André Erkau

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André Erkau
Erkau in 2016
Born	(1968-08-17) 17 August 1968 (age 55) Dortmund, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	2001–present

André Erkau (born 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life and work

Born in

• 1993: Nicht von schlechten Eltern (German TV series, actor)
• 2001: fabrixx (German TV series, actor)
• 2003: Verkauftes Land (German TV movie, actor)
• 2006: 37 ohne Zwiebeln (direction, screenplay, producer)
• 2008: Come In and Burn Out [de] (Selbstgespräche), (direction, screenplay)^[1]
• 2011: Alive and Ticking (actor)
• 2011: No More Mr. Ice Guy [de] (direction, screenplay)
• 2012:
  Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge (direction)^[2][3]
• 2014: Tatort - Wahre Liebe (German TV series, direction)
• 2015: Winnetous Sohn (direction)
• 2015: Tatort - Schwanensee (German TV series, direction, screenplay)

Awards and nominations

• 37 ohne Zwiebeln (2006)

- 2006: Winner of the

Audience Award

in the category Hanse Short at the Hamburg International Short Film Festival

- 2006: Winner of the Audience Award and Best short Film award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken

- 2006: Winner of the ProSieben Young Directors Award in the category Best Director at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools

- 2006: Winner of the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award in the category Best Screenplay at the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award

• Come In and Burn Out (2008)

- 2008: Winner of the Max Ophüls Award at the Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis in Saarbrücken

• Das Leben ist nichts für Feiglinge (2012)

- 2012: Nominated for the Best German Language Feature Film at

Zürich Film Festival

- 2014: Nominated for the Best German Film at the Jupiter Awards

References