Hans Sebastian Steinbichler (born 1 November 1966entry in the Munzinger archive
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and

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Biography

Steinbichler grew up in Kothöd in

Upper Bavaria Upper Bavaria (german: Oberbayern, ; ) is one of the seven administrative districts of Bavaria, Germany. Geography Upper Bavaria is located in the southern portion of Bavaria, and is centered on the city of Munich, both state capital and seat o ...

. He got his

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at the Ludwig-Thoma-Gymnasium

Prien am Chiemsee Prien am Chiemsee (official: , High German [], Bavarian (local) dialect []) is a municipality in the Upper Bavarian Rosenheim (district), district of Rosenheim in Germany. The town is a certified Luftkurort, air and Sebastian Kneipp, Kneipp spa o ...

. Then he studied

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first, but in 1995 he decided to attend the

University of Television and Film Munich The University of Television and Film Munich (German: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film München, short: HFF Munich) is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. T ...

, where he finished his studies in 2003. In the same year, Steinbichler was awarded with the Förderpreis Deutscher Film and the golden

Grimme-Preis The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; prior to 2011: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is one of the most prestigious German television awards. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.Hierankl ''Hierankl'' is a German award-winning family drama which premiered on 1 July 2003 at the Munich Film Festival. The modern ''Heimatfilm'', named after a district in Surberg, Surberg, Germany, is the film debut of writer and director Hans Steinbichl ...

''. The leading actress

Johanna Wokalek Johanna Wokalek (born 3 March 1975) is a German stage and film actress. A student of Klaus Maria Brandauer, she received critical recognition and three newcomer awards for her performance in the play ''Rose Bernd''. Wokalek is best known for her ...

won the

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. In 2007, Steinbichlers film '' Winter Journey'' got several nominations for the

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and ''Die zweite Frau'' was awarded with the Grimme-Preis. Furthermore, Autistic Disco was nominated for the Förderpreis Deutscher Film on the Munich Film Festival. Two years later, Steinbichler contributed episode 11 (''Fraktur'') to the

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'' Germany 09'', which showed the situation in Germany at that time. In 2011, Steinbichler's melodramatic film ' was awarded with the Bavarian Film Award. From January 2013 to December 2014, Steinbichler worked as a professor for directing in cinema, TV and new media at the

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. In 2015, he was the director of ''

Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank ''Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank'' (also known as ''Anne Frank's diary'') is a 2016 German drama film directed by German filmmaker Hans Steinbichler and written by Fred Breinersdorfer. It stars Lea van Acken as Anne Frank, the titular character, Mart ...

'', a film about the

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victim

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and her diary.

Filmography

* 1996: ''Abstieg'' (screenwriter and director) * 1999: ''Verspiegelte Zeit – Erinnerungen an Angelika Schrobsdorff'' (screenwriter and director) * 2000: ''Die Germaniker – Römisch-Deutsche Karrieren'' (screenwriter and director) * 2003: ''Der Moralist – Vittorio Hösle entdeckt Amerika'' (screenwriter and director) * 2003: ''Inseln im Chiemsee'' (screenwriter and director) * 2003: ''

Hierankl ''Hierankl'' is a German award-winning family drama which premiered on 1 July 2003 at the Munich Film Festival. The modern ''Heimatfilm'', named after a district in Surberg, Surberg, Germany, is the film debut of writer and director Hans Steinbichl ...

'' (screenwriter and director) * 2006: ''

Bella Block ''Bella Block'' is a long-running German detective television series starring Hannelore Hoger as inspector Bella Block. The show was first broadcast in 1994 on ZDF and last aired in 2018, having run for 38 seasons. See also * List of German t ...

– Mord unterm Kreuz'' (director) * 2006: '' Winter Journey'' (screenwriter and director) * 2007: ''Autistic Disco'' (director) * 2008: ''

My Mother, My Bride and I ''My Mother, My Bride and I'' (german: Die zweite Frau) is a 2008 German drama film directed by Hans Steinbichler. Cast * Matthias Brandt - Erwin Kobarek * Monica Bleibtreu - Frau Kobarek * Maria Popistașu - Irina * Maia Morgenstern - Bogdana * ...

'' (director) * 2009: ''Fraktur'' (episode of the anthology film '' Germany 09'') * 2011: ' (director) * 2011: ''

Polizeiruf 110 ''Polizeiruf 110'' ("Police call 110") is a long-running German-language detective television series likened to Poirot. The name links to the emergency telephone number of the ''Volkspolizei''. The first episode was broadcast 27 June 1971 in the ...

– Denn sie wissen nicht, was sie tun'' (director) * 2012: ''Polizeiruf 110 – Schuld'' (director) * 2013: ''Hattinger und die kalte Hand – Ein Chiemseekrimi'' (director) * 2014: ''Landauer – Der Präsident'' (director) * 2015: ''Das Dorf des Schweigens'' (director) * 2016: ''

'' (director) * 2016: ' (director)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steinbichler, Hans People from Rosenheim (district) Mass media people from Bavaria 1966 births Living people