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Sebastian Schipper

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  • Director
  • Writer
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Sebastian Schipper at an event for Victoria (2015)
"A touching, funny and beautifully crafted indie" * THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER LOGLINE: A kid with a death wish gets a brain tumour. Now he has something to live for! **LOLA@Berlinale** **Best Screenplay Munich International Film Festival** SYNOPSIS: 16-year-old Mike hates his crappy life in the sticks and wants out... permanently! He spends his time devising ways to do himself in, so when the doctor informs him he has a fatal brain tumor, his prayers are seemingly answered. But everything changes when he meets a girl and falls in love for the first time.
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Coconut Hero (2015)
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Sebastian Schipper was born on 8 May 1968 in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Victoria (2015), Roads (2019) and The English Patient (1996).
BornMay 8, 1968
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Sebastian Schipper and Devid Striesow in 3 (2010)
Sophie Rois and Sebastian Schipper in 3 (2010)

Known for

Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
Victoria
7.6
  • Director
  • 2015
Stéphane Bak and Fionn Whitehead in Roads (2019)
Roads
6.4
  • Director
  • 2019
Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas in The English Patient (1996)
The English Patient
7.4
  • Interrogation Room Soldier
  • 1996
Toni Erdmann (2016)
Toni Erdmann
7.3
  • Producer
  • 2016

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Actor

  • Homemade (2020)
    Homemade
  • Alex Ozerov-Meyer in Coconut Hero (2015)
    Coconut Hero
  • Tatort (1970)
    Tatort
  • Kim Basinger in The 11th Hour (2014)
    The 11th Hour
  • Inbetween Worlds (2014)
    Inbetween Worlds
    • (uncredited)
  • Alaska Johansson (2013)
    Alaska Johansson
  • Sabin Tambrea in Ludwig II (2012)
    Ludwig II
  • Überleben an der Wickelfront (2012)
    Überleben an der Wickelfront
  • 3 (2010)
    3
  • A Quiet Love (2005)
    A Quiet Love
  • Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder (2004)
    Die Nacht singt ihre Lieder
  • Ganz und gar (2003)
    Ganz und gar
  • Elefantenherz (2002)
    Elefantenherz
  • Die Affäre Semmeling (2002)
    Die Affäre Semmeling
  • The Princess and the Warrior (2000)
    The Princess and the Warrior

Director

  • Kold
    • Pre-production
  • Homemade (2020)
    Homemade
  • Stéphane Bak and Fionn Whitehead in Roads (2019)
    Roads
  • Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
    Victoria
  • Sometime in August (2009)
    Sometime in August
  • A Friend of Mine (2006)
    A Friend of Mine
  • Gigantic (1999)
    Gigantic

Writer

  • Kold
    • Pre-production
  • Homemade (2020)
    Homemade
  • Stéphane Bak and Fionn Whitehead in Roads (2019)
    Roads
  • Laia Costa in Victoria (2015)
    Victoria
  • Sometime in August (2009)
    Sometime in August
  • A Friend of Mine (2006)
    A Friend of Mine
  • Gigantic (1999)
    Gigantic
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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Run Lola Run
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Run Lola Run
COCONUT HERO - feature comedy 2015 - TRAILER
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COCONUT HERO - feature comedy 2015 - TRAILER

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    • May 8, 1968
    • Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany

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