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Toby Chlosta

Screenwriter & Director

As a curious person with a preference for asking „Why not?“, I love fast-paced editing and good
entertainment. A life without absurd humor might be possible, but not for me. I am intrigued by
the chaos of romantic struggles and I adore (supposed) misfits.

© photo: Anna Clarks

Filmstill HOUSE OF BELLEVUE
Filmstill HOUSE OF BELLEVUE
Queer Amsterdam | screenwriter & co-director: Toby Chlosta
12 Likes | director: Toby Chlosta
Queer Amsterdam | screenwriter & co-director: Toby Chlosta
Red Dogz | screenwriter & co-director: Toby Chlosta
Red Dogz | director & co-writer: Toby Chlosta

Filmographie

2021 - 2025

HOUSE OF BELLEVUE
drama series (6 x 45 min.) |
Don’t Panic Films GmbH | ZDF, ZDFneo
Writers‘ Room + Writer (episode 6, co-writer episode 1)
director with Gabriel B. Arrahnio + Kai S. Pieck

since 2024

TOUGH COOKIES
feature film
writer & director
NEST development funding by
MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein
(in development)

SWEETIE
comedy series (6×30 min) | Tellux Film
creator
(in development)

since 2023

TITCOM
comedy series (6×30 min.)
creator with Corinne Le Hong
development funding by
Kulturamt Münster and Filmservice Münster.Land
(in development)

since 2021

GLITZER KING
feature film
writer & director
development of treatment and screenplay funded by MOIN Film Fund Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein
(in development)

2020

LIESELOTTE
childrens’ animated series |
WunderWerk with Fabrique d’Images | ZDF
screenwriter | writers‘ room
based on the book series “Lieselotte“ by Alexander Steffensmeier
episode 34: ‘Lieselotte trifft ins Tor’
episode 45: ‘Lieselotte mopst das Obst’

2015 - 2017

QUEER AMSTERDAM
web series | Rozing Producties & BNNVARA (NL)
creator with Bart Peters & Dorien Rozing; writer;
director with Bart Peters

2017

TOOTHPAINTER
music video | for A Boy Named River |
director, concept with Darja Pilz + Michael Lewandowski

2014

RED DOGZ
short film | graduation film Hamburg Media School
director, co-screenwriter with Florian Wentsch

2013

DÜNNES EIS (FINAL STROKE)
short | Hamburg Media School
director

 12 LIKES
short | Hamburg Media School
director

Stage / Theatre

2022 - 2025

ZENITH (NL)
Musical Theatre / theatre tour 2025
co-writer + dramaturge
director: Tom Jaspers
performer: Brix Schaumburg

Other activities

2025

JURY MEMBER
MOIN Film Fund Hamburg Schleswig- Holstein / NEST

2024

JURY MEMBER
Queer Media Society Award / 43. Student Film Fest Munich
jury president: Monika Treut

LECTURE
on „Queer perspectives in series and films”
symposium „Trans*Besonders“: Knowledge, Connection
and Creating in Hamburg

2023

LECTURE
Case Study: Queer Amsterdam
Diverse Storytelling in digital short form series
dffb / Serial Eyes

2021

JURY MEMBER
Screenwriting Competition for upcoming talents /
German TV-Crime-Festival

SENSITIVITY READING
RatPack Filmproduktion Bavaria Fiction,
SquareOne Entertainment etc.

QUEER MEDIA SOCIETY
Member since 2019
2022-2024 Head of the TIN (trans inter non-binary) section with Lion H. Lau

FILM & KAMERA
Publishing of articles on young talent /
film festivals for young talent

„TRANS*CAPADES“
Social media project to increase trans visibility
Instagram + Facebook
since 2022

Education

2012-2014 | Hamburg Media School (HMS)
Master Of Arts | Film Directing

2007-2011 | Dutch Film Academy Amsterdam (NFA)
Bachelor Of Film and Television | Screenwriting

MASTERCLASSES

2024/2025 | Queer Writing In Film
Masterclass Film University Konrad Wolf Babelsberg + Queer Media Society

2024 | Winterclass Serial Writing And Producing
Masterclass Film University Konrad Wolf Babelsberg + Erich Pommer Institut

2015 | Robert McKee STORY Seminar Amsterdam

Awards

2020
LIESELOTTE
Nomination Goldener Spatz

2019
LASSO MORTALE
Best Pitch Award + Exposé Grant PRO7/SAT1
QUEER AMSTERDAM
Special Jury Award & WWW Series Critics Award | DIE SERIALE

2018
QUEER AMSTERDAM
Best Series Award. Wendie Webfest Hamburg
What’s Next Director Award. Webfest Berlin

2016
DÜNNES EIS
Award „Excellence In Women’s Filmmaking“ |
European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU)

2015
RED DOGZ
Cinematic Achievement Award |
Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival (TISFF)

Trailer HOUSE OF BELLEVUE
Musikvideo TOOTHPAINTER
12 LIKES | KURZFILM