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Marco Kreuzpaintner was born on 11 March, 1977 in Rosenheim, West Germany, is a German filmmaker. Discover Marco Kreuzpaintner's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 47 years old?
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Rosenheim, West Germany |
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Marco Kreuzpaintner Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Marco Kreuzpaintner worth at the age of 47 years old? Marco Kreuzpaintner’s income source is mostly from being a successful Film director. He is from Germany. We have estimated Marco Kreuzpaintner's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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Timeline
Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a Bafta winning film director, executive producer and screenwriter.
In 1999, he began his career in the role of German dubbing assistant for the Stanley Kubrick film Eyes Wide Shut.
In the same year, his first short film, Entering Reality, starring August Diehl attracted attention at film festivals.
In 1999, he founded the production company Die Filmmanufaktur with Oliver Weiss.
In 2000, he made the short film Der Atemkünstler, for which he was nominated for the Talent award First Steps, and in 2002, he made a TV pilot, Rec – Kassettenmädchen/Kassettenjungs.
In 2003, his first feature-length film, Ganz und gar, which describes the life of a young leg amputee, was released in theaters.
However, as he was involved in preparation for directing 10.000 B.C. at the time, another director was sought, and Emmerich chose Kreuzpaintner, having met him previously in Munich in 2003.
Trade was the first film to have its world premiere at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.
He is widely known for his coming-out coming-of-age feature film Summer Storm (2004 film), the critical acclaimed Netflix series Bodies (2023 TV series), the British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning series The Lazarus Project (TV series)] and his Amazon Prime series Beat (TV series) which won him Germany’s prestigious Grimme Preis and.
Kreuzpaintner’s U.S. feature film Trade (film), starring Academy Award winner Kevin Kline, is a story about human trafficking.
It was the first film to premiere at the United Nations on Invitation of former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon.
The film played a key to finally passing a law against sex trafficking role in the state of New York.
This was followed in 2004 with the drama Sommersturm (Summer Storm), which, according to Kreuzpaintner, resembles his own coming out as a young gay man.
Summer Storm won The German Film Award (Germany's version of the Oscar) for Best Young Director and earned him a nomination for Best Director and Best Screenplay.
The movie's lead was also nominated for Best Actor.
Distributed by Warner Bros., the film was an official selection at over 50 film festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Berlin, London, and Palm Springs.
In 2006, he wrote the screenplay for the film version of the youth novel Die Wolke.
In 2007, Trade was released internationally.
The film focuses on the subject of human trafficking, forced prostitution, and modern slavery.
Trade was produced by Rosilyn Heller and was originally supposed to be directed by Roland Emmerich.
On October 9, 2008, Krabat, an adaptation of the youth novel of the same name by Otfried Preußler was released, starring Robert Stadlober, Daniel Brühl and David Kross.
Krabat had a successful release both in Germany and international markets, breaking the domestic record in 2008 for German Language film.
Looking to expand into other areas of the filmmaking business, 2009 saw Kreuzpaintner co-found the production company Summerstorm Entertainment in Berlin, with producers Ossie von Richthofen and Fabian Wolfart.
Summerstorm Entertainment continues to develop and produce English and German language films, it became a subsidiary of multi-faceted media company Film House Germany in 2011.
Following a break of a few years after the release of Krabat.
Kreuzpaintner developed a screenplay originally set for an English language release.
However, Kreuzpaintner eventually reworked the script into a German language romantic comedy, Coming In.
Following the success of Coming In, Kreuzpaintner found critical success and record ratings with T.V. movies distributed through German television network, ARD.
During this time, he began the development of an original thriller.
Kreuzpaintner at the Bafta Cymru Awards 2023
In 2018, Amazon Prime Video commissioned, Beat, a German thriller television show created and directed by Kreuzpaintner.
It starred Jannis Niewöhner as the titular character, Beat.
It was released on 9 November 2018.
Following the release of Beat, Kreuzpaintner moved back to feature filmmaking.
In 2019, Kreuzpaintner directed The Collini Case, a film about a young lawyer who stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Returning to television in 2020, Kreuzpaintner directed two episodes (Little Adventures & Layover) of the show Soulmates, a show created by William Bridges & Brett Goldstein.
It was released on October 5, 2020, through Amazon Studios.