Jochen Alexander Freydank

Who is Jochen Alexander Freydank?

Jochen Alexander Freydank is a German film director. Freydanks films had been internationally recognized and won awards at various film festivals. His film Toyland won the Academy Award in 2009.

Jochen Alexander Freydank was born in 1967 in East Berlin. He started his career in the early 90s as an editor and assistant director for television and film productions. In 1999 he founded his own film production company, Mephisto Film.

His first short film was the macabre comedy HAPPY END, followed by the short film EMERGENCY. In 2002, Jochen Freydank he directed DUTY, which had its world premiere at the Montreal World Film Festival and was subsequently shown at more than 40 other international festivals. Freydank then directed, co-wrote and produced the short film Toyland, which won more than 30 international awards. In February, 2009, TOYLAND won the The Oscar for best live-action short film.

Parallel to his work as director, Freydank also wrote screenplays for TV movies and series. He also produced one of Germanys most successful TV series.

Freydank directed commercials, stage plays and several TV movies, among them the tragicomedy UND WEG BIST DU that won the best directors award at Bayerischer Fernsehpreis. In 2013 he directed the feature film THE BURROW based on a novel by Franz Kafka, which he also wrote and produced.