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Occupation
Film director
Name
Jochen Freydank
Role
Film director
Born
1967 (age 47–48)
East Berlin
Movies
Toyland, Kafka's the burrow
Awards
Academy Award for Best Short Film (Live Action)
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Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director. Freydank directed feature films, TV movies, commercials, stage plays and won various awards including an OSCAR for his movie Toyland 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. Parallel to his work as director, Freydank wrote screenplays for TV movies and series. He also produced one of Germanys most successful TV series. In 1999 he founded his 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 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 that won the best directors award at Bayerischer Fernsehpreis. 2010 Freydank directed the stage play JOHNNY CHICAGO at Berliner Volksbühne. In 2013/2014 he realized the feature film KAFKA'S THE BURROW based on a novel by Franz Kafka, which he wrote, directed and produced. The movie had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival and its European premiere at the Warsaw International Film Festival. 2014 he wrote and directed GROSSE FISCHE - KLEINE FISCHE, followed by three prime time movies for German TV in 2015: DER WILDE SVEN, the thriller ZORN - WIE SIE TÖTEN and ENGELMACHER a police crime drama. In 2016 he directed the TV-movies DÜNNES EIS. und TRUGSPUR.
Freydank is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
Toyland oscar best live action short film a short film by jochen alexander freydank
Filmography as director
2016: "Trugspur"
2016: "Dünnes Eis"
2015: "Zorn - wie sie töten"
2015: "Der wilde Sven"
2015: "Engelmacher"
2014: Grosse Fische - Kleine Fische
2014: Kafka's The Burrow
2013: Allmächtig
2012: Und weg bist du
2010: Homefront (Heimatfront)
2007: Toyland (Spielzeugland)
2002: Duty (Dienst)
2001: Emergency (Notfall)
1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)
Theatre
2010: Johnny Chicago (Berliner Volksbühne)
Filmography as producer
2014: Kafka's the Burrow
2007-2009: In aller Freundschaft
2007: Endlich Samstag
2007: Toyland (Spielzeugland)
2002: One single Moment
2002: Duty (Dienst)
2002: The last Journey
2001: Emergency (Notfall)
1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)
Filmography as writer
2014: Grosse Fische - Kleine Fische
2014: Kafka's The Burrow
2008: Polizeiruf 110 - Taximord
2007: Toyland
2003: Medicopter 117
2002: Duty (Dienst)
2001: Klinikum Berlin Mitte"
2001: Emergency (Notfall)
1999: Happy End (Glückliches Ende)
2015
Edinburgh International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
Shanghai International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
Bari International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
2014
Busan International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
Warsaw International Film Festival, nomination for "Kafka's the Burrow"
2013
Bayerischer Fernsehpreis, best director for "Und weg bist du"
2009
OSCAR live action short film for Toyland
Phoenix Film Festival, United States, world cinema best short for Toyland
Anchorage Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
Washington Jewish Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
Kansas City Film Fest, United States, best narrative short for Toyland
Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, audience award for Toyland
Rehoboth Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
Villa Mare Film Festival, Italy, audience award for Toyland
Reno Film Festival, United States, best foreign film for Toyland
Portland International Film Festival, United States, audience award (second place) for Toyland
Lenola Film Festival, Italy, best film + "best Soundtrack" for Toyland
Shorts at moonlight, Germany, audience award for Toyland
New Jersey Film Festival, United States, honorable mention for Toyland
Cleveland International Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
San Diego Jewish Film Festival, United States, audience award for Toyland
2008
Short Shorts Film Festival Tokyo, Japan, audience award for Toyland
Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, Germany short film award for Toyland
Bermuda International Film Festival, Bermuda Short Film Award for Toyland
Rhode Island International Film Festival, United States, second place International Discovery Award for Toyland
Giffoni Film Festival, Italy, APEC Awardin gold for Toyland
Montreal World Film Festival, Canada nomination for "Toyland"
Alpinale, Austria, audience award, for Toyland
Odense International Film Festival, Danmark, best children and youth film for Toyland
Alemeria en Corto, Filmfestival, Spain, jury award & audience award for Toyland
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, United States audience award for Toyland
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, United States, audience award for Toyland
Sedicicorto – International Film Festival Forli, Italy, Best short film for Toyland
Asheville Film Festival, United States, Best short film for Toyland
Victoria Independent Film Festival, Australia, Best short under 20 minutes for Toyland
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Almería, Spain, audience award- and jury award for Toyland
2007
Valladolid International Film Festival, Spain, Golden Spike for Toyland
2004
Montecatini Film Festival, Italy, best film International Panorama for "Duty"
2003
Rüsselsheimer Kurzfilmtage, special award for "Duty"
Montreal World Film Festival, Canada nomination for "Duty"
Fantastisk Filmfestival Malmö, Sweden, nomination for best European short film for "Duty"
2002
Audience award, Spotlight, internationales TV- und Werbefilm Festival for Hanfstreu
Cindy Award in Gold by the Association of Audio Visual Communicators for Hanfstreu
Silberner Bär, Festival der Nationen, Austria for Emergency
Corto web award, Arcipelago FIlm Festival, Rome, Italy for Emergency
2001
Kommunikationsverband: "Die Klappe in Bronze", for Hanfstreu
Audience award at the online film festival "Shorts welcome" for Happy End Glückliches Ende
