Christopher Becker (born 1 May 1980) is a German

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, and

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Biography

Becker studied directing at the

Internationale Filmschule Köln The ifs internationale filmschule köln gmbh (''international film school cologne'') is a privately funded film school in Cologne, Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The film school was founded by Filmstiftung NRW. In the German film school ranking ...

, where he graduated in 2005. He also held various positions in the film industry, first as a

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, later as a production manager. Already during his studies he made short films, which were represented at national and international film festivals. These include ''Frauenparkplatz'' and his graduation film ''Mittsommer''. From 2007 to 2011, he was along with Johannes F. Sievert and Moritz Grenzebach co-owner and managing director of "Pi Filmproduktion". From 2008 to 2010, he wrote and directed together with Daniel Rakete Siegel the web series '' Jabhook'' with

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, Raphael Rubino,

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and Hans-Martin Stier in the lead roles. With Siegel and Sönke Andersen he created the viral spot "Schalenklau" for the company

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, which had over two million views on the Internet and was broadcast in several television shows. At the

University of Duisburg-Essen The University of Duisburg-Essen (german: link=no, Universität Duisburg-Essen) is a public research university in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. In the 2019 ''Times Higher Education World University Rankings'', the university was awarded ...

he was a lecturer and had 2011 a cameo in the movie ''

Eine Insel namens Udo ''Eine Insel namens Udo'' (german: An Island Named Udo) is a 2011 German comedy film directed by Markus Sehr. Plot Udo has a problem, he suffers from "difficult visibility". His fellow human beings do not notice him, overlook him and only not ...

''.

Filmography

Awards

His short film Frauenparkplatz won the ''Made for Mobile Award 2007''. In 2010, his viral spot for the

was nominated for the ''Viral Video Award''.

References

External links

*
Christopher Becker
at the German film database Crew United

at First Steps * ttps://www.filmportal.de/person/christopher-becker_572f302998804eff97ea457d8b19f4d3 Christopher Beckerat

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Becker, Christopher Living people Film people from Cologne 1980 births People from Euskirchen (district) German male writers