Steffen Jürgens or Steffen C. Jürgens (born 27 July 1967) is a Germanactor and
film director
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diploma
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. One year later his debut film ''Der Ärgermacher'' was released in German cinemas.
Steffen Jürgens also works as independent screenplay author. As an actor, he appeared in a few German TV movies,
film
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s and commercials. Furthermore, he took part in of the first German web series for the German Video hosting service ''watch berlin''. The series was called ''Der Kulturterrorist''. Steffen Jürgens played the fictitious character ''Jochen Antrazith'', who confronted the Berlin citizens with cultural and political themes and provocative statements, comparable to figures like Borat or Horst Schlämmer.
In the late 1990s while Jürgens researched for his short feature film ''Stuhlberg - Der jüngste Manager Europas'', he accompanied
Lolo Ferrari
Lolo Ferrari (born Ève Valois; 9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000), was a French dancer, actress, and singer billed as "the woman with the largest breast implants in the world".
She entered the international limelight in 1995, appearing in the ...
, billed as "the woman with the largest breasts in the world", during her tour through German TV- talk shows and
disco
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s, filmed her and got to know her German manager, Martin Baldauf. Jürgens was fascinated by this
charismatic
Charisma () is a personal quality of presence or charm that compels its subjects.
Scholars in sociology, political science, psychology, and management reserve the term for a type of leadership seen as extraordinary; in these fields, the term "ch ...
and egocentric person. So, his short film ''Stuhlberg - Der jüngste Manager Europas'' was—not as planned—more a film about Martin Baldauf than Lolo Ferrari. In the movie Jürgens plays Martin Baldauf under the name ''Daniel Luigi Baldauf'', which is the main character in the movie. Lolo Ferrari plays an underpart. When ''Stuhlberg - Der jüngste Manager Europas'' was finished, Jürgens furthermore takes an interest in Martin Baldauf. After the death of Lolo Ferrari, he, and sometimes the German film producer
Rüdiger Heinze
Rüdiger Heinze (born December 14, 1971, in Riesa, East Germany) is a film producer and screenwriter.
Life and work
In 1997 he went to Ludwigsburg to study film direction and later film production at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg. In 200 ...
, accompanied and filmed Martin Baldauf during his business activities in Germany and the Czech Republic, where he lives and works in the meantime. With the recorded video material, Jürgens created the controversial documentary portrait ''Der Generalmanager oder How To Sell A Tit Wonder'' about Martin Baldauf. In 2008 this film was released in German cinemas.
Steffen Jürgens lives in Berlin.
Filmography (selection)
*1998: ...die man liebt...
*2000: 8 Grad Celsius
*2001: My Brother the Vampire ''(Mein Bruder, der Vampir)''
*2001: ''(Das Leben des C. Brunner) ''
*2003: ''(Der Ärgermacher) '', (director, Screenplay author and actor)
*2003: ''(Verschwende deine Jugend)''
*2004: ( TV movie)
*2004: Experiment Bootcamp (TV movie)
*2004: Don't Look for Me ''(Such mich nicht)''
*2004: Off Beat ''(Kammerflimmern)''
*2005:
*2006: (TV movie)
*2006:
*2006: Zores (TV movie)
*2006: Polizeiruf 110 (
TV series
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)
*2006: Der Generalmanager oder How to sell a Tit Wonder (director and
cinematographer
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)
*2007: Kahlschlag (TV movie)
*2008: 1 May: All Belongs to You ''(1. Mai)''
*2008: In Between Days ''(Die Besucherin)''
*2008: The Clearing ''(Die Lichtung)''
*2009: Claudia - Das Mädchen von Kasse 1 (TV movie)
*2009: Résiste - Aufstand der Praktikanten
*2012: Oh Boy!
*2012:
Hives
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Ku'damm 56
Ku’damm 56 is a German television trilogy about the 50s youth generation in the period between the end of World War II and the German Wirtschaftswunder. It tells the story of a conservative mother and her three daughters of marriageable age. ...
Adolf Grimme Awards
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.Video hosting service ''watch berlin'', where Steffen Jürgen appeared as ''Kulturterrorist was nominated for the ''Grimme Online Award''.
*2017: Award ''Best Supporting Actor'' at the Romanian film festival ''Best Film Awards'' for ''Bitterweet''Official website of the es Film festival ''Best Film Awards'' with the list of festival winners 2017 /ref>