Education
Gian-Piero Ringel studied film production at the Deutsche Filmund Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb).
Gian-Piero Ringel studied film production at the Deutsche Filmund Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb).
Together with Wim Wenders he founded Neue Road Movies Incorporated. in 2008. In 2006, his first production The Measure of Things was a nominee for the Student Academy Awards. Later that year, he went on to produce Angela Schanelec’s feature film Afternoon and began working as a producer for Wim Wenders’s film The Palermo Shooting, which premiered at the official selection of the Festival de Cannes 2008.
In addition, Ringel produced Wenders"s 3D dance film Pina, a co-production with Claudie Ossard and her company Eurowide Film Production, Paris.
The same year, Ringel was chosen as a “Producer on the Move” and co-produced the film Wolf by Bogdan Mustata.
2006: 33. Student Academy Awards, Nomination 2006 for The Measure of Things 2010: "Filmkunstpreis" 2010 for Orly at the Festival of German Films, Ludwigshafen 2011: European Film Award for Pina as "Best Documentary (Feature)" 2011: "Producer on the Move 2011" by German Films Service + Marketing 2011: Deutscher Filmpreis 2011 for Pina as "Best Documentary" 2012: 84. Academy Award Nomination for Pina as "Best Documentary (Feature)" 2012: BAFTANomination 2012 for Pina as “Best Film Not in the English Language”.
In 2012, Ringel was a member of the Berlinale jury for the award “Made in Germany – Perspektive Fellowship”. Ringel is managing director and partner of Neue Road Movies, a member of the European producers’ network EAVE and member of the German and European Film Academy.
