Thomas Kufus (born 1957) is a German film producer especially known for

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Life and career

Thomas Kufus was born in Essen in 1957. He began his filmmaking career as a director but switched to producing, becoming known as one of Germany's most influential producers of

s. He co-founded the production company zero one film which he since 2008 runs together with . Among the directors he has produced films for are Lars Kraume,

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, Anne Zohra Berrached, Julia Albrecht,

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, Christian Schwochow, Corinna Belz, Arnon Goldfinger and Alexander Sokurov. In 2009 he produced ', a project where 80 cameramen each documented 24 hours in Berlin, with 1440 hours of footage broadcast on

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and

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. Kufus has produced four films that received the German Film Award for Best Documentary Film: '' Black Box BRD'' (2001), '' Gerhard Richter Painting'' (2011), '' More than Honey'' (2012) and '' Beuys'' (2017). He produced '' The People vs. Fritz Bauer'' which received the

German Film Award for Best Fiction Film The German Film Award for Best Fiction Film (german: Bester Spielfilm) is the main award given for best German film at the annual Deutscher Filmpreis awards, the German national film awards. It has been held annually since 1951 in varying formats. A ...

in 2016. Kufus was chairman of the Deutsche Filmakademie from 2009 to 2015. He received the 2023 .

Selected filmography

Filmography adapted from

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. * ''

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'' (1997) * ''

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'' (1999) * '' Black Box BRD'' (2001) * ' (2003) * ' (2009) * '' The Flat'' (2011) * '' Gerhard Richter Painting'' (2011) * '' More than Honey'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' The People vs. Fritz Bauer'' (2015) * '' 24 Weeks'' (2016) * '' Peter Handke: In the Woods, Might Be Late'' (2016) * '' Beuys'' (2017) * '' The Silent Revolution'' (2018) * '' Inside the Uffizi'' (2021) * '' Measures of Men'' (2023)

References

External links

zero one film
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kufus, Thomas 1957 births Living people Film people from Essen German film producers German documentary film producers German documentary film directors