# Tim Huebschle

Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter.
After completing his high school in Windhoek, Tim Huebschle relocated to Cape Town and earned a Bachelor of Arts in English & German Literature at the University of Cape Town. During his studies, he participated in a few film theory seminars and subsequently chose to follow a career in the film industry. He started making independent short films in 2000, after leaving South Africa and moving to Berlin to pursue internships at production companies in the German capital. In 2003 he returned to Namibia where he had secured a production budget for Savanna Stories, a 13-part documentary series, aired on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). After winding up the series in 2005 Huebschle continued to work as director on a wide range of short films, documentaries, music videos and commercials. Throughout the years he collected numerous local and international accolades for his work. In 2009 he co-founded the Namibian film production company Collective Productions. In 2013/14 he directed 26 episodes of a documentary series and 20 episodes of a children's series for the afternoon programming of the German TV station ARD. Huebschle premiered his debut full-length feature entitled #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm in October 2019.

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Awards Event | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2007 | Channel O Music Video Awards | Mokasie – Gazza | Best Kwaito | Won |
| 2008 | Channel O Music Video Awards | Chokola – Lady May | Best Dance Video | Won |
| 2012 | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | Looking for Iilonga | Best Short Film | Won |
| 2013 | Africa Movie Academy Awards | Dead River | Best Short Film | Nominated |
| 2013 | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | Dead River | Best Short Film | Won |
| 2019 | Namibian Theatre & Film Awards | Another Sunny Day | Best Documentary | Won |
| 2019 | Namibian Theatre & Film Awards | Another Sunny Day | Best Sound & Music | Won |
| 2020 | Silicon Valley African Film Festival | #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm | Best Narrative Feature | Won |

## Selected filmography

| Year | Title | Genre | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
| 2004 - 2005 | Savanna Stories | TV series | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | directed & wrote 6 episodes; edited 9 episodes |
| 2006 | 100 Years of Etosha | Documentary | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2007 | Beef | Short film | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| 2007 | Mokasie – Gazza | Music video | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2007 | Chokola – Lady May | Music video | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2009 | Rider without a Horse | Short film | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | co-written with Jana von Hase |
| 2011 | Looking for Iilonga | Short film | Yes | Yes | No | No | co-written with Nailoke Mhanda |
| 2012 | Dead River | Short film | Yes | Yes | No | No | co-written with Rolf Ackermann |
| 2013 - 2015 | Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere | TV series | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2017 | Another Sunny Day | Documentary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | Oom Land | Documentary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | co-written with Ernst Steynberg |
| 2017 | Nikhita’s Dancing Feet | Documentary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | Hafeni – The Man of Mondesa | Documentary | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm | Feature film | Yes | Yes | No | No | |
| 2020 - 2022 | Walking Forward | Docuseries | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | co-directed with Ndinomholo Ndilula |
| 2022 | The Forests of a Desert Land | Docuseries | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | More Than Just a Game | Docuseries | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |
| 2023 | Hand-holder | Feature film | Yes | No | No | No | |
| 2024 | Walvis Tale | Documentary | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | co-written with Taati Niilenge |