Katrin Gebbe

German film director and screenwriter (born 1983)

Katrin Gebbe
Katrin Gebbe showing her first movie Tore tanzt, at the Apollo-Cinema Center, 2014 in Ibbenbühren (GER).
Born	1983 (age 40–41) Ibbenbüren, Germany
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2005–present
Awards	Bavarian Film Awards; Adult Jury Prize CICFF (Short Film); European Young Civis media prize; Preis der deutschen Filmkritik; German Film Award for Best Direction; Montblanc Script Award

Katrin Gebbe (born 1983) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Biography

Katrin Gebbe studied liberal arts and visual communication at the Academy of Visual Arts in Enschede, where she made her first short experimental film.^[1] In 2005, she completed her postgraduate specialty work of film direction at the Hamburg Media School.^[2] Her degree work, the short film Şoreş & Şîrîn, featuring Ulrike Folkerts, was awarded at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival with the ″Adult Jury Prize″ for short films.^[3] In addition, Şoreş & Şîrîn also received the European Young Civis media prize in 2009^[1]

Her feature film début Nothing Bad Can Happen (German: Tore tanzt) tells the story of a Hamburg Jesus Freak. The film received an invitation from the Un Certain Regard section at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.^[4]^[5] There, the movie also had its premiere, on May 23, 2013. Gebbe and Verena Höfe-Gräft, the producer, originally met during their time in college and started working together on the project in 2009. The main role was played by the actor, newcomer Julius Feldmeier.^[6] For this movie, Katrin Gebbe received the 2013 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for the best feature film début,^[7] as the Bavarian Film Awards for the best newcomer director.

Filmography

KOI (short film - 2006)
Narzissen (short film - 2007)
Einladung (short film - 2007)
Şoreş & Şîrîn (short film - 2008)
Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
Tatort: Fünf Minuten Himmel (2016, TV series episode)
The Field Guide to Evil (2018, anthology film, segment: A Nocturnal Breath)
Pelican Blood (2019)
The Empress (2022, co-directing in upcoming Netflix series; lead director in pilot and two episodes)

References

^ ^a ^b „Sores & Sîrîn“ von Katrin Gebbe - Kurzschluss Archived 6 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine arte.tv, 20 March 2012, last access 1 May 2013.
^ Katrin Gebbe – Workexperience katringebbe.com, last access 1 May 2013.
^ Husmann, Wenke (25 November 2013). "Als Filmemacher sollte man einen Stachel hinterlassen". Die Zeit (in German). ISSN 0044-2070. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
^ Produktionsspiegel: Niedersachsen/Bremen – Tore tanzt Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine nordmedia.de, last access 1 May 2013.
^ 2013 Official Selection festival-cannes.fr, last access 1 May 2013.
^ Mit dem ersten Langfilm zu den Filmfestspielen abendblatt.de, last access 13 May 2013.
^ Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2013 Official website of the Association of German Film Critics (reg. ass.), last access 6 May 2014.