Jury-Presidents
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Anca Miruna Lăzărescu
Jury President 2019
Director (Germany)
WE ARE THE WAVE (2019), HAPPINESS SUCKS (2019), HACKERVILLE (2018), THAT TRIP WE TOOK WITH DAD (2016), SILENT RIVER (2011) -
Philip Gröning
Jury President 2018
Director (Germany)
MY BROTHER’S NAME IS ROBERT AND HE IS AN IDIOT (2018), DIE GROSSE STILLE (2005), L’AMOUR, L’ARGENT, L’AMOUR (2000), THE TERRORISTS! (1992) etc -
Götz Otto
Jury President 2017
Actor (Germany)
JAMES BOND 007 - DER MORGEN STIRBT NIE (1997), DER UNTERGANG (2004), IRON SKY (2012), CLOUD ATLAS (2012) etcPhoto © Michael Petersohn
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Marco Kreuzpaintner
Jury President 2015
Director (Germany)
GANZ UND GAR (2003), SUMMER STORM (2004), TRADE (2007), KRABAT (2007), COMING IN (2013) etcPhoto © Anne Wilk
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Suri Krishnamma
Jury President 2013
Director (GB)
A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE (1994), GOOD SHARMA (2010), DARK TOURIST (2012), BAD KARMA (2012) etc"Munich was like a gateway to another world for me. It was the first time I'd presented a film at a festival. It was the first time I seriously thought I might just be able to make a career out of this. I think it was Munich that convinced me I could become a filmmaker. I'm looking forward to sitting in the dark to watch all the student films with the same excitement and anticipation I felt when I was a student. It's a privilege to look at the world through someone else's lense so I look forward to that."
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Dennis Gansel
Jury-President 2012
Director / Writer (Germany)
THE PHANTOM (2000), NAPOLA (2004), THE WAVE (2008), WE ARE THE NIGHT (2010), THE FOURTH STATE (2012) -
Sebastian Schipper
Jury-President 2011
Actor / Director / Writer (Germany)
RUN LOLA RUN (1998), GIGANTIC (1999), 3 (2010), LUDWIG II (2012), SOMETIME IN AUGUST (2009), VICTORIA (2015) etc -
Dito Tsintsadze
Jury-President 2010
Director (Germany/Georgia)
ZGVARZE (On the Borderline, 1993), GUN-SHY (2003), INVASION (2012) etc -
Hans Steinbichler
Jury-President 2009
Director (Germany)
HIERANKL (2003), WINTER JOURNEY (2006), AUTISTIC DISCO (2007), DAS BLAUE VOM HIMMEL (2011), LANDAUER (2014), DAS DORF DES SCHWEIGENS (2015), DAS TAGEBUCH DER ANNE FRANK (2016), EINE UNERHÖRTE FRAU (2016) etc -
Marc Rothemund
Jury-President 2008
Director (Germany)
LOVE SCENES FROM PLANET EARTH (1998), JUST THE TWO OF US (1999), SOPHIE SCHOLL - THE FINAL DAYS (2004), HEUTE BIN ICH BLOND (2013) etc -
Michael Ballhaus
Jury-President 2007
Cinematographer (Germany)
DESPAIR (1978), GOODFELLAS (1990), GANGS OF NEW YORK (2002), DEPARTED (2006), etc -
Jeanine Meerapfel
Jury-President 2006
Director / Writer / Professor (Argentina/Germany)
MALOU (1981), LA AMIGA (1988), DER DEUTSCHE FREUND (2012) etc -
Milčo Mančevski
Jury-President 2005
Director / Writer (Macedonia)
BEFORE THE RAIN (1994), DUST (2001), SENKI (2007), MAJKI (2010) etc -
Hal Hartley
Jury-President 2004
Director (USA)
TRUST (1990), HENRY FOOL (1997), FAY GRIM (2006), MEANWHILE (2011), MY AMERICA (2012) etc"Being jury president for the film school competition was a welcome challenge. But, even so, I was not prepared for the variety and accuracy (or so it seemed to me) of the evidence these motion pictures provided of how younger people are experiencing the world these days. I felt immediately older and younger at the same time. It was an incredible experience. And I'm glad I was offered the opportunity."
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Peter Sehr (1951-2013)
Jury-President 2003
Director / Writer (Germany)
OBSESSION (1997), LOVE THE HARD WAY (2001), KASPAR HAUSER (2004), DIE FRAU DES ANARCHISTEN (2008), LUDWIG II (2012) etc -
Andreas Gruber
Jury-President 2002
professor for directing, dramatic structure and production of motion pictures and television movies; managing director of Department III/Motion Pictures and TV Movies at the HFF Munich / 2003-2013 artistic director of the festivals / director (Austria/Germany)
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Hans-Christian Schmid
Jury-President 2001
Director / Writer (Germany)
AFTER FIVE IN THE FOREST PRIMEVAL (1995), 23 (1998), CRAZY (2000), LICHTER (2003), STORM (2009), WAS BLEIBT (2012) etc -
Fridrik Thór Fridriksson
Jury-President 2000
Producer / Director (Iceland)
BÍÓDAGAR (1994), DEVIL'S ISLAND (1996), ANGELS OF THE UNIVERSE (2000), MAMMA GÓGÓ (2010) etc -
Roland Emmerich
Jury-President 1999
Producer / Director / Writer (Germany)
INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996), THE PATRIOT (2000), THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW (2004), ANONYMOUS (2011), WHITE HOUSE DOWN (2013), INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE (2016) etc -
Monte Hellman
Jury-President 1998
Director / Editor / Producer (USA)
FLIGHT TO FURY (1964), TWO-LANE BLACKTOP (1971), RESEVOIR DOGS (1992), ROAD TO NOWHERE (2010) etc -
Xaver Schwarzenberger
Jury-President 1997
Cinematographer / Director (Austria/Germany)
LILI MARLEEN (1981), VERONIKA VOSS (1982), DER STILLE OZEAN (1983), WALTZES OF THE DANUBE (1984), KRAMBAMBULI (1998) -
Eckhart Schmidt
Jury-President 1996
Director / Producer (Germany)
THE FAN (1982), E.T.A. HOFFMANN'S SANDMAN (1993), numerous documentaries about Hollywood/filmmaking etc -
Peter Lilienthal
Jury-President 1995
Director / Writer / Actor / Professor (Germany)
DER BEGINN (1966), MALATESTA (1970), CALM PREVAILS OVER THE COUNTRY (1976), DAS SCHWEIGEN DES DICHTERS (1987) etc -
Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)
Jury-President 1994
Writer (USA)
WINTER CARNIVAL (1939), ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), THE HARDER THEY FALL (1956), A FACE IN THE CROWD (1957) etc -
Wim Wenders
Jury-President 1993
Director (Germany)
KINGS OF THE ROAD (1976), PARIS, TEXAX (1984), WINGS OF DESIRE (1987), BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB (1999), THE MILLION DOLLAR HOTEL (2000), PINA (2011), SALT OF THE EARTH (2014), EVERY THING WILL BE FINE (2015) etc"I look back on my time as the jury president of the festival with the greatest of pleasure. There were a couple of incredibly beautiful films from Finland, there was a highly talented Dane by the name of Thomas Vinterberg, exciting films from Israel and Georgia and a memorable on-stage dialogue with old Sam Fuller; not much sleep but plenty of films and a lot of discussions. Without exaggerating, I can say that I'm an old hand at festivals but, in the course of time, there have only been a few of these innumerable events that have such a lasting impression on me as those days in the fall of 1993. This festival for film students is vital, dynamic, and an enormously important stepping stone to the public for many of these young filmmakers. I wish I could be there again!"
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Marco Bellocchio
Jury-President 1992
Director / Writer (Italy)
FISTS IN THE POCKET (1965), LOVE AND ANGER (1969), A LEAP IN THE DARK (1980), THE CONVICTION (1991), L'ORA DI RELIGIONE (IL SORRISO DI MIA MADRE) (2002), VINCERE (2009), BELLA ADDORMENTATA (2012) etc -
Volker Schlöndorff
Jury-President 1991
Director (Germany)
YOUNG TÖRLESS (1966), THE LOST HONOR OF KATHARINA BLUM (1975), THE TIN DRUM (1979), OGRE (1996), CALM AT SEA (2011), DIPLOMACY (2014) etc -
Irvin Kershner (1923-2010)
Jury-President 1990
Director (USA)
HOODLUM PRIEST (1961), THE EMPIRE STIKES BACK (1980), NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983), ROBOCOP II (1990) etc -
Bernd Eichinger (1949-2011)
Jury-President 1989
Producer / Writer / Director (Germany)
u.a. CHRISTIANE F. (1981), THE NAME OF THE ROSE (1986), MAYBE... MAYBE NOT (1994), NOWHERE IN AFRICA (2001), DOWNFALL (2004), PERFUME (2006) etc -
Sir Alan Parker
Jury-President 1988
Director (GB)
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (1978), MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988), THE COMMITMENTS (1991), ANGELA'S ASHES (1999), THE LIFE OF DAVID GALE (2003) etc"I loved my time at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools. I saw so many innovative films (and a few not so brilliant ones) and met some very beautiful people. I have very fond memories indeed - which in itself is amazing as is considering how many people were buying me drinks, it's a miracle I have any memory at all."
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Laurens Straub (1944-2007)
Jury-President 1987
Writer / Actor / Director / Producer / Professor (Netherlands)
REVERSE ANGLE: REBELLION OF THE FILMMAKERS (2008) etc -
George Moorse (1936-1999)
Jury-President 1986
Director / Writer (USA/Germany)
THE CUCKOO YEARS (1967), LENZ (1970), LINDENSTRASSE (1988-1999) etc -
Jerzy Bossak (1910-1989)
Jury-President 1985
Director for documentaries / Professor (Poland)
REQUIEM FÜR 500.000 (1963) etc -
Roland Klick
Jury-President 1984
Director / Writer (Germany)
DEADLOCK (1970), SUPERMARKET (1974) etc -
Reinhard Hauff
Jury-President 1983
Director (Germany)
KNIFE IN THE HEAD (1978), STAMMHEIM (1986) etc / professor (dffb) -
Peter Märthesheimer (1937-2004)
Jury-President 1982
Sociologist / Dramatic advisor / Professor (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg) / Producer / Writer (Germany)
THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN (1979), I AM THE OTHER WOMAN (2006) etc -
Uli Edel
Jury-President 1981
Director / Writer / Producer (Germany)
CHRISTIANE F. (1981), THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX (2008), HOUDINI (2014) etc
