Biography
Veit Helmer (born 24 April 1968) is a German film director and screenwriter. He started shooting films at the age of fourteen. After finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR. Two month before the wall came down, he moved to East-Berlin to study theatre directing at the famous drama school "Ernst Busch". From 1991 to 1997 Helmer studied film directing at HFF Munich. His first feature film Tuvalu (starring Denis Lavant and Chulpan Khamatova) earned more than 32 awards. His 2008 film Absurdistan was premiered in Sundance and entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
Filmography
all 24
Movies 22
Director 19
Producer 2
TV Shows 2
self 2
Writer 1
Director
Gondola (2024)
Movie
Director
The Bra (2019)
Movie
Producer
Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (2018)
Movie
Director
Fiddlesticks (2014)
Movie
Director
Baikonur (2011)
Movie
Director
They Call Us Aliens - Foreigners in Tokyo (2008)
Movie
Director
Absurdistan (2008)
Movie
Director
Behind the Couch: Casting in Hollywood (2006)
Movie
Producer
Security (2006)
Movie
Director
Caspian Bride (2005)
Movie
Director
Gate to Heaven (2003)
Movie
Director
Uzbek Express! (2001)
Movie
Director
Tuvalu (1999)
Movie
Director
Surprise! (1996)
Movie
Writer
A Trick of the Light (1995)
Movie
Director
Tour Eiffel (1994)
Movie
Director
The Window-Cleaner (1993)
Movie
Director
Zum Greifen nah (1992)
Movie
Director
Tour d'Amour (1989)
Movie
Self
Bayerischer Filmpreis (1979)
TV
Self
Deutscher Filmpreis (1951)
TV
Director
Dushanbe With Love
Movie
Director
Akiko, der fliegende Affe
Movie
Director
Hati-Hati, Malam-Malam!
Movie
Ratings
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1995
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2024
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1968-04-24 (56 years old)
Birth PlaceHanover, Germany
CitizenshipsGermany
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