Jörg Schnitger writer, director, producer
VITA (Selection)
Date of Birth:
24.10.1969
Place of birth:
Dortmund
Lives and works in Dortmund
Professional Experience
2020/2021 Co-Writer, Co-Producer, Assistent Director
„Let it go“
Feature/ Triarte International, Schnitger Film, Anne Nikitin Ltd.
Writer, Director, Producer: Brigitte Drodtloff
"Best International Feature" (Toronto Independent Film Festival 2021) / "Best Alumni" (Lady Filmmakers 2021, Los Angeles) / Nomination "Prix New German Cinema" (International Hofer Filmtage 2021)
2020/2021 Co-Writer, Co-Producer, Assistent Director
„Let it go“
Feature/ Triarte International, Schnitger Film, Anne Nikitin Ltd.
Writer, Director, Producer: Brigitte Drodtloff
"Best International Feature" (Toronto Independent Film Festival 2021) / "Best Alumni" (Lady Filmmakers 2021, Los Angeles) / Nomination "Prix New German Cinema" (International Hofer Filmtage 2021)
2018 - 2021 Screenplays for TV Series in ARD and ZDF. With Co Writer Michel Pohl. / Production: Bavaria Fiction GmbH, Saxonia Media GmbH, Neue Münchener Fernsehprodukton.
2010-2017 “Unbroken Ties” / Documentary / Premiere at 10. May 2017 at “32. International Dok.Fest Munich”.
Writer, Producer, D.O.P., Editor, Director.
2015 – 2017 Development of several TV movies, series, movies, among others Tivoli Film, MaFilm.
2013/2014 Co-Producer and Assistant Director
„Omul (Human)“
Short / Triarte International, Lanapul Film, HiFi Filmproduction
Writer, Director, Producer: Brigitte Drodtloff
2012 Script Editor
„Dahoam is Dahoam“
Daily for Constantin Television GmbH and BR.
2011 Script Editor / Dialog Author / Head of Script
„Herzflimmern – Liebe zum Leben“ and „Herzflimmern – Klinik am See“
Daily for Bavaria Fernsehproduktion and ZDF.
Since 2010 freelance screenwriter and director.
2007 - 2009 Employed as a screenwriter for Constantin Entertainment GmbH in Munich.
Chef-author in 2006 for RTL Creations and "Deutsche Welle".
2005 Screenplay, director, production
„EIN SCHÖNER TAG (A BEAUTIFUL DAY)“
Short / Melodrama
2004 Writer, (co-authors: Sven Ulrich, Rafael Sola Ferrer)
„Mörderische Elite“
TV-Movie / Arbor TV
2001 – 2005 Writer for TV-series
„Alarm für Cobra 11“ / „Alarm für Cobra 11 – Team 2“ / „Motorradcops“
Action Concept and RTL
Since 2001 script development for film and television.
1998 - 1999 lecturer for Advanced Film.
1997 - 2011, lecturer and consultant for Scirpt Telepool European television ACC office and entertainment.
1991 - 1995 The filmmaking classroom. Book, camera, editing, directing 100 short films in all-day workshops with schools / Bavaria Film Geiselgasteig.
Further education
2008 Creative Screenwriting / Film School seminar of the Hamburg eV Berlin Manager: Barbara Oslejsek (author and playwright).
2006 Trainee (Director Department) at "Behind Bars"(Hinter Gittern) / Grundy UFA / Director: Heinz Dietz.
Education / Studies
1992 - 1996 studied at the Munich Film School diploma / degree rating: 1.0
1996 Internship at TiMe movie rental Munich
1992 internship at the camera rental Dedo Weigert of Munich
1991 internship at the lab in Munich Bavaria
1989 - 1990 military service in Hamburg
1989 Abitur in Dortmund
1979 - 1992 Super 8 und Video filming
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