Michael Koch (film director)

Michael Koch ( born July 2, 1982 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss actor and director.

Life and work

Michael Koch was from 1999 until 2002 as an actor at the Junges Theater Basel. From 2003 to 2008 he studied at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and worked in parallel as an actor in several movies and television films. A wider audience Swiss Michael Koch was his starring role of Antonio Carrera in the movie Ready, Steady, Charlie! known.

While studying the short films We are loyal to you and the pool edge. The films have been shown worldwide in over 100 film festivals and received several international awards, including the Prix Canal Award at the Festival du Court - Métrage de Clermont- Ferrand, the ARTE Short Film Award at the International Film Festival of Film Schools in Munich and the Audience Award at the International Documentary Festival in Madrid.

2008 Michael Koch finished with the short film Polar his studies at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. The film was awarded at the 2009 Berlinale with an Honorable Mention and won, among others, the prize for the best German film at this year's Filmfest Dresden and the German Camera Award 2009.

As part FUEL 09 - Theatre Days Basel Michael Koch has staged the play Wild Hearts at the cultural institution Kaserne Basel in September.

Koch lives and works in Basel and Berlin.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2003: Ready, Steady, Charlie! (Actor)
  • 2005: We are loyal to you (director, camera and concept )
  • 2005: Death of a Doctor (Actor)
  • 2006: Beck edge ( director, screenwriter )
  • 2007: Love and Delusion (actor)

Awards

  • Shooting Star (2004) - best Swiss film debutant
  • International Short Film Festival Winterthur (2005) - We are loyal to you - Best Swiss Short Film
  • International Short Film Festival Clermont- Ferrand ( 2006) - We are loyal to you - Prix Canal
  • Documenta Madrid ( 2006) - We are loyal to you - Audience Award
  • Munich Int. Festival of Film Schools ( 2006) - We are loyal to you - Best Documentary and Short Film ARTE Prize
  • Impact (2006) - We are loyal to you - Silver Award impact
  • Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden ( 2007) - We are loyal to you - predicate Especially Valuable "
  • Swiss Film Prize (2007) - the water's edge - Nomination Best Short Film "
  • UPCOMING FILM MAKERS - young Swiss Film Festival Lucerne ( 2006) - Best Director for " water's edge "
  • Short Film Festival of Lille ( 2007) - Prix spécial du jury for " water's edge "
  • German Short Film Award (2007) - the water's edge - Nomination Best
  • Berlinale 2009 - Dialogue en Perspective Prize for Honorable Mention for Polar
  • First Steps 2009 - twice nominated for the First Steps Award in the categories of feature films to 60 minutes, and Best Screenplay for Polar
  • International Short Film Festival Winterthur 2009 - Award for the best Swiss film for Polar
  • German Short Film Prize 2009 - Short Film Award in Gold in the category of feature films to 30 minutes for Polar

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