Christoph Röhl
Christoph Röhl (born 1967 in Brighton) is an award-winning British-German filmmaker.
Career
Christoph Röhl studied film directing at the Berlin Film Academy in Germany where he made a number of short films that received numerous international awards including the National German Film Prize.
He founded the Met Film School on Ealing Studios and was its first School Director from 2003 to 2007.
His first feature film, "A Piece of Me", was released in German cinemas in 2009. His follow-up film was a documentary called We’re Not The Only Ones. The film dealt with the child sex abuse scandal at the well-known Odenwald School. It was praised for raising awareness of the abuse of boys and of the lifelong suffering it causes. The film was nominated for a German TV Award in 2011 and won the Robert-Geisendörfer-Prize in 2012. In 2014 he directed the film "The Chosen Ones" with Ulrich Tukur and Julia Jentsch in the lead roles. It was nominated for the Prix Europa Award 2014 and won Best Film at the Zoom Festival in Barcelona.
In 2014 he was presented with The World Childhood Foundation Award by Queen Sylvia of Sweden for "outstanding work in raising awareness of child sex abuse".
Filmography (Selection)
- 2014 The Chosen Ones (aka Die Auserwählten)
- 2013 Die Kita Frage
- 2011 We're not the Only Ones (aka Und wir sind nicht die Einzigen)
- 2008 A Piece of Me (aka Ein Teil von mir)
- 2006 Fast Learners
- 2005 Act Your Age
- 2002 Night & Day
- 2000 Butterfly World
- 2000 Close & True
- 1998 Fivefortyfive
- 1997 Der geklaute Spielplatz
- 1997 Der Nullenschlucker
- 1995 In Your Shoes
Awards
- 2015: Gold World Medal, New York Festivals
- 2014: Best Film, ZOOM Festival de Ficció Internacional TV, Barcelona
- 2014: First Prize, Youth Jury, ZOOM Festival de Ficció Internacional TV, Barcelona
- 2014: Prix Europa Television Prize Nomination
- 2014: The World Childhood Foundation Award
- 2012: Winner, Robert Geissendörfer Award
- 2011: Nominierung für den Deutschen Fernsehpreis: Und wir sind nicht die Einzigen in der Sparte „Beste Dokumentation“
- 2009: Jin Jue Award Nomination, Shanghai Int. Film Festival
- 2009: Best Youth Film, Fünf Seen Filmfestival
- 2009: Best Newcomer for actor Ludwig Trepte, Filmkunstfest M-V
- 2009: DEFA Förderpreis, Max Ophüls Filmfestival
- 2008: Eastman Kodak Prize Nomination, Hofer Filmtage
- 1999: Audience Award, Filmfest Regensburg
- 1999: Best Short Film, Filmfest Ludwigsburg
- 1999: Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Prize
- 1996: Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival
- 1998: First Prize, VFF Young Talent Award, Munich International Festival of Film Schools
- 1997: Erich Kästner Fernsehpreis
- 1997: Adolf Grimme Prize Nomination
- 1996: Mention Spéciale du Jury, Festival du Film Court de Brest (Brest European Short Film Festival)
- 1996: German Film Prize in Silver
- 1996: Special Mention of the Jury, Filmfestival Max Ophüls
- 1996: Best Short Film, Max-Ophüls Short Film Prize
- 1995: Jury Prize for Best Short Film, Munich International Festival of Film Schools
External links
- Official Website
- Christoph Röhl at the Internet Movie Database
- Website of Film "We’re not the Only Ones"
- Website of Met Film School