2019) and The Olive Tree (2016).- Tom Keune raised up in Germany. From 1996 - 2000 he studied acting. Between 1999 and 2011 he played many leading roles at several Theaters. 2011 he moved to Berlin. Until today he played in many TV movies and motion pictures. Some of them won several awards like the Bavarian Film Award in Munich (Vorwärts immer!) or the Student Academy Award in Los Angeles (Where the woods end). Tom Keune lives in Berlin-Neukölln and is father to a girl and two boys.
- Actress
Sarah Bauerett was born in 1984 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Tár (2022), Tribes of Europa (2021) and Schneller als die Angst (2022).- Edith Frank was born on 16 January 1900 in Aachen, Germany. She was married to Otto Frank. She died on 6 January 1945 in Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp, Nazi German Occupied Poland [now Oswiecim, Malopolskie, Poland].
- Writer
- Director
- Production Manager
Jan Schomburg was born on 23 March 1976 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a writer and director, known for I'm Your Man (2021), Above Us Only Sky (2011) and Never EveN (2004).- Director
- Writer
- Editor
Georg Maas was born in 1960 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a director and writer, known for Two Lives (2012), NeuFundLand (2003) and The Glory of Life (2024).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Ludwig Schmid-Wildy was born in 1896 as son of a sculptor from Schwabing, Germany. As a child, he was the model for the "Munchner Kindl", a famous statue in Munich. He became a confectioner-apprentice. Some of his customers were Liesl Karlstadt and Karl Valentin, German actors. In the 1920s he started acting. To the fans of German film and theatre, especially Bavarian "Volkstheater" he will be remembered as the personification of the ancient, clever Bavarian. In real life he was an clever inventor, too. Some of his inventions were a battery, a turbine engine and a machine for potato-dumplings.- Laurens Walter was born in 1977 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for In the Fade (2017), Stromberg (2004) and Pure Air of the Mountain: For All and None (2023). He is married to Idil Üner. They have two children.
- Thilo Prothmann was born on 16 September 1975 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for The Chuckoo and the Donkey (2014), Welcome to Germany (2016) and Julia muss sterben (2020).
- Hugo Schuster was born on 22 November 1886 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Prisoner (1967), Secret Venture (1955) and Lost Daughter (1949). He was married to Sybil Rares. He died on 10 July 1976 in London, England, UK.
- Rebecca Mir was born on 23 December 1991 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for In aller Freundschaft (1998), Mein bester Streich. Prominent & Reingelegt (2019) and Sorry für alles (2019). She has been married to Massimo Sinato since 27 June 2015. They have one child.
- Editor
- Editorial Department
- Camera and Electrical Department
Moritz Poth, born 20. June 1984 in Aachen (Germany), is living in Berlin (Germany). He is a trained information technology assistant as well as an audiovisual media designer. From Jan. 2011 until Jan. 2013 permanent employee as production and post-production all-rounder at CHBP Gesellschaft für Bild und Ton mbH. From Feb. 2013 until Sep. 2013 freelance editor, assistant editor and DIT/data wrangler. From Oct. 2013 until Mar. 2018 student at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, with focus on editing. Since Apr. 2018 freelance film editor.- Robert Gallinowski was born on 3 October 1969 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Tatort (1970), Noch ein Seufzer und es wird Nacht (2015) and Einmal Bulle, immer Bulle (2004). He was married to Dagmar Manzel. He died on 28 March 2023 in Berlin, Germany.
- Editor
- Director
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dagmar Hirtz was born on 29 May 1941 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an editor and director, known for Unerreichbare Nähe (1984), End of the Game (1975) and Trotta (1971).- Paul Mommertz was born on 5 February 1930 in Aachen, Germany. He is a writer, known for The Conference (2022), Achtung Zoll! (1980) and Das Jahrhundert der Detektive (1992).
- Composer
- Music Department
Born in Aachen. Guitarist and keyboarder in various bands (eg "Catch 22") since about 1977; first own arrangements and compositions. Pronounced interest in film music from the very beginning. Founding member of the Aachen Film House in 1985, actively organizing the Aachen Film Festival. In 1986, composition of first film themes In 1987, moved to Munich with the intention of making composition of film music his sole profession. Jobs as studio guitarist, performing with various bands. Theatre engagements as technical/artistic freelance. First film contacts; composition of film scores - mostly for film students in the beginning - and production of these scores, under rather wild conditions at times. Extensive stays abroad (USA, Mexico, India, China, Greenland, South-East-Asia and New Zealand for six months).
Within the next years, there was an intensifying co-operation with certain film directors likewise commencing their career. (Such as Martin Enlen or Jobst Oetzmann, later Thomas Berger, Vivian Naefe, Torsten C. Fischer, Dominik Graf, and others). In 1993, his first score for orchestra with the Tessarini Chamber Orchestra Brno is recorded (for the short "Der Magier" directed by Markus Wernig). In 1995, Schleip's film score for "Roula" gained attention and acknowledgement throughout the field. Hence scores to numerous motion pictures and TV films have been accomplished, mostly high-budget and with big orchestras. Since this point in his career Schleip has lived solely from his work as a film composer. In 1996, he won a scholarship of the Filmwerkstatt Essen for the European Film Music Composition Workshop 1996. Workshops presented by: Michael Nyman, Wojciech Kilar and Krystof Zanussi. In 1997, he won the same scholarship. Workshops headed by: Patrick Doyle and Randy Thom.
Schleip himself has been increasingly active teaching, e.g. presenting a workshop at the 7th International Summer Academy for Film, TV and Music in Munich in the summer of 2001. He has numerous awards and nominations, such as the German Television Award 2000 and 2003 (Category: Best Music), the German Film Critics Award in 2001, 2002 and 2008, both times for Best Film Music, in 2009 the Max Ophüls Film Score Award and in 2010 the prestigious Adolf-Grimme-Award which was given to a film composer for the first time since 1964. Dieter Schleip is member of the "Deutscher Komponistenverband" (German Composers Association) and founder member of the "Deutsche Filmakademie" (German Film Academy).- Daniel Aminati was born on 9 September 1973 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Look Who's Back (2015), Verbotene Liebe (1995) and Mask Under Mask (2002). He has been married to Patrice Eva Aminati (born: Fischer) since 27 April 2022. They have one child.
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Cinematographer
- Location Management
Dino von Wintersdorff was born in 1986 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a cinematographer, known for The Monuments Men (2014), Kryo (2016) and Skating Palestine.- Script and Continuity Department
- Director
- Writer
Silke Christina Engler was born in 1976 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Mind Your Body (2016), Sunny - the movie and Cherry Cake (2015).- Visual Effects
- Art Department
- Editorial Department
Born and raised in Aachen, Germany, Chris developed an early interest in arts to share and advance visual effects and computer-generated imagery in film. Immediately following his B.A. graduation in Germany, he went on to sharpen his skills in Visual Effects, Motion Graphics and Film Production at different colleges and VFX post houses in Southern California and New York. Since 2009, Chris has created award-winning work for big budget feature films, premium cable TV series, music videos, design concepts and commercials. His talent as a Digital Lead Compositor on the cable TV Show Black Sails (2014) earned him recognition of significant contributions to the Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role. Chris is a decade-long member of the Visual Effects Society (VES), an Emmy® Voting Member of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) as well as the Television Academy (ATAS) based in Los Angeles.- Director
- Producer
- Writer
Cordula Kablitz-Post is a director, author and producer who is specialised on documentaries and feature films for theatrical release and high quality TV-documentaries for public broadcaster ARTE.
1995 she founded avanti media. With Christoph Schlingensief she created the subversive Talkshow-Satires "Talk 2000" (1997) and "U 3000" (2000) which she directed and produced.
In 2001 she founded avanti media fiction for the production of feature films. In 2006 she received the Grimme-award for best directing and best producing for the ARTE-TV-series "Into the night with". Her documentary "Christoph Schlingensief - Die Piloten" had its premiere 2008 during the International Hof Filmfestival and was released 2009 in theaters in Germany and Austria. The ARTE-TV-series "Love without borders" was directed and produced by her and was nominated for the German Grimme-award. (2010)
The period-movie "Lou Andreas-Salomé" (2016) was her debut as a director for feature films. In 2016 the film started at the International Shanghai Filmfestival. Kablitz-Post received the audience award for "Lou Andreas-Salomé" at the International Filmfestival in Emden, in 2017 at the Semaine du Cinéma Allemand de Dinard and the main award of the 5th Socially Relevant Filmfestival in New York.
Her documentary "Die Toten Hosen - You only live once" about the German band "Die Toten Hosen" had its premiere on Berlin International Filmfestival. The film was nominated for best music documentary at the 59th international film Festival in Kraków 2019 and at Deutsches Dokumentarfilmfestival in Stuttgart 2019.
"Hyper, Hyper - H.P. Baxxter and Scooter" is the new documentary project of Cordula Kablitz-Post.- Sieglinde Weichert was born on 25 January 1905 in Aachen, Germany. She was an actress, known for Zwischen den Flügen (1973). She died on 21 August 2001 in Basel, Switzerland.
- Elena Bongartz was born on 22 January 1988 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Mandana Mansouri was born in Aachen, Germany in 1985. Due to her Persian, Belgian and German origins she grew up in a cosmopolitan family. Several journeys through Africa, Europe, Asia, America and Australia shaped her as a child und adolescent. At that time she discovered her passion for theatre, cinema and economy. Mandana Mansouri studied acting in Stuttgart, Germany, and Paris, France. While working as an actress and translator she studied business administration in Cologne, Germany. Her translations were honored by Association Beaumarchais SACD and Institut Français.
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Eric Vaessen was born on 4 October 1922 in Aachen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Holly - The Movie (1984), Gorilla Gang (1968) and Masters of the Universe (1984). He was married to Kerstin Sanders. He died on 21 February 2009 in Germany.- Calvin Kleinen was born on 4 March 1992 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Calvin am Goldstrand (2023), Das große Promi-Büßen (2022) and RTL Turmspringen (2022).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Marius Robin Schroeter was born on 12 August 1981 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Lincoln Road, Gautamiputra Satakarni (2017) and The Last Full Measure (2019).- Gerd Heinz was born on 21 September 1940 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Nowhere in Africa (2001), After Darkness (1985) and Tatort (1970).
- Music Artist
- Actor
- Composer
Kool Savas was born on 10 February 1975 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a music artist and actor, known for Adil geht (2005), Tony Hawk's Underground 2 (2004) and Brothers and Sisters (1997).- Rita Winkelmann was born on 26 February 1972 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Daimonion (2016), Tatort (1970) and Kosnice (2012).
- Josef Quadflieg was born on 26 July 1933 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Verbotene Liebe (1995), Das schwedische Zündholz (1967) and Ein Mann namens Harry Brent (1968). He died on 11 February 2013.
- Writer
- Actress
Sarah Bosetti was born on 17 February 1984 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a writer and actress, known for Bosetti will reden! (2020), Extra Drei (1976) and Die Anstalt (2014).- Ute Soldierer was born on 10 August 1970 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for Jede Menge Leben (1995).
- Editor
- Casting Department
- Producer
Daniel Rau was born on September 03, 1983 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a producer, director and editor known for "Im Winter, so schön" (2016) and "Sonderfracht" (2012). He studied communication-design at the university of applied science - Aachen, with film as the main focus. With 'Im Winter, so schön' he produced the first commercially evaluated feature film, created as a bachelor thesis in germany.- Arnold Herff was born on 16 December 1929 in Aachen, Germany. He was an actor, known for Isar 12 (1961), Tage der Rache (1970) and König Richard III (1964). He died on 18 August 2016 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Writer
- Actor
- Director
Gert Scobel was born on 12 May 1959 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He is a writer and actor, known for Ich, Reich-Ranicki (2006), Kulturzeit (1995) and Delta (2004).- Make-Up Department
Claudia Schäfer was born on 25 July 1982 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Claudia is known for Kryo (2016), Free Fall (2013) and Asylum: Twisted Horror and Fantasy Tales (2020).- Bettina Busch was born on 25 March 1939 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for The Three Fantastic Supermen (1967), Omicidio per appuntamento (1967) and Die liebestollen Lederhosen (1982).
- Anne Bolik was born on 27 August 1983 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress, known for 112 - Sie retten dein Leben (2008), Die Inselärztin (2018) and Lieben (2006).
- Casting Director
- Casting Department
Ingrid Cuenca was born on 29 July 1952 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a casting director, known for Edel & Starck (2002), Doktor Martin (2007) and Die letzten Millionen (2014).- Otto Graf Lambsdorff was born on 20 December 1926 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. He was married to Alexandra von Quistorp and Renate Lepper. He died on 5 December 2009 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
- Jupp Derwall was born on 10 March 1927 in Würselen, Aachen, Rhine Province, Prussia [now North Rhine-Westphalia], Germany. He was an actor, known for Wencke - Ein Abend mit Wencke Myhre (1983), 100 Yillik Sevda (2006) and Unutulmaz Maçlar (2005). He was married to Elizabeth. He died on 26 June 2007 in Sankt Ingbert, Saarland, Germany.
- Actress
- Writer
Topsy Küppers was born on 17 August 1931 in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is an actress and writer, known for Uns gefällt die Welt (1956), Saison in Oberbayern (1956) and Drei Mädels vom Rhein (1955). She was previously married to Georg Kreisler.