Career
He started his career in the film industry in 1989 at Germany’s media house Constantin Film. Friedl distributed the two most successful German films: Michael Bully Herbig"s Der Schuh des Manitu and (T)Raumschiff Surprise. As an international distributor, Friedl was in charge of productions such as the first three Resident Evil films, House of the Spirits or Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.
In 2008, Friedl joined UFA Cinema and took over responsibility as producer and Chief Executive Officer of UFA Cinema’s operations.
Friedl’s producer credits include – among others – the movie adaptation of the children's and young-adult bestsellers Devil"s Kickers and The Twins at Saint Clare"s, plus the comedy The Theory of Relativity in Love, Sabine Kuegler’s autobiographical bestseller, Jungle Child, Other titles include the thrillers The Fourth State directed by Dennis Gansel and The Coming Days, the romantic comedy Jesus Loves Maine and The Weekend, which was adapted from the eponymous bestseller by Bernhard Schlink. Friedl left UFA Cinema end of 2012 to join forces with leading German producer and Chief Executive Officer of X-Filme Creative Pool, Stefan Arndt.
Friedl and Arndt’s new production entity The Amazing Film Company (TAF) which focuses on high commercial English speaking feature movies for worldwide exploitation.