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Katrin Gebbe
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Katrin Gebbe showing her first movie Tore tanzt, at the Apollo-Cinema Center, 2014 in Ibbenbühren (GER).
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| Born | 1983 (age 41–42) Ibbenbüren, Germany
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| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Awards | Bavarian Film Awards; Adult Jury Prize CICFF (Short Film); European Young Civis media prize; Preis der deutschen Filmkritik; German Film Award for Best Direction; Montblanc Script Award |
Katrin Gebbe (born in 1983) is a talented German film director and screenwriter. This means she not only directs movies but also writes the stories for them.
Katrin Gebbe's Early Life and Education
Katrin Gebbe studied art and visual communication at the Academy of Visual Arts in Enschede. Here, she created her very first short film, which was an experimental film. Experimental films often try new and unusual ways of telling a story.
In 2005, she continued her studies at the Hamburg Media School. She focused on film direction, learning how to lead the making of movies. Her final project there was a short film called Şoreş & Şîrîn. This film even won an award at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival! It received the 'Adult Jury Prize' for short films. In 2009, Şoreş & Şîrîn also won the 'European Young Civis media prize'.
Directing Feature Films
Katrin Gebbe's first full-length movie was Nothing Bad Can Happen. The German title for this film is Tore tanzt. This movie tells the story of a young man from Hamburg.
This film was chosen to be shown at the famous 66th Cannes Film Festival in 2013. This is a very important film festival in France. The movie had its first public showing there on May 23, 2013. Katrin Gebbe and the film's producer, Verena Höfe-Gräft, had met in college. They started working on this movie together in 2009.
For Nothing Bad Can Happen, Katrin Gebbe received two special awards. She won the 2013 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for the best first feature film. She also received the Bavarian Film Awards for the best new director.
Katrin Gebbe's Filmography
Katrin Gebbe has directed many different types of films and TV shows. Here is a list of her works:
- KOI (short film - 2006)
- Narzissen (short film - 2007)
- Einladung (short film - 2007)
- Şoreş & Şîrîn (short film - 2008)
- Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013)
- Tatort: Fünf Minuten Himmel (2016, a TV series episode)
- The Field Guide to Evil (2018, an anthology film, she directed the segment called A Nocturnal Breath)
- Pelican Blood (2019)
- The Empress (2022, she was a co-director for this Netflix series, directing the first episode and two others)
