How Two German Filmmmakers Conquered Los Angeles
Not only for businesses, but also for filmmakers the cultural differences between the USA and Germany can stand for opportunities. Whether you’re an American doing business in Germany, or a German artist creating your work in the US – the other culture might inspire you to see beyond what you know. Open Doors to New Creativity Anna-Maria Hora and her husband Markus Adrian are...
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 MoreThe Sound of Gender: How Women Composers Vigorously Maneuver Hollywood’s Show Biz
“In my opinion music is gender free so why should female composers get treated any differently than their male colleagues?” a woman in the audience commented at the speaker series panel – Music in Film and Television – organized by Women In Film. The five female composers who made up the panel at El Torito Grill in Beverly Hills on Wednesday, October 28, all nodded their...
Read MoreGerman Filmmaker Andreas Dresen on Movie Making
German writer/ director Andreas Dresen shared his insights into movie making at the Goethe Institut’s “Show and Tell” series in Los Angeles on Monday, October 26. He talked about his beginnings studying directing at the Konrad Wolf Academy of Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg back in the 80s in the GDR. “The school under direction of Lothar Bisky was a place...
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...
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