Konstantin Flemig Explained

Konstantin Flemig
Birth Name:Konstantin Friedrich Flemig
Birth Date:21 September 1988
Birth Place:Stuttgart, Germany
Citizenship:German
Occupation:Film director

Konstantin Friedrich Flemig (born 1988) is a German director of documentary films.

Biography

Flemig was born near Stuttgart, Germany. He started filmmaking as a teenager, creating stunt videos and mockumenatries in the style of MTV Jackass.[1] For his application for film school, he travelled to Congo to make a film about a luxury restaurant.[2]

He attended the German School of Journalism before studying documentary filmmaking and screenwriting at the renowned Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.[3] For his film BilderKrieg - Picturing War he won the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award[4] as well as the Special Mention Award at the International Open Film Festival.[5] The documentary about a young German war photographer was produced by German television SWR and was screened at multiple international film festivals.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

For his short documentary Exit Exit Exit, he took a course offered by the German Army for war correspondents. He is one of Werner Herzog's rogues, a group of young filmmakers who attended his Rogue Film School seminar.[1] The curriculum consists of topics like " the art of lockpicking", "the creation of your own shooting permits" and "Guerrilla tactics".[11]

After publicly criticizing the Turkish invasion of Syrian Afrin in 2018, Flemig received several death threats.[12]

Since the summer of 2022, Flemig has been on camera for the German YouTube channel CRISIS - Hinter der Front operated by Funk as a war reporter from the crisis areas of Ukraine, South Ossetia, Syria and Afghanistan, among others.[13]

Filmography

Documentaries

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. . Retrieved 2016-11-24.
  2. News: Konstantin Flemig: Hang zu Kriegsgebieten — Zebrabutter. 2015-09-27. Zebrabutter. de-DE. 2016-11-24.
  3. Web site: show person: FIRST STEPS. www.firststeps.de. 2016-11-24. 2017-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20170106104334/http://www.firststeps.de/filmkatalog/filmemacher/show-person.html?tx_e27firststepswfqbe_pi1%5BID%5D=742b738e-b2bd-774e-bc99-e46c249c7857. dead.
  4. Web site: 2015 Winners. Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards. 2016-11-24.
  5. Web site: Selection. ioffestival.blogspot.de. 2016-11-24.
  6. Web site: 46th USA Film Festival Flyer 2016. Scribd. 2016-11-24.
  7. Web site: Picturing War - Festival 2016 Baghdad International Film Festival. BIFF. www.baghdadfilmfest.com. 2016-11-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20170106104340/http://www.baghdadfilmfest.com/festival/2016/submission/574. 2017-01-06. dead.
  8. Web site: Social Change Film Festival: Challenging the Media Narrative of War,.... socialchangefilmfestival2016.sched.org. 2016-11-24.
  9. News: Cinema Verite - Picturing War. Behnegarsoft.com. 2016-10-31. Cinema Verite IRAN International Documentary Film Festival. en. 2016-11-24.
  10. News: Picturing War - Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona. Festival de Cine y Derechos Humanos de Barcelona. es-ES. 2016-11-24. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161125052547/http://festivaldecineyderechoshumanos.com/picturing-war/. 2016-11-25.
  11. Web site: Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School. www.roguefilmschool.com. 2016-11-24.
  12. News: Wie ich Morddrohungen erhielt, weil ich die Türkei kritisierte. ze.tt. 2018-07-09. de-DE.
  13. Web site: YouTube channel: CRISIS - Hinter der Front . 2023-03-12 . de.
  14. Web site: Winners2016 Baghdad International Film Festival. BIFF. www.baghdadfilmfest.com. 2016-12-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20161221052029/http://www.baghdadfilmfest.com/pages/winners2016. 2016-12-21. dead.

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