STEPHAN
RICK
DIRECTOR
Stephan Rick, born in 1974, works as an independent director in Berlin. After finishing school he studied at Ruhr University Bochum, at New York University and at the Film Academy of Baden-Wuerttemberg where he directed a number of prize-winning short films. His thesis film RICHTUNG LEBEN (Life - This Way) was awarded the Studio Hamburg Nachwuchspreis (Prize for Up-and-Coming Talent) and was also successful at many international film festivals around the world. The series which he developed, ALLEIN GEGEN DIE ZEIT (13 Hours - Race against Time) was, among other awards, nominated for the Banff World TV Award and the 2011 international Emmy Award. His debut feature "THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR" was in competition at the 14. Shanghai International Film Festival and will be released in theatres in Spring 2012.
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