Fred Kelemen

Fred Kelemen (born 1964, in Berlin) is a Hungarian-German film and theater director, cinematographer and writer.
The late Susan Sontag helped to promote Kelemen's work in the mid-1990s, comparing it to the likes of Alexander Sokurov, Béla Tarr and Sharunas Bartas.
Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, science of religions and theater before attending the German Film & TV Academy in Berlin from 1989 to 1994. His debut film Fate in 1994 received the German National Film Award. He has also directed Frost (1997/98), (1999) and Fallen (2005), each drawing international attention and numerous awards.
Kelemen has served as cinematographer for film directors including Béla Tarr (Journey to the Plain, 1995, The Man from London, 2007, The Turin Horse, 2011), Rudolf Thome (2007), Gariné Torossian (Stone, Time, Touch, 2005), Joseph Pitchhadze (Sukaryot /Sweets], 2012/2013), Pavel Lungin (Esau, 2018) and others.
Since 2000 he has also directed several plays, including an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 at the Schauspielhaus in Hanover, and Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under The Elms at Volksbühne in Berlin. In addition, Kelemen has worked as a teacher at film and media institutes and universities at several locations.
With his production company Kino Kombat Filmmanufactur, Kelemen produced his film Krisana/Fallen (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, 2005) and he produced or co-produced the films Moskatchka by Annett Schütze (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, 2005), "Girlfriends" by Jana Marsik (co-producers: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, jana Marsik) and Fragment by Gyula Maár (producer: Béla Tarr/TTFilmműhely, Hungary, 2007).
Filmography
Director
1993 – Kalyi
1994 – Fate (Verhängnis)
1997/1998 – Frost
1999 –
2005 – Krisana
2016 – Sarajevo Songs Of Woe
Cinematographer
1993 – Kalyi
1994 – Fate (Verhängnis)
1995 – Utazás az Alföldön (short)
1997/1998 – Frost
1999 –
2000 – Tatau Samoa (documentary)
2007 – Stone Time Touch (documentary)
2007 – The Man from London
2007 –
2011 – The Turin Horse
2013 – Sukaryot
2016 – Blue Psalm for Wolves / Sarajevo Songs of Woe 2018 - EsauAwards
1994 – FIPRESCI-Award for "Fate" (original title: "Verhängnis")'
1995 – German National Film Award (Silver Ribbon) for "Fate" (original title: "Verhängnis")
1998 – FIPRESCI- Award for "Frost"
1999 – FIPRESCI- Award for "Nightfall" (original title: "Abendland")
2005 – FIPRESCI- Award for "Fallen" (original title: "Kisana")
2005 – Latvian National Film Award "Best Cinematographer" for "Fallen" (original title: "Krisana")
2005 – German Camera Award - Nomination
2011 – Golden Camera 300 - International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers / Macedonia for "The Turin Horse"
2011 – Carlo Di Palma Best European Cinematographer Award - Nomination
2012 – Hungarian National Film Award - Best Cinematographer
2013 – Innovation Award of the German Film Critics' Association
2016 – Special Prize MASTER, Yerevan International Film Festival "Golden Apricot"
2016 – St. Grigor Narekatsi Gold Medal of the Ministry of Culture of Armenia, Yerevan/Armenia
References
External links
Koehler, Robert. "Interview | The Thinking Image: Fred Kelemen on Béla Tarr and The Turin Horse." Cinema Scope'' 46, accessed June 3, 2017.
Fred Kelemen.com
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
1964 births
Film people from Berlin
Living people
German cinematographers