Christoph Röhl (born 1967 in Brighton) is an award-winning British-German filmmaker.
Christoph Röhl studied film directing at the Berlin Film Academy in Germany where he made a number of short films that received numerous international awards including the National German Film Prize.
He founded the Met Film School on Ealing Studios and was its first School Director from 2003 to 2007.
His first feature film, "A Piece of Me", was released in German cinemas in 2009. His follow-up film was a documentary called We’re Not The Only Ones. The film dealt with the child sex abuse scandal at the well-known Odenwald School. It was praised for raising awareness of the abuse of boys and of the lifelong suffering it causes. The film was nominated for a German TV Award in 2011 and won the Robert-Geisendörfer-Prize in 2012. In 2014 he directed the film "The Chosen Ones" with Ulrich Tukur and Julia Jentsch in the lead roles. It was nominated for the Prix Europa Award 2014 and won Best Film at the Zoom Festival in Barcelona.
In 2014 he was presented with The World Childhood Foundation Award by Queen Sylvia of Sweden for "outstanding work in raising awareness of child sex abuse".
2014 The Chosen Ones (aka Die Auserwählten)
2013 Die Kita Frage
2011 We're not the Only Ones (aka Und wir sind nicht die Einzigen)
2008 A Piece of Me (aka Ein Teil von mir)
2006 Fast Learners
2005 Act Your Age
2002 Night & Day
2000 Butterfly World
2000 Close & True
1998 Fivefortyfive
1997 Der geklaute Spielplatz
1997 Der Nullenschlucker
1995 In Your Shoes
2015: Gold World Medal, New York Festivals
2014: Best Film, ZOOM Festival de Ficció Internacional TV, Barcelona
2014: First Prize, Youth Jury, ZOOM Festival de Ficció Internacional TV, Barcelona
2014: Prix Europa Television Prize Nomination
2014: The World Childhood Foundation Award
2012: Winner, Robert Geissendörfer Award
2011: Nominierung für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis: Und wir sind nicht die Einzigen in der Sparte „Beste Dokumentation“
2009: Jin Jue Award Nomination, Shanghai Int. Film Festival
2009: Best Youth Film, Fünf Seen Filmfestival
2009: Best Newcomer for actor Ludwig Trepte, Filmkunstfest M-V
2009: DEFA Förderpreis, Max Ophüls Filmfestival
2008: Eastman Kodak Prize Nomination, Hofer Filmtage
1999: Audience Award, Filmfest Regensburg
1999: Best Short Film, Filmfest Ludwigsburg
1999: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize
1996: Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival
1998: First Prize, VFF Young Talent Award, Munich International Festival of Film Schools
1997: Erich Kästner Fernsehpreis
1997: Adolf Grimme Prize Nomination
1996: Mention Spéciale du Jury, Festival du Film Court de Brest (Brest European Short Film Festival)
1996: German Film Prize in Silver
1996: Special Mention of the Jury, Filmfestival Max Ophüls
1996: Best Short Film, Max-Ophüls Short Film Prize
1995: Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Munich International Festival of Film Schools
