Florian Gallenberger

1972

Munich, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Gallenberger appeared in various roles in feature films, television productions and theater plays from the age of five. In 2004, he made his first feature-length film Shadows of Time starring Indian actors Tannishtha Chatterjee, Prashant Narayanan and Irrfan Khan. The romantic story, written by Gallenberger himself, was spread across 6 decades, beginning in pre-independent India in the 40s. Gallenberger set the film in India and made it entirely in Bengali language to maintain authenticity. In 2007 Gallenberger began production of a Chinese-French-German biopictorial film on the wartime experiences of John Rabe, a German businessman who used his Nazi party membership to establish a Safety Zone in Nanking and save over 200,000 Chinese from the Nanking massacre. The story is based upon Rabe"s wartime diaries. lieutenant premiered at the 59th Berlin Film Festival on 7 February 2009. The film picked up over seven German Film Awards nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.

Florian Gallenberger

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Education

From 1992 to 1999, he studied Direction at the University of Television and Film Munich.

Career

Gallenberger appeared in various roles in feature films, television productions and theater plays from the age of five. In 2004, he made his first feature-length film Shadows of Time starring Indian actors Tannishtha Chatterjee, Prashant Narayanan and Irrfan Khan. The romantic story, written by Gallenberger himself, was spread across 6 decades, beginning in pre-independent India in the 40s.

Gallenberger set the film in India and made it entirely in Bengali language to maintain authenticity.

In 2007 Gallenberger began production of a Chinese-French-German biopictorial film on the wartime experiences of John Rabe, a German businessman who used his Nazi party membership to establish a Safety Zone in Nanking and save over 200,000 Chinese from the Nanking massacre. The story is based upon Rabe"s wartime diaries.

lieutenant premiered at the 59th Berlin Film Festival on 7 February 2009. The film picked up over seven German Film Awards nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.

Achievements

Won 2000: Student Academy Award for Best Foreign Film - Quiero ser (I want to be ) 2001: Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film - Quiero ser (I want to be ) 2005: Bavarian Film Award for Best New Director - Schatten der Zeit Nominated 2005: Best Film (Golden Star) at the International Film Festival of Marrakech - Schatten der Zeit.

Membership

He also hired a Bengali communicator for a crash course in the language for non-Bengali members of the 100-member crew.

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