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Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director.[1][2] Freydank has directed feature films, TV movies, commercials and stage plays, and won various awards, including an Academy Award for his short film Toyland in 2009.

Jochen Alexander Freydank
Born1967 (age 54–55)
East Berlin
OccupationFilm director

Jochen Alexander Freydank was born in 1967 in East Berlin. He started his career in the 1990s as an editor and assistant director for television and film productions. He is also known as a screenwriter for television series and TV movies and worked as a producer. He produced one of Germany's most successful TV series. In 1999 he founded his film production company, Mephisto Film.

Freydank's first short film was the macabre comedy Happy End, followed by the short film Emergency. In 2002, he wrote and directed Duty, which had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival. Freydank then directed, co-wrote and produced the short film Toyland, which won more than 30 international awards. In February 2009 TOYLAND won the Oscar for best live-action short film.

Freydank's directorial credits include feature films and TV movies, among them Homefront, Allmächtig, Tatort, and the tragicomedy Und Weg Bist Du, which won the best director award at Bayerischer Fernsehpreis. In 2010 Freydank directed the stage play Johnny Chicago at Berliner Volksbühne. In 2013/2014 he wrote, directed and produced the feature film Kafka's The Burrow based on a novel by Franz Kafka.[3][4] The film had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival[5] and its European premiere at the Warsaw International Film Festival. 2014 Freydank wrote and directed Grosse Fische – Kleine Fische,[6][7] followed by three prime-time movies for German TV in 2015: Der Wilde Sven, the thriller Zorn – Wie Sie Töten[8] and Engelmacher, a police crime drama. In 2016 he directed the TV movies Dünnes Eis and Trugspur. He then directed two German TV movies in Barcelona, Spain: Über Wasser Halten and Tod Aus Der Tiefe,[9] and in 2017 a thriller based on the best selling novel Das Joshua Profil by Sebastian Fitzek.[10] In 2020 he directed another literary adaptation: Zero is a dark social media thriller based on the bestselling novel by Marc Elsberg starring Heike Makatsch. [11]

Freydank is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[12]


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References


  1. "The New York Times". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. 2013. Archived from the original on 2009-02-27. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
  2. "Filmportal.de". Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
  3. "'KAFKAS THE BURROW'".
  4. "'Regisseur und Oscar Preisträger Jochen Alexander Freydank spricht über Kafka Verfilmung'". MZ. 2015-07-03.
  5. "'German Oscar winner'". The Hollywoodreporter. 2014-09-23.
  6. "'Große Fische – Kleine Fische'". ZDF.
  7. "'Schöner Schweigen auf Rügen'". Tagesspiegel. 2015-05-20.
  8. "Halle kann genauso cool aussehen wie Tel Aviv'". Die Welt. 2016-04-04.
  9. "'Jochen Alexander Freydank'". Quotenmeter. 2017-11-09.
  10. "'RTL verfilmt Sebastian Fitzeks Bestseller'". Huffington Post. 2017-08-09.
  11. "'Algorithmen kennen keine Moral'". Berliner Morgenpost. 2021-11-03.
  12. "'Man on Wire'". The Los Angeles Times. 2009-02-23.




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