Fred Breinersdorfer is a prominent German screenwriter, producer and film director
Education
Breinersdorfer studied law and sociology from the universities in Mainz and Tübingen and received a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Tübingen.
Career
As a young lawyer, Breinersdorfer started a practice as an attorney at law, specializing in constitutional and administration law in Stuttgart. He lives in Berlin, Germany and has two children, Leonie, a lawyer and writer, and Julian, an architect.
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg; Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Ears Award Best Writing; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Academy award; Grimme Preis; German Film Award; Order of Merit
1985 Walter-Serner-Preis for Pack schlägt sich (shortstory)
1991 Adolf-Grimme-Preis Best Writing, for Der Hammermörder
2003 Adolf Grimme Award, Best Writing, for Hope Dies Last
2003 ver.di Fernsehpreis Best Writing, for Hope Dies Last
2005 Bavarian Film , Best Producing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2005 German Film , Best Producing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2005 German Film , Nomination Best Writing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2005 European Film , Nomination Best Producing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2006 Academy Award (Foreign Language Film) Nomination for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2007 The 58th Annual Christopher Award, Feature Film, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2008 Ostfriesischer Kurzfilmpreis Best Directing, Shortfilm Summersunday
2008 Murnau Kurzfilmpreis Best Directing, Shortfilm Summersunday
2010 Bernd Burgemeister Fernsehpreis Best Producing, for Der verlorene Sohn
2012 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
2012 Eyes & Ears Award Best Writing, for Filmmakers in Prison der Deutschen Filmakademie
2014 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2015 Bavarian Film , Best Producing, for 13 Minutes
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg; Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Ears Award Best Writing; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany; Academy award; Grimme Preis; German Film Award; Order of Merit
1985 Walter-Serner-Preis for Pack schlägt sich (shortstory)
1991 Adolf-Grimme-Preis Best Writing, for Der Hammermörder
2003 Adolf Grimme Award, Best Writing, for Hope Dies Last
2003 ver.di Fernsehpreis Best Writing, for Hope Dies Last
2005 Bavarian Film , Best Producing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2005 German Film , Best Producing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2005 German Film , Nomination Best Writing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2005 European Film , Nomination Best Producing, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2006 Academy Award (Foreign Language Film) Nomination for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2007 The 58th Annual Christopher Award, Feature Film, for Sophie Scholl – The Final Days
2008 Ostfriesischer Kurzfilmpreis Best Directing, Shortfilm Summersunday
2008 Murnau Kurzfilmpreis Best Directing, Shortfilm Summersunday
2010 Bernd Burgemeister Fernsehpreis Best Producing, for Der verlorene Sohn
2012 Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
2012 Eyes & Ears Award Best Writing, for Filmmakers in Prison der Deutschen Filmakademie
2014 Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2015 Bavarian Film , Best Producing, for 13 Minutes