André Erkau (born 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life and work

Born in

Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-largest city of Germany, with a population of 588,250 inhabitants as of 2021. It is th ...

, Erkau grew up in

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie H ...

. After he completed his actor's training, he worked for theatre and TV. In 2001, he began to study film direction at the Academy of Media Arts in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

. He finished his study in 2005 with his diploma-movie ''

37 ohne Zwiebeln ''37 ohne Zwiebeln'' () is a German short film directed by André Erkau. The film premiered at the 2006 Max Ophüls Preis film festival and is also the director's final thesis at the Cologne Academy of Media Arts. Plot Lukas Knispe's childhood ...

''. This short film won more than twenty film awards and was in 2006 one of Germany's most successful short films. His first cine film, ''Come In and Burn Out'', also received awards.

Selected filmography

*1993: '' Nicht von schlechten Eltern'' (German TV series, actor) *2001: ''fabrixx'' (German TV series, actor) *2003: ''Verkauftes Land'' (German TV movie, actor) *2006: ''

'' (direction, screenplay, producer) *2008: ' (''Selbstgespräche''), (direction, screenplay) *2011: '' Alive and Ticking'' (actor) *2011: ' (direction, screenplay) *2012: '' Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge'' (direction) *2014: ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

- Wahre Liebe'' (German TV series, direction) *2015: ''Winnetous Sohn'' (direction) *2015: ''Tatort - Schwanensee'' (German TV series, direction, screenplay)

Awards and nominations

*''37 ohne Zwiebeln'' (2006) :- 2006: Winner of the

Audience Award An audience award is typically an award at a film festival (or some other type of cultural festival or similar competition) which is selected by the audience attending the festival, rather than by the festival jury or a group of critics. Examples ...

in the category Hanse Short at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival :- 2006: Winner of the Audience Award and Best short Film award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in

Saarbrücken Saarbrücken (; french: link=no, Sarrebruck ; Rhine Franconian: ''Saarbrigge'' ; lb, Saarbrécken ; lat, Saravipons, lit=The Bridge(s) across the Saar river) is the capital and largest city of the state of Saarland, Germany. Saarbrücken is ...

:- 2006: Winner of the ProSieben Young Directors Award in the category Best Director at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools :- 2006: Winner of the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award in the category Best Screenplay at the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award *''Come In and Burn Out'' (2008) :- 2008: Winner of the Max Ophüls Award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken *''Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge'' (2012) :- 2012: Nominated for the ''Best German Language Feature Film'' at

Zürich Film Festival Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) is an annual film festival that has been held in Zürich, Switzerland, since 2005. The festival's main focus is to promote emerging filmmakers from all over the world. In three competition categories only first, second ...

:- 2014: Nominated for the ''Best German Film'' at the Jupiter Awards

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Erkau, Andre 1968 births Living people Film people from Dortmund Mass media people from North Rhine-Westphalia