European Golden Globe 2010 Winners
It was a successful night for German and Austrian filmmakers and actors at the Golden Globes 2010! Viennese actor Christoph Waltz won Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture for Inglorious Basterds. Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke was happy that his film The White Ribbon was awarded Best Foreign Language Film. And Sandra Bullock, who is half German, won Best Actress Motion Picture, Drama for The...
Read MoreExclusive Interview with Austrian Comedian Alice Frick
I recently had the privilege and the pleasure to interview Austrian comedian and actress Alice Frick. The funny performer is not only a rising comedy star in Austria and Germany. As of recently, she’s also standing in the spotlight on Hollywood’s big comedy stages. Reasons enough for me to ask her about her work on 2 continents. The full interview (2 videos on YouTube’s Indie...
Read MoreNew German Films Worth Watching
Let’s not talk about famous German filmmakers in Hollywood like director Roland Emmerich whose latest movie 2012 is coming to US theaters this November. Instead, let’s talk about talented German filmmakers who are making fantastic movies in Germany. I just recently attended the German Currents film fest in Los Angeles and saw two great German films that are absolutely worth...
Read MoreWhy German Actors Are Not Successful in Hollywood…And What We Can Learn From It
I just watched a very insightful interview with Hollywood Acting Coach Bernard Hiller on the German news site Focus Online. Andreas Renner from “Renner’s Hollywood” and his production house StarfishLA sat down with Bernard Hiller, who has trained superstars like George Clooney, Brad Pitt, and Cameron Diaz, and talked about the secret of becoming a successful Hollywood...
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