Moritz Binder

Writer + Director

Residence
Munich

Education
Studies at HFF Munich - Documentary Directing (Diploma 2017)
Freelance TV Writer (since 2007)
TV Junior editor (2005 / 2006) | TV Junior Producer, south & browse (2007)
Editorial Traineeship as TV Editor, south & browse (2004 / 2005)
College for Design (Qualification 2001)

Pers. Homepage
http://www.moritzbinder.de

CINEMA (SELECTION)

2024

She Chef
Script (in Development with Johanna Thalmann)
Director: Johanna Thalmann
Horse&Fruits

ZOMA
Script (in Development with Alireza Golafshan)
Director: Alireza Golafshan
Story Garden Film

Pumuckl und das grosse Missverständnis
Dramaturge
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Neue Super | Constantin

Die Sterne oder der Tod
Script (in Development with Berthold Wahjudi)
Trimafilm GmbH

2023|2024

September 5
Script (with Tim Fehlbaum | Co-Writer: Alex David) + 2nd Unit Director
Director: Tim Fehlbaum
BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion | Projected Picture Works | Constantin Film | Paramount Pictures | Edgar Reitz Filmproduktion GmbH
BEST PICTURE Audience Award - Middleburg FF 2024
BEST PICTURE Audience Choice Award - 33rd Heartland FF 2024
BEST EDITING / BEST ENSEMBLE San Diego Film Critics

BEST MOTION PICTURE DRAMA - GOLDEN GLOBES Nomination
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY & BEST EDITING - Critics Choice Awards Nominations
BEST SCREENPLAY & BEST PICTURE - New York Film Critics Online Award Nominations
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY - Indiana Film Journalists Association Nomination
BEST PICTURE & BEST EDITING - St. Louis Film Critics Association Nominations

Film Festival - Selection:
81. Film Festival Venice - Opening Film (Orrizonti Extra)

51st Telluride Film Festival
20. Zurich Film Festival 2024
American Film Institute Fest 2024
33rd Philadelphia Film Festival 2024
60th Chicago International Film Festival 2024
32nd CAMERIMAGE 2024
28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2024

Alles Fifty Fifty
Story by (with Alireza Golafshan)
Writer+Director: Alireza Golafshan
Wiedemann & Berg Film

2019

Die Goldfische
2nd Unit Director
Writer+Director: Alireza Golafshan
Wiedemann & Berg Film | Sony Pictures Entertainment Germany

2018

Death is so permanent
Short Film 30’
Writer+Director
gamutfilm | HFF Munich | BR
Rating: Wertvoll | FBW
University Award 2020 | Department of Labor and Economics
Max Ophüls Award 2018 (Nomination)
Filmzeit Kaufbeuren 2018 | Best Film (Nomination)
Fünf Seen Film Festival 2018 | Short Plus Award (Nomination)

2017|18

DER FÜNFTE REITER
Script (In Development)
Südstern Film GmbH & Co. KG
Best Treatment 2016 | ARRI, Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich, HFF Munich + Südstern-Film

2016

THUMB
Short Film (45’)
Writer (with Albert Meisl) + Director
gamutfilm & HORSE&FRUITS
Starter Film Award of Munich 2017
FILMZ Mainz 2017 | 2nd Best Medium Length Film
Diagonale Graz 2016 | Best Medium Length Film (Nomination)

2011

Lageänderung – Sommer eines Soldaten
Documentary Short Film
Writer + Director (with Korbinian Dufter)
HFF Munich
26th DOC Film Festival Munich (2012) | MIMIKRY AWARD (Nomination)
Formula Mundi Film festival 2012 | Best inter.doc (Nomination)
Baghdad International Film Festival 2012 | Human Image Award (Nomination)

TV (SELECTION)

2023|2024

Unvergänglich (Tatort Munich | Final Batic+Leitmayr)
Script (in Development with Johanna Thalmann)
Neue Super | BR

2021|2022

Neue Geschichten vom Pumuckl
Series, season 1
Writers Room + 3 Scripts
Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
NeueSuper | RTL+ | RTL
Children's Film Festival Munich 2023 | Audience Award
Bavarian TV-Award 2024 | Best Production
German TV-Award 2024 | Best Comedy (Nomination)
Grimme Award 2024 | Best Chilrdren's Program (Nomination)

2020

Mordschwestern
Series 
Concept (with Evi Prince)
ndF | ZDF

2019|2020

Tatort - Dreams
Script (with Johanna Thalmann)
Director: Boris Kunz
NeueSuper | BR

2018

München Mord
TV series 90’
Script (with Friedrich Ani)
Director: Jan Fehse
TV 60 Filmproduktion | ZDF

2016

SOKO MÜNCHEN - Wann ist ein Mann ein Mann?
Series 
Script (with Robert von Münchhofen)
Director: Katharina Bischof
UFA Fiction | ZDF

2013|2014

Klub Konkret
Feature & talk format, 8 eps. á  6’
Concept + Director
vydy.tv & smac media | ARD EinsPlus
KAUSA Media Prize
Media Award Educational Journalism
Media Award Depression Aid

VARIOUS

Various Image Films, e.g. for Int. Dok.fest Munich, Haus der Kunst, Stadtmuseum München, Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung + Kunst

Lecturer, e.g. Masterclass-Seminars, Film-Workshops, TV-Journalism Seminars

Book Publications

Visual arts, incl. Video installations for Academy of Fine Arts Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

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