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Jochen Alexander Freydank

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Jochen Alexander Freydank, winner of the Oscar® for Best live action short film, for work on "Spielzeugland (Toyland)" A Mephisto Film Production, at the 81st Annual Academy Awards® from the Kodak Theatre, in Hollwood, CA Sunday, February 22, 2009.
Jochen Alexander Freydank was born on 15 September 1967 in Berlin, German Democratic Republic. He is a producer and director, known for Spielzeugland (2007), Dienst (2003) and Kafka's the Burrow (2014).
BornSeptember 15, 1967
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BornSeptember 15, 1967
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 28 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    Julia Jäger and Cedric Eich in Spielzeugland (2007)
    Spielzeugland
    7.7
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2007
    Dienst (2003)
    Dienst
    7.3
    Short
    • Producer
    • 2003
    Kafka's the Burrow (2014)
    Kafka's the Burrow
    5.3
    • Producer
    • 2014
    Notfall
    7.6
    Short
    • Producer(as Jochen Freidank)
    • 2001

    Credits

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    Producer

    • Kafka's the Burrow (2014)
      Kafka's the Burrow
      5.3
      • producer
      • 2014
    • In aller Freundschaft (1998)
      In aller Freundschaft
      4.4
      TV Series
      • producer (as Jochen Freydank)
      • 2008–2009
    • Endlich Samstag!
      4.9
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2008
    • Julia Jäger and Cedric Eich in Spielzeugland (2007)
      Spielzeugland
      7.7
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2007
    • One Single Moment
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2003
    • Dienst (2003)
      Dienst
      7.3
      Short
      • producer
      • 2003
    • Die letzte Reise
      Short
      • co-producer
      • 2002
    • Notfall
      7.6
      Short
      • producer (as Jochen Freidank)
      • 2001
    • Glückliches Ende (1999)
      Glückliches Ende
      6.9
      Short
      • producer
      • 1999

    Director

    • Tatort (1970)
      Tatort
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011–2023
    • Riesending (2022)
      Riesending
      6.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Herzogpark (2022)
      Herzogpark
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Heike Makatsch in Zero (2021)
      Zero
      4.7
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Du sollst nicht lügen (2021)
      Du sollst nicht lügen
      5.9
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Vladimir Burlakov and Josefine Preuß in Dein Leben gehört mir (2019)
      Dein Leben gehört mir
      6.0
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Das Joshua-Profil (2018)
      Das Joshua-Profil
      4.6
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Barcelona Crime (2017)
      Barcelona Crime
      5.8
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • The Nordic Murders (2014)
      The Nordic Murders
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016–2017
    • Police Call 110 (1971)
      Police Call 110
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Zorn (2014)
      Zorn
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Nord bei Nordwest (2014)
      Nord bei Nordwest
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Große Fische, kleine Fische (2015)
      Große Fische, kleine Fische
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2015
    • Küstennebel
      TV Movie
      • Director (attached)
      • 2014
    • Kafka's the Burrow (2014)
      Kafka's the Burrow
      5.3
      • Director
      • 2014

    Second Unit or Assistant Director

    • Einsteins Ende
      4.2
      TV Movie
      • second unit director
      • 1998
    • Iris Berben and Christian Brückner in Das Miststück (1998)
      Das Miststück
      4.5
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1998
    • Jochen Horst and Natalia Wörner in Der Handymörder (1998)
      Der Handymörder
      5.4
      TV Movie
      • second unit director
      • 1998
    • Blutiger Ernst
      3.5
      TV Movie
      • assistant director
      • 1998
    • Rainer Hunold in Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen (1997)
      Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
      6.2
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1998
    • Police Call 110 (1971)
      Police Call 110
      6.4
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Jochen Freidank)
      • 1998
    • Feuerbach
      TV Series
      • first assistant director
      • 1996
    • Simone Thomalla in Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau (1996)
      Mona M. - Mit den Waffen einer Frau
      TV Series
      • assistant director
      • 1996
    • Rache (1995)
      Rache
      6.5
      • assistant director
      • 1995
    • Kein perfekter Mann
      TV Movie
      • first assistant director
      • 1993
    • Die Gespenster von Flatterfels (1992)
      Die Gespenster von Flatterfels
      7.2
      TV Series
      • assistant director (as Jochen Freydank)
      • 1992
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      • Jochen Freidank
    • Born
      • September 15, 1967
      • Berlin, German Democratic Republic

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