Sebastian Marka
Sebastian Marka | |
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Genf , Switzerland | |
Occupation(s) | Film director and editor |
Years active | 2001–present |
Sebastian Marka (born 1978 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a German film director and editor.
Life and work
Sebastian Marka was born in Geneva in 1978 and grew up in
While still a student, Marka began working as a
In 2010 Marka's short film - thriller Interview[2] was released, for which he received many awards at German and international film festivals.
Due to the success of his short film Interview he received his first directing assignments. After directing five episodes of the German TV series
The award-winning three Tatort-episodes Long Live Death (Tatort: Es lebe der Tod) , Tatort: Die Wahrheit, Tatort: Meta and four other episodes were created in collaboration with Erol Yesilkaya. He wrote the screenplays for all seven episodes. Marka had met Yesilkaya in 2012 and worked with him frequently until then.
In an interview with the German trade magazine Blickpunkt:Film, Marka compares their cooperation to the "showrunner - principle". During the process of making a film, from idea development to film editing, Yesilkaya and Marka would be in constant exchange of information to achieve a good result.[3]
On October 20, 2020, Marka's
Marka and Yesilkaya also filmed the German
Reception
The released Tatort-episodes by Marka were almost all praised by the German press and received good IMDb ratings.
For example, the German
In addition, some of the Tatort - episodes won national and international awards. For example, the episode
For the Tatort-episode Die Wahrheit Marka and screenwriter
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 2010: Interview (short film)
- 2015: Notruf Hafenkante (5 episodes from 2013 to 2015), (TV series)
- 2015: Tatort - Das Haus am Ende der Straße (TV series)
- 2015: Tatort - Hinter dem Spiegel (TV series)
- 2016: Tatort - Die Wahrheit (TV series)
- 2016: Long Live Death(Tatort - Es lebe der Tod), (TV series)
- 2016: Tatort - Die Wahrheit (TV series)
- 2017: Tatort - Der scheidende Schupo (TV series)
- 2017: Hit Mom: Murderous Christmas (Hit Mom: Mörderische Weihnachten), (TV movie)
- 2018: Tatort - Meta (TV series)
- 2018: Tatort - KI (TV series)
- 2019: Tatort - Ein Tag wie jeder andere (TV series)
- 2020: Tatort - Parasomnia (TV series)
- 2020: Exit (TV movie)
- 2021: Tatort - Pavlovs Köter (TV series)
- 2023: The Gryphon (TV series)
Editor
- 2003: Der Ärgermacher (feature film)
- 2006: Zores (TV movie)
- 2008: 1st of May: All Belongs to You (episode Uwe), (1. Mai – Helden bei der Arbeit)
- 2008: Unschuldig (4 episodes), (TV series)
- 2009: Killerjagd. Töte mich, wenn du kannst (TV movie)
- 2009: Parkour (feature film)
- 2010: Interview (short film)
- 2011: Schreie der Vergessenen (TV movie)
- 2015: 100 Code (3 episodes), (crime drama series)
- 2018: Tatort - Meta (TV series)
- 2018: Tatort - KI (TV series)
- 2019: Tatort - Ein Tag wie jeder andere (TV series)
- 2020: Exit (TV movie)
Other
- 2023: The Gryphon (TV series), (creator, producer, showrunner)
Awards and nominations
- 2010: Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre (Argentina) - Prize Mejor Director Cortometraje (Best Short Film - Director) in the category Sección De Cortometrajes (Short Film Section)
- 2010: Indie Fest (USA) - Award of Merit in the category short film
- 2010: Oaxaca FilmFest (Mexico) - Prize Best short film
- 2011: Celluloid Screams: Sheffield Horror Film Festival (England) - Prize Best Short Film
- 2011: FEC Festival (European Short Film Festival) (Spain) - Audience Award in the category European Competition
- 2011: Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (Germany) - Nomination for the Short Film Award
- 2011: Oldenburg International Film Festival (Germany) - Nomination for the German Independence Award – Bester Kurzfilm (German Independence Award – Best Short film)
- 2011: Second runner up)
- 2012: Miami Short Film Festival (USA) - Prize Best Narrative
- 2012: Newport Beach Film Festival (USA) - Prize Best Narrative Short
- 2012: Pentedattilo Film Festival (Italy) - Prize Best Short in the category Thriller
Long Live Death (Tatort: Es lebe der Tod)
- 2016: Festival des deutschen Films (Germany) - Nomination for the Ludwigshafener Filmkunstpreis in the category Best German Film
- 2017: Garden State Film Festival - Festival Award in the category International Narrative Feature
- 2017: Nashville Film Festival - Audience award in the category Episodic Competition / Long Form
Tatort: Die Wahrheit
- 2017: Nomination for the Grimme-Preis (Grimme-Award) for Erol Yesilkaya (Screenplay) and Sebastian Marka (Director) in the category Fiction
Tatort: Meta
- 2019: Grimme-Preis (Grimme-Award) for Erol Yesilkaya (Screenplay) and Sebastian Marka (Director) in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement - Fiction
References
- ^ Profile of Sebastian Marka at his agency Above The Line. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ Info about the short film Interview (2010) and short bio about Sebastian Marka on the ARD-website (in German). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ Heine, Frank (October 28, 2020). "Yesilkaya/Marka: Nach dem Showrunner-Prinzip". Blickpunkt:Film (in German). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- Spiegel Online(in German). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- ^ Shuman, Sean (May 3, 2023). "Prime Video's The Gryphon: Plot, Cast, Release Date, and Everything Else We Know - An upcoming German fantasy epic will hit Prime Video. This is everything we know about The Gryphon". MovieWeb. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
- ^ Tittelbach, Rainer (October 21, 2018). "Reihe "Tatort – KI"". tittelbach.tv (in German). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
- Spiegel Online(in German). Retrieved February 2, 2021.
External links
- Sebastian Marka at IMDb
- Sebastian Marka at Filmportal.de