Luise Brinkmann
Director | Writer
in development
12 DAYS OF JULY (feature, with U5 Film Production)
AMOR (feature, romantic comedy)
BACKSTAGE (WT) (feature, buddy comedy)
I LOVE YOU, KEANU REEVES (AT) (documentary)
MR RIGHT NOW (feature, romantic comedy)
THE WOLF FROM THE CARCROSS DESERT (WT) (mystery feature with Dorconfilm)
2024
NEXT EXIT: HAPPINESS – Episode 11
TV-Feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Producers at Work
NEXT EXIT: HAPPINESS – Episode 10
TV-Feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Producers at Work
NEXT EXIT: HAPPINESS – Episode 9
TV-Feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Producers at Work
YOUR PERFECT YEAR
TV-feature / adaptation • GER • 90*
director | prod. Bavaria Fiction
2023
MALIBU – Kiss the Frog
TV-feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Network Movie
MALIBU – Sisterhearts
TV-feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Network Movie
2022
MALIBU – A Tent For Three
TV-feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Network Movie
MALIBU – Camping For Beginners
TV-feature • GER • 90*
director | prod. Network Movie
2021
SCHLOSS EINSTEIN
TV-series •5 episodes (1014-1018) • GER • 5 x 25*
director | prod. Saxonia Media
ZITTERINCHEN
TV-feature • GER • 60*
director | prod. Kinderfilm GmbH
2020
SCHLOSS EINSTEIN
TV-series •4 episodes (997-1000) • GER • 4 x 25*
director | prod. Saxonia Media
A LAST HURRAH
tragicomedy •middle length feature •GER • 47*
director, writer, producer
• Award:Silver Award at Independent StarFilmfest 2021 • Best Film of Host Country at Universal Film Festival Germany 2021
• Nomination: Best Film at 43th Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2021 • Best Film at Filmfestival Max Ophüls Award 2020 • Best Middle Length Film at Achtung Berlin 2020 • Inheritance Festival 2021 • Q-Fest 25th Houston International LGBTQ Film Festival 2021
2019
SOUP OF THE DAY
dramedy •trailer for series • GER • 3*
director | prod. Network Movie & Streamwerke
LIFT ME UP
tragicomedy •middle length feature •GER • 40*
co-director | prod.: Tirre & Blau
2016
WHERE’S THE MONEY, HONEY?
romantic short • trailer for Blaue Blume Romantic Award •GER • 2*
writer, director | for Romance TV GmbH
BEAT BEAT HEART
tragicomedy •feature / cinema • GER• 86*
writer, director, producer
• Award:New German Cinema Award – Special Award for Ensemblespirit & Energy at 34th Filmfest Munich 2016
• Nomination: New German Cinema Award for Best Directing, Best Writer, Best Production, Best Acting at 34th Filmfest Munich 2016 • FIPRESCI-Award • german-french Award of Youth KINEMA at 30th Braunschweig International Filmfestival 2016 • Best Film at Slamdance Filmfestival 2017 • and many more
I SLEEP IN THE RIVER‛S BED
documentary • GER / Vietnam • 35*
co-director & co-producer & sound
2014
COOL KISS
drama • coming-of-age • short • GER • 11 *
director
• Releases: DVD-release through FWU Institute for Film and Picture in Science and Education
• Nomination: Blaue Blume Award – Romantic Film Award 2016 • WDR/Einsfestival-Award at Short Film Festival Cologne 2015 • Wendland Shorts 2015 • Festival Les Enfants Terribles 2015 • Bastau International Film Festival 2015
EMMA’S WORLD
comedy • web series • season 1 • GER • 6 episodes à 7*
director
• Awards: Best German Webseries at Webfest Berlin 2015 • Best Acting at Sicily Webfest 2016• Beste Acting | Comedy at DubWebfest 2016
• Nomination:Blaue Blume Award – Romantic Film Award 2017 for episode 5 ‘Date Night’ •T.O. Webfest Toronto • Best Foreign Language Web Series at International Online Web Fest IOWF 2015 • Best International Series at Raindance Webfest 2014 • and many more
2013
COURTAGE
love comedy • short • GER • 5*
writer, director
2012
THE NEW GIRL
documentary short • GER • 5*
idea, producer, director
ATYPICAL
documentary short • UK / DK • 10*
idea, producer, director
POOL LIFE
documentary short • GER • 4 *
idea, producer, camera, editor, director
YOUR E-MAIL
experimental short • UK / GER • 3*
idea, producer, camera, editor, director
2011
THE LADY OF CHISWICK
drama • short fiction • UK • 10*
idea, director
love drama • short fiction • GER • 5*
writer, producer, editor, director
PART.LY
self portrait • GER • 5*
idea, photography, editor, director
BACK AND FORTH
drama • short • GER • 5*
director
EVA
documentary short • artist’s portrait • GER • 10*
idea, producer, editor, director
• Festival: QueerFilmFest Rostock • FemFest Würzburg
2010
NEXT DOOR
love round dance • short fiction • 16mm • GER • 22*
writer, producer, editor, director
• Releases: DVD-release with Edition Salzgeber ‚L-Shorts 3‛ • VoD at hulu, bigstar.tv, onemorelesbian, indiereign, indiflix, buskfilms
• Cinema: Torino GLBT Film Festival Tour • L-Film Night at CinemaxX Augsburg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bremen, Dresden, Essen, Freiburg, Hamburg Wandsbek, Hannover Niko, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mannheim, München, Offenbach, Oldenburg, Stuttgart, Wuppertal
• Nomination: Lesbian Gay Film Days Hamburg • Chéris Chéris festival de films gays, lesbiens & trans Paris • InsideOut Filmfestival Toronto • Queer Film Festival Melbourne
• more Festivals: Internationale Women’s Film Festival Cologne Dortmund • Verzaubert Queerfilm Weekend Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Berlin • QueerFilmFest Rostock • Queerfilm Festival Bremen • Filmfest Perlen Hannover • L-Queerfilmfestival Esslingen • Festival International du Film Lesbien & Feministe de Paris • Queersicht Bern • Queerfilmfestival Mezipatra Brünn • Torino GLBT Film Festival • Identities Queer Film Festival Wien • and many more
2007
WHEN I GAVE A ROSE…
romantic comedy • short fiction • GER • 15*
writer, producer, editor, director
• Festival: Filmfestival Gütersloh
ASPECTS
queer drama • short fiction • GER • 5*
writer, director
• Festival: Bielefeld leuchtet
2004
FLIGHT AND EXPULSION AFTER WW2
– FROM SILESIA TO WESTPHALIA –
documentary short • GER • 15*
idea, producer, camera, editor, director
• Award: LfM Citizen Media Award 2004 | category: Citizen TV
CLOSE TO YOU
romance • short fiction • GER • 25*
writer, producer, editor, director