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Marco Kreuzpaintner

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Alec Drysdale , Olivia Gray

Marco Kreuzpaintner began his career with critically acclaimed feature films such as the coming-of-age drama Summer Storm, Krabat, The Collini Case and the Roland Emmerich-produced Trade – Welcome to America starring Academy Award winner Kevin Kline. He created and directed the Amazon Prime crime series Beat, set in the underground club world of Berlin, and now lives and works in London. He has directed and executive produced TV shows such as The Lazarus Project, Soulmates, and the Netflix/DC Comics limited series Bodies, based on the graphic novel of the same name. Alongside his longtime friend and mentor Emmerich, Marco Kreuzpaintner directed five of the ten episodes of the new Peacock spectacle Those About to Die, starring Anthony Hopkins and Iwan Rheon.

Credits

FILM
Date: 2018
Production (role):
DER FALL COLLINI / THE COLLINI CASE (Director)
Company:
Constantin Film / Global Screen
Date: 2015
Production (role):
SANFT SCHLÄFT DER TOD / YOUR CHILDREN (Director)
Company:
ndF/ARD
Project details:
Television Movie
Date: 2014
Production (role):
STADTLANDLIEBE (Writer and Director)
Company:
NFP/Warner Bros.
Date: 2013
Production (role):
COMING IN (Writer and Director)
Company:
Summerstorm/Warner Bros.
Date: 2007
Production (role):
KRABAT AND THE LEGEND OF THE SATANIC MILL (Writer and Director)
Company:
Claussen+Wöbke+Putz/Fox
Date: 2007
Production (role):
TRADE - WELCOME TO AMERICA (Director)
Company:
Centropolis/Fox
Date: 2004
Production (role):
DIE WOLKE / THE CLOUD (Writer)
Company:
Clasart Film/Concorde
Date: 2004
Production (role):
SOMMERSTURM / SUMMER STORM (Writer and Director)
Company:
Claussen+Wöbke+Putz/X Verleih
Date: 2003
Production (role):
GANZ UND GAR (Director)
Company:
Olga Film
Project details:
Nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Preis 2003
Date: 2000
Production (role):
DER ATEMKÜNSTLER (Director)
Company:
Die Filmmanufaktur/Edgar Reitz Film/BR
Project details:
Short Film
Date: 1998
Production (role):
ENTERING REALITY (Director)
Company:
Kreuzpainter & Siebert Filmproduktion GbR/Die Filmmanufactur
Project details:
Short Film
TELEVISION
Date: 2024
Production (role):
THOSE ABOUT TO DIE
Company:
AGC / Peacock / Amazon Prime
Project details:
Director of episodes 4-8

Executive Producer
Date: 2022
Production (role):
BODIES
Company:
Moonage Pictures and Netflix
Project details:
Directed episodes 1-4
Executive Producer
Date: 2022
Production (role):
THE LAZARUS PROJECT
Company:
Urban Myth / Sky
Project details:
Directed episodes 1-4
Executive Producer
Created by Joe Barton
Winner of BAFTA Cymru: Best Television Drama 2023
Date: 2020
Production (role):
SOULMATES (Director of 2 episodes)
Company:
Fearless Minds/AMC Networks
Project details:
Created by Brett Goldstein & William Bridges

Executive Producer Jolyon Symonds
Date: 2016-2018
Production (role):
BEAT (Director)
Company:
Hellinger/Doll/Amazon
Project details:
Grimme-Preis Winner: Best Series
Grimmie Awards Nomination: Best Series
Goldene Kamera Nomination: Best Series
Date: 2015
Production (role):
POLIZERUF 110 - Season 45 Episode 1 (Director)
Company:
Wiedemann & Berg/ARD
IN DEVELOPMENT
Production (role):
THE FLEA
Company:
Euro Gang Entertainment
Project details:
Film Development
Production (role):
BLACK VATICAN
Company:
Euro Gang Entertainment
Project details:
TV Development
Production (role):
DROOD
Company:
Euro Gang Entertainment
Project details:
TV Development
AWARDS
Date: 2023
Production (role):
BAFTA CYMRU
Project details:
Best Television Drama: THE LAZARUS PROJECT
Date: 2020
Production (role):
BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL
Project details:
Audience award for Best Narrative Feature Gala: COLLINI CASE
Date: 2020
Production (role):
CINEMA FOR PEACE
Project details:
Award for Justice: COLLINI CASE
Date: 2020
Production (role):
HAUGESUND FILM FESTIVAL
Project details:
Audience Award: COLLINI CASE
Date: 2020
Production (role):
SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
Project details:
Best Feature: COLLINI CASE
Date: 2019
Production (role):
GRIMME-PREIS
Project details:
Winner: BEAT
Date: 2018
Production (role):
DEUTSCHER KRIMIPREIS
Project details:
Nominated: SANFT SCHLÄFT DER TOD / YOUR CHILDREN
Date: 2017
Production (role):
GRIMME-PREIS
Project details:
Nominated: POLIZERUF 110
Date: 2007
Production (role):
BAYERISCHER FILMPREIS
Project details:
Winner: KRABAT
Date: 2007
Production (role):
BERNHARD WICKI-FRIEDENSPREIS
Project details:
Winner: TRADE - WELCOME TO AMERICA
Date: 2007
Production (role):
CINEMA FOR PEACE
Project details:
Special Award: TRADE - WELCOME TO AMERICA
Date: 2005
Production (role):
NEW FACES AWARD
Project details:
Winner: SOMMERSTURM
Date: 2003
Production (role):
MAX-OPHÜLS-PREIS
Project details:
Nominated: GANZ UND GAR
Date: 2001
Production (role):
FIRST STEPS AWARD
Project details:
Nominated: DER ATEMKUNSTLER

Credits

  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): DER FALL COLLINI / THE COLLINI CASE (Director)
    Company: Constantin Film / Global Screen
    Project details:
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): SANFT SCHLÄFT DER TOD / YOUR CHILDREN (Director)
    Company: ndF/ARD
    Project details: Television Movie
  • Date: 2014
    Production (role): STADTLANDLIEBE (Writer and Director)
    Company: NFP/Warner Bros.
    Project details:
  • Date: 2013
    Production (role): COMING IN (Writer and Director)
    Company: Summerstorm/Warner Bros.
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): KRABAT AND THE LEGEND OF THE SATANIC MILL (Writer and Director)
    Company: Claussen+Wöbke+Putz/Fox
    Project details:
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): TRADE - WELCOME TO AMERICA (Director)
    Company: Centropolis/Fox
    Project details:
  • Date: 2004
    Production (role): DIE WOLKE / THE CLOUD (Writer)
    Company: Clasart Film/Concorde
    Project details:
  • Date: 2004
    Production (role): SOMMERSTURM / SUMMER STORM (Writer and Director)
    Company: Claussen+Wöbke+Putz/X Verleih
    Project details:
  • Date: 2003
    Production (role): GANZ UND GAR (Director)
    Company: Olga Film
    Project details: Nominated for the Max-Ophüls-Preis 2003
  • Date: 2000
    Production (role): DER ATEMKÜNSTLER (Director)
    Company: Die Filmmanufaktur/Edgar Reitz Film/BR
    Project details: Short Film
  • Date: 1998
    Production (role): ENTERING REALITY (Director)
    Company: Kreuzpainter & Siebert Filmproduktion GbR/Die Filmmanufactur
    Project details: Short Film
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Date: 2024
    Production (role): THOSE ABOUT TO DIE
    Company: AGC / Peacock / Amazon Prime
    Project details: Director of episodes 4-8

    Executive Producer
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): BODIES
    Company: Moonage Pictures and Netflix
    Project details: Directed episodes 1-4
    Executive Producer
  • Date: 2022
    Production (role): THE LAZARUS PROJECT
    Company: Urban Myth / Sky
    Project details: Directed episodes 1-4
    Executive Producer
    Created by Joe Barton
    Winner of BAFTA Cymru: Best Television Drama 2023
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): SOULMATES (Director of 2 episodes)
    Company: Fearless Minds/AMC Networks
    Project details: Created by Brett Goldstein & William Bridges

    Executive Producer Jolyon Symonds
  • Date: 2016-2018
    Production (role): BEAT (Director)
    Company: Hellinger/Doll/Amazon
    Project details: Grimme-Preis Winner: Best Series
    Grimmie Awards Nomination: Best Series
    Goldene Kamera Nomination: Best Series
  • Date: 2015
    Production (role): POLIZERUF 110 - Season 45 Episode 1 (Director)
    Company: Wiedemann & Berg/ARD
    Project details:
  • Production (role)
    Company
    Project details
  • Production (role): THE FLEA
    Company: Euro Gang Entertainment
    Project details: Film Development
  • Production (role): BLACK VATICAN
    Company: Euro Gang Entertainment
    Project details: TV Development
  • Production (role): DROOD
    Company: Euro Gang Entertainment
    Project details: TV Development
  • Date
    Production (role)
    Project details
  • Date: 2023
    Production (role): BAFTA CYMRU
    Project details: Best Television Drama: THE LAZARUS PROJECT
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): BERLIN & BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL
    Project details: Audience award for Best Narrative Feature Gala: COLLINI CASE
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): CINEMA FOR PEACE
    Project details: Award for Justice: COLLINI CASE
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): HAUGESUND FILM FESTIVAL
    Project details: Audience Award: COLLINI CASE
  • Date: 2020
    Production (role): SILICON VALLEY JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL
    Project details: Best Feature: COLLINI CASE
  • Date: 2019
    Production (role): GRIMME-PREIS
    Project details: Winner: BEAT
  • Date: 2018
    Production (role): DEUTSCHER KRIMIPREIS
    Project details: Nominated: SANFT SCHLÄFT DER TOD / YOUR CHILDREN
  • Date: 2017
    Production (role): GRIMME-PREIS
    Project details: Nominated: POLIZERUF 110
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): BAYERISCHER FILMPREIS
    Project details: Winner: KRABAT
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): BERNHARD WICKI-FRIEDENSPREIS
    Project details: Winner: TRADE - WELCOME TO AMERICA
  • Date: 2007
    Production (role): CINEMA FOR PEACE
    Project details: Special Award: TRADE - WELCOME TO AMERICA
  • Date: 2005
    Production (role): NEW FACES AWARD
    Project details: Winner: SOMMERSTURM
  • Date: 2003
    Production (role): MAX-OPHÜLS-PREIS
    Project details: Nominated: GANZ UND GAR
  • Date: 2001
    Production (role): FIRST STEPS AWARD
    Project details: Nominated: DER ATEMKUNSTLER
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