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Josef Zeller

Screenwriter & Director

On the edge of his seat and his heart rate all the way up to 180, Josef fells most comfortable when watching movies.

As one can imagine he’s a big fan of genre fiction and there’s almost always a Stephan King book within his grasp. But not only does the Master Of Horror constantly teach him the real meaning of Fear, Josef also learned a very important lesson from him. Even the most thrilling story is worth practically nothing without approachable characters and understandable conflict. Something Josef always keeps in mind whenever writing a story.

2015, while studying script writing at HFF München, he met Lisa Reich. Since then his life is not only filled with much more joy than before, he also got blessed with a creative partner with whom he approaches the majority of his projects together.

Their short films were screened at several film festivals, including Hofer Filmtage, were part of the Next Generation Short Tiger program in Cannes and won awards at the Blaue Blume Award and the 13th Street Shocking Short.

MÆRE, their HFF graduation film, premiered at the 43. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis.

© photo: Lisa Reich

MÆRE | screenwriter & co-director: Josef Zeller
MÆRE | screenwriter & co-director: Josef Zeller
MÆRE | screenwriter & co-director: Josef Zeller
BAD CHOICES | screenwriter & director: Josef Zeller
BAD CHOICES | screenwriter & director: Josef Zeller
BAD CHOICES | screenwriter & director: Josef Zeller
IMPULS | screenwriter: Josef Zeller
IMPULS | screenwriter: Josef Zeller
IMPULS | screenwriter: Josef Zeller
CLOSE | screenwriter: Josef Zeller

Filmographie

2022

COPYCAT
concept for a TV series
(in development)

COLD
concept for a TVeries
(in development)

2021

MÆRE
HFF graduation film | Schmidbauer Film, HFF Munich
(screenwriter | director)

2020

ILLUSION ROLEPLAY
concept for a TV series
(screenwriter)

REBORN
feature film | treatment
(screenwriter)

2019

BAD CHOICES
short film |  HFF Munich
(screenwriter, director)

KILLING STORIES
concept for a TV series | Phantomfilm
(in development)

PLAY
concept for a TV Series | Wiedemann und Berg

MY LITTLE GIRL
feature film treatment | MadeFor Film GmbH
writers’ room with Lisa Reich, David Benke, Maya Duftschmid
(in development)

2018

IMPULS
short film |  HFF Munich
(screenwriter)

2016

CLOSE
short film |  HFF Munich
(screenwriter)

BIERMOZART
short film |  HFF Munich
(screenwriter | director)

Education

2010-2014
german philology and philosophy – University Regensburg

2015-2022
screenwriting  – University of Television and Film Munich

Awards

CLOSE
Next Generation Short Tiger 2017 Cannes – shortlisted
Blaue Blume Award 2018 – winner
Brussels Short Film Festival 2018 – competition
Festival Jula 2019 – winner „Best Script“
Interfilm Berlin 2017 – competition
Filmfest Dresden 2017 – competition
Flicks Shortfilm Festival 2017 – competition
28.Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2018 – official selection
Rotary Förderpreis 2017, 2nd place
und mehr.

IMPULS
Int. Hofer Filmtage 2018 – premiere
Kinofest Lünen – competition
Short To The Point – competition
Blaue Blume Award 2020 – shortlisted
and more

BAD CHIOCES
13th Street Shocking Short – 2nd place

MÆRE
43. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis – competition
FBW – Prädikat „Besonders Wertvoll“

 

others:

 

Mainstreampreis ProsiebenSat.1 2016, 2nd place

MÆRE | Trailer