Florian Gärtner

German film director and writer (born 1968)

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Florian Gärtner

Born|  (1968-04-23) 23 April 1968 (age 57)

Korbach, West Germany

Occupation(s)| Director, Writer
Years active| 1990—present

Florian Gärtner (born 23 April 1968 in Korbach) is a German film director and author.

## Life and career

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Florian Gärtner grew up in Marburg and London. He studied English literature and media studies at Philipps University, Marburg and the Free University, Berlin. At age 15, Gärtner made his first home movie. He continued making shorts and eventually award-winning feature-length Super-8-films throughout his school and university years.

Gärtner's film Dragonland premiered at the Max Ophüls Film Festival in 1999, where it won the Interfilmpreis.[1] The film also screened at the Berlin Film Festival 1999.[2]

Florian Gärtner lives in Berlin.

## Filmography

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* 1993: Extraterrestrial (director, screenplay)
* 1996: No One But Me (director, screenplay)
* 1999: Dragonland (director, screenplay)
* 2003: Sex Up [de] (director, screenplay)
* 2003: Oh Mother (Director, screenplay)
* 2005: Sex Up 2 (director, screenplay)
* 2007: Second Life (director, screenplay)
* 2008: The Lightship [de] (director)
* 2008: Instructor Schmidt (screenplay)
* 2012: Some Like It Happy [de] (director)
* 2012: A Special Band (director)
* 2012: A Small Thing [de] (director, screenplay)
* 2013: Separation the Italian Way (director)
* 2015: Tatort: Borowski and the Kids from Gaarden (director)
* 2017: Brown Bread in Thailand (director, screenplay)
* 2018: Lotta and the Serious Side of Life (director)
* 2019: A Summer on Mallorca (director)
* 2019: Real Guys (director)[1]
* 2020: Clueless in Ireland (director)[3]

## References

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1. ^ Drachenland - IMDb, retrieved 2021-04-23
2. ^ Harvey, Dennis (2000-01-31). "Dragonland". Variety. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
3. ^ "Shooting of German film in Kilkee has 'unbelievable impact' before airing". Clare Echo. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2021-04-23.

## External links

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* Florian Gärtner at IMDb
* Florian Gärtner at filmportal.de

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