Director Jan Schmidt-Garre
studied Philosophy and Film in Munich. Active as a director and producer.
Films: Celibidache, Bruckner’s Decision, Belcanto (13 parts), Opera Fanatic, Aida’s Brothers & Sisters, Bound, Furtwängler’s Love, This Not That – The Artist John Baldessari, Sophia – Biography of a Violin Concerto, Long Shot Close Up – Andreas Gursky, Chopin at the Opera, and Breath of the Gods.
Awards include nominations for the German Film Prize and for Rose d’Or, prizes at Chicago Filmfestival (Silver Medal), Columbus Filmfestival, Classique en images, Dance Screen Monte Carlo, Documentary Festival Munich, Golden Prague, and the 2010 Midem Classique Award.
Producer Marieke Schroeder
studied communication, politics and law at LMU in Munich. Attended film courses at New York University.
Films as producer: A Woman and a Half – Hildegard Knef, Bound, Furtwängler’s Love;
As assistant director: Mir sejnen da – Jews in Germany since 1945;
As director: Aida's Brothers & Sisters (co-director), Reri Grist – Opera is Theatre, Legends – Osho formerly Bhagwan, Sophie Scholl – Gegen alle Gewalt, Mozart in Vienna, Bella Figura, Stage Fright.
Awards include nominations for the German Film Prize and for Rose d’Or, prizes at Golden Prague and Columbus Filmfestival.
Cinematographer Diethard Prengel
has collaborated with directors such as Dominik Graf, Max Färberböck, Hans-Christoph Blumenberg, Ralf Huettner, Hermine Huntgeburth, Tomy Wigand, Mark Schlichter, Martin Enlen, Helge Schneider, and Jan Schmidt-Garre.
Films: The Invincibles, Soccer Rules!, Deathline, The Parrot, The Curse, Cripples Go Christmas, Texas – Doc Snyder, Celibidache.
Awards include nominations for the German Film Prize and for the German Camera Award.
Production designer Irina Kromayer
has collaborated with directors such as Fritz Böhm, Miriam Dehne, Ian Emes, Lars Kraume, Caroline Link, Jan Schmidt-Garre, Oliver Storz, Margarete von Trotta, and Corinna Winter.
Films as production designer: Little Paris, Stadt als Beute, Bound, Human Body, Mondmann, Good Morning Mr. Grothe, Die kommenden Tage;
As assistant production designer: Mission Impossible III, The Golden Man, Nancy and Frank, Der Verleger.
Editor Gaby Kull-Neujahr
has collaborated with directors such as Hartmut Bitomsky, Uli Kick, Doris Metz, Jens Meurer, Marieke Schroeder, Xaver Schwarzenberger, Georg Stefan Troller, and Michael Verhoeven.
Films: Highway 40, Die schnelle Gerdi, Frankie, Belcanto (13 parts), Jeckes, Opera Fanatic, Hollywood Profile, Gnadenlos, Bound, Selbstbeschreibung, Georgisches Liebeslied, Schattenväter, This Not That – The Artist John Baldessari, Draußenbleiben, Sophia – Biography of a Violin Concerto, Long Shot Close Up – Andreas Gursky, Chopin at the Opera, Scary.