Robert Sigl (born 11 July 1962) is a German

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and writer. He attended the

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from 1981-1986. His short film "''The Christmas Tree"'' was shown at international festivals in

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and

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. In 1987 he started preparations for his first full-length motion picture ''Laurin'' in

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which he also scripted. ''Laurin'' was awarded the

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for best direction of a newcomer. At the age of 25, Sigl was the youngest director ever to receive this distinction. ''Laurin'' was shown at numerous international festivals, including

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and

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, and was released in

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by the U.K. video label “Eureka Entertainment” and in

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by Filmax. It is currently airing on Canada's Scream TV and is available in the U.S. on an import DVD from Luminous Film and Video. In the ensuing years Sigl worked on several projects and screenplays before moving on to shoot the acclaimed and sophisticated miniseries ''Stella Stellaris'' in

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, a fairy-tale-like fantasy/comedy/adventure. He directed the episode "The Lost Daughter" for the extremely popular action series ''Alarm for Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei''. Both ''Laurin'' and ''Stella Stellaris'' left a deep impression with Canadian producer Paul Donovan and the executives of U.S. Cable Channel Showtime and Robert Sigl was commissioned to direct one of the four pilot movies – Giga Shadow for the international Science-Fiction-Miniseries ''

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''. ''Giga Shadow'' featured

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and a spectacular amount of breathtaking computer generated effects. ''

'' was sold into more than one hundred countries. For the third season Sigl returned to direct the episode "K-Town". He directed the German horror-thriller ' which became one of the most successful TV movies of 1999; it was subsequently released in the USA on DVD and Home Video by Fangoria/MTI. Due to its immense success Sigl was commissioned to direct the sequel ''The Island of Fear'' aka: ''Dead Island - School's Out II'' (U.S. title) in

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. Sigl helmed several episodes of the German crime series ''

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'' and ''

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''. He is currently working on other new projects for the big screen, among them ''The Spider'', ''Medusa'', ''The Blind Room'', ''A Study in Red Trilogy'', ''DragonMan: The Adventures of Luke Starr'', ''Jack the Ripper: Reality and Myth (TV Movie)'', ''The Blind Room'', ''Wurdilak'', and ''The 13th Disciple''.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sigl, Robert German mass media people 1962 births Living people