Marc Rothemund (born 26 August 1968) is a German

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. He is the son of the film director Sigi Rothemund and the brother of the actress Nina Rothemund. He began his career as an assistant for his father and then began to direct episodes for TV series. His first feature film was the 1998 production ''

Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit ''Das merkwürdige Verhalten geschlechtsreifer Großstädter zur Paarungszeit'' (English title – ''Love Scenes from Planet Earth'') is a 1998 German romantic comedy film. It earned the director Marc Rothemund a Bavarian Film Award for "Be ...

''. In 2005 he directed the film '' Sophie Scholl – The Final Days'', written by Fred Breinersdorfer, which was nominated for the

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Best Foreign Language Film and received numerous other awards, including the

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at the

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Filmography

* ''

'' (1998) * '' Ants in the Pants'' (2000) * ' (2002) * '' Sophie Scholl – The Final Days'' (2005) * '' Pornorama'' (2007) * '' Single by Contract'' (2010) * '' The Girl with Nine Wigs'' (2013) * '' My Blind Date With Life'' (2017) * '' This Crazy Heart'' (2017) * '' Weekend Rebels'' (2023)

Awards

* 1998 Bavarian Film Awards, Best New Director * 2005 Bavarian Film Awards, Best Director

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