Andre Nitzschke

Andrey Nitzschke was born in Erlabrunn-Steinheidel (GDR). He graduated from high school in 1982, and from 1982 to 1988 he worked as a directing intern and wardrobe supervisor at the Berliner Ensemble, as well as a museum supervisor, and later as a freelance author and assistant director. From 1988 he studied film and television directing at the HFF "Konrad Wolf" in Potsdam-Babelsberg. He wrote his diploma thesis on the subject of "Religion and Film", which he defended in 1994 with the grade "Very Good". With his main examination film "What Remains" (1992) about a dying child, Nitzschke drew attention to a taboo topic in the media at the time. The film was controversially discussed at the Leipzig International Documentary Film Festival. The short film "Farewell" (1993) was followed by a German nomination for the Student Oscar and premieres at international film festivals in Israel, Munich and Oberhausen. With the HFF diploma film "Heller Tag" (1994) with Bruno Ganz, which was shown as a German competition entry at the international film festivals in Tokyo and Chicago, Nitzschke attracted international attention as a film director. After his studies, Nitzschke was a master student of director Frank Beyer at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. From 1994 to 2010 he developed various international projects together with international film producers and received international funding for his artistic work, for example from the European Script Fund London and ACE - Ateliers du Cinema Européen Paris. From 1999 to 2003 Nitzschke produced and realized international TV documentaries in Sri Lanka. From 2004 to 2008 he worked as a lecturer and specialist consultant for film and television directing, TV production and media communication at various universities in Germany and as a creative producer within the framework of university productions He worked on television and also realized non-profit advertising film projects. In addition to his work as an author and director, he continues to work as a freelancer in humanitarian international crisis intervention worldwide. Nitzschke supported and supervised a humanitarian crisis project for orphans in Sri Lanka from 1999 to 2021. Since 2022 he has been working on two new feature film projects: "Broken Desert", a thriller, and the second part of the arthouse trilogy "Bright Day".