Director
André Schäfer
Born in Troisdorf in 1966, André Schäfer initially studied history and journalism at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich. This was followed by training at the German School of Journalism in Munich. Since 1992, André Schäfer has produced numerous documentaries, series and contributions from the field of the extended concept of culture for television and, since 2007, increasingly feature-length documentaries.
In 2001 he founded the production company Florianfilm with his mother Marianne Schäfer in Cologne. Since then he has been realising his own projects with her as well as producing films by other directors.
Filmography (Selection)
Cinema:
2017: "You’ll never walk alone"
2015: "Herr von Bohlen"
2013: "Deutschboden"
2012: "John Irving und wie er die Welt sieht"
2011: "Perry Rhodan – Unser Mann im All"
2008: "Lenin kam nur bis Lüdenscheid"
TV:
2013: "Willy Brandt – Erinnerungen an ein Politikerleben"
2011: "Himmelstöne" (WDR/arte)
2011: "Essen macht glücklich!" (ZDF/arte)
2010: "Rock Hudson – Schöner fremder Mann" (arte)
2010: "Haus Müller zieht um" (ZDF/arte)
2010: "Piraten – Wegelagerer der Weltmeere" (RB/arte)
2009: "Johannes Calvin – Reformator und Reizfigur" (arte, WDR, SF, DW)
2009: "Doris Day Superstar" (arte)
2008: "König der Spione – John le Carré" (arte)
2008: "Let’s Play, Boy" (arte)
2007: "Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner – Das Coming-Out des schwul-lesbischen Films"
(arte, WDR, AVRO, SVT, YLE, SBS)
2007: "100 Porsches And Me" (arte)
2006: "Mit 25 geht’s bergab" (arte)
2005: "James Dean – Kleiner Prinz, little Bastard" (arte, AVRO)
2005: "Der Jakobsweg" (arte)
2002: "Seid umschlungen, Millionen" (arte)