Hans-Christian Schmid

Hans-Christian Schmid
Schmid at the Gartenbaukino in Vienna, 2007
Born	(1965-08-19) 19 August 1965 Altötting, West Germany
Occupation(s)	Director Screenwriter

Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter.

Life and work

Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with Michael Gutmann on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998), and Crazy (2000). Gutmann also directed Heart Over Head (2001) for which he and Schmid wrote the screenplay.

Awards

• 1995: Findling Award for Heaven and Hell
• 2003: Bavarian Film Award, Best Screenplay [1]
• 2003: Findling Award for Distant Lights

Filmography

• Sekt oder Selters (1989)
• Die Mechanik des Wunders (1992)
• Heaven and Hell (Himmel und Hölle, 1994)
• After Five in the Forest Primeval (Nach Fünf im Urwald, 1995)
• 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998)
• Crazy (2000)
• Distant Lights (Lichter, 2003)
• Requiem (2006)
• Storm (Sturm, 2009)
• Home for the Weekend (Was bleibt, 2012)
• Das Verschwinden (2016/17)
• We Are Next of Kin (2022)

External links

• Hans-Christian Schmid at IMDb
• Hans-Christan Schmid on filmportal.de (English)
• 235 film production website