- KAI EHLERS
- * 1976 in West-Berlin, Germany
Qualifications- 2018 Directing/ Acting/ Writing Seminar at Berliner Studio @ Filmnetzwerk with Prodromos Antoniadis and Alex Buresch
- 2016 Acting Seminar at Berliner Studio@Dffb with Prodromos Antoniadis
- 2008-2015 Art History and Philosophy Studies at Free University Berlin
- 2013 Dffb workshop autobiographical storytelling with Ross McElwee
- 2007 Participant at Berlinale Talent Campus
- 2004 International Intensive Training in Non Violent Communication with Marshall Rosenberg, Switzerland
- 2000 Directing Actors Workshop with Judith Weston, Amsterdam
- 1997-2003 Film Studies at Filamakademie Baden-Württemberg, Diploma as Documentary Director
- 1996 Internship at Photographer André Rival
- 1996 Sculpturing Workshop at Free Art School Berlin
- 1996 Acting at "backstage", youth group of Schauspielhaus Hamburg
- 1995-1996 Apprenticeship as Carpenter
- 1995 Final Exams at Gymnasium Steglitz, Berlin
Rewards- 2020 "Prädikat besonders wertvoll" for Free State Midpoint
- 2003 Best Student Film Award „Vassilis Maros“ for „Country No.1 - Fall 2001 in New York“ Kalamata International Filmfestival
- 2002 Nominee First Steps Award with „Country No.1 – Fall 2001“
- 2000 Bavarian Theatre Prize for „Pnima – In the Inner“ by Claus Guth for which I created the Stagevideo
Fundings (selection)- 2019 Cultural Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein for the exhibition accompanying the Film „Free State Midpoint“
- 2010 Cultural Foundation of Schleswig-Holstein for the photo art book „bei Tante Herta – Requiem für eine Hafenkneipe“
- 2018 Film Workshop Kiel of the Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Development Funding for the film „Cut the Line“
- 2015 Film Workshop Kiel of the Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Production Fundin for the film „Free State Midpoint“
- 2014 Film Workshop Kiel of the Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Development Funding for the film „Free State Midpoint“
- 2012 Film Workshop Kiel of the Filmfund Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Presentation Funding for the filmclub M.1 Extra
- 2001 Media- and Filmsociety Baden-Württemberg Production Funding for „Country No.1 – Fall 2001 in New York“ assiciated to „Young Documentary Film“ of SWR
Work as Director (selection)- Freistaat Mittelpunkt, Feature Documentary, 79 min, Moon Jar Film Production, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, 2019
- Dorf of Sound , Documentation, 45 min, Live-Entry for the 255?1 Village Magazine of Hohenlockstedt, World Premier in November at the Arthur Boskamp-Foundation, 2019
- Film Wanderungen, Interactive Documentary Form, 150 min, produced by Phenomen Berlin Filmproduction, Co-Director, guest at Perspektive German Cinema at Berlinale, 2018
- Der Schatzfinder, Reportage, 30min, AZ Media, Eikon Nord, 2015
- Helene Fischer - Allein im Licht, Feature Documentary, 90min, ARD, Teamworx, 2013
- Aus der Serie auf Arbeit: Schlittenfahrt, Documentary Short, 12 min, Kai Ehlers Filmproduktion, 2012
- Wir sind Kreuzberg, Documentary in two parts, 60min + 18 min, Kai Ehlers Filmproduktion, 2011
- Country No.1 - Fall 2001 in New York, Feature Documentary, 60min, SWR, MFG, Filmakademie Baden-Würrtemberg, Filmareal, 2002
Work as Cinematographer (selection)- Freistaat Mittelpunkt - das neu imaginierte Leben des Ernst Otto Karl Grassmé , Feature Documentary, 79 min, Moon Jar Film Production, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, 2018
- Dorf of Sound , Documentation, 45 min, Live-Entry for the 255?1 Village Magazine of Hohenlockstedt, World Premier in November at the Arthur Boskamp-Foundation
- Helene Fischer - Allein im Licht, Feature Documentary, 90min, ARD, Teamworx, 2013
- Margini di sottosuolo - deep time, Documentary-Fiction, 70min, SCIARA s.r.l., 2011
- Roma - Artists against, Reportage, 60min, SCIARA s.r.l., 2010
- Fußballgöttinnen, Feature Documentary, 90min, KFFSH, SR FF, MBB, Unique Productions, 2007
Work as Editor- Arte Short Circuit - Fall of the Wall, 9min, Magazine-Entry by Anna Henckel-Donnersmarck, Kontrast Film, Arte, 2019
- Was wurde aus Jugolawien, 45min, Documentation by Gloriana Severdija, produzed by Randale Film, RBB and the Federal Foundation Aufarbeitung of the SED-Diktatur
- Freistaat Mittelpunkt, Feature Documentary, 79 min, Moon Jar Film Production, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, 2019
- The Bookshelf, Video-Installation, von Nicola Brandt, Swakopmund Namibia, 2018
- Tierisch Kölsch & Nürnberger Schnauzen, doc.station, ZDF, 2007-2008
- Freistaat Mittelpunkt - das neu imaginierte Leben des Ernst Otto Karl Grassmé , Feature Documentary, 79 min, Moon Jar Film Production, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, 2018
- Work as Filmactor (selection)
- Softness of Bodies", Feature Film, 90 min, von Jason Brady, produced by ZAK Film, Role: Policeman Premiere at Los Angeles International Filmfestival, 2018
- Fließende Grenze, Short Fiction, 15 min, by Joana Vogdt, produzed by Kinescope, Role: Frontier Soldier, Premiere at Hofer Filmtage 2019
- Nachtbesuch, Short Fiction, 15 min, by Joana Vogdt, produced by Miko Films, Role: Taxidriver, 2018
- Dalibor, Frankfurt Opera, 2019
- Regie by Monstertruck, Sophiensäle Berlin, World Premiere, 2014
- Aschemond, Staatsoper Berlin, World Premiere, 2013
- Familienrat by Bettina Blümner, HAU Berlin, World Premiere, 2011
- Cosí fan tutte, Salzburger Festspiele, 2009
- Zaide/ Adama, Salzburger Festspiele, World Premiere, 2006
- Der fliegende Holländer, Bayreuther Festspiele, 2004
- Berenicé, Münchner Biennale, World Premiere, 2004
- Das Beben, Theater am Gärtnerplatz, World Premiere, München 2003
- Pnima...Ins Innere, Münchner Biennale, World Premiere, 2000, Bavarian Theatre Prize
Art- bei Tante Herta - Requiem für eine Hafenkneipe, project/artistbook, Textem Publishing House, funded by Culturual Foundation Schleswig-Holstein, in editing
- Filmclub M.1 Extra, curated filmprogram at M.1 of Arthur-Boskamp-Stiftung, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, 2012-2014
- Fenster nach Hohenlockstedt, Interactive Videoinstallation, M.1 of Arthur-Boskamp-Stiftung, 2012
- Weltraum, Videoinstallation, M.1 of Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, 2012
Teaching- "My Life", Schlesische 27, Film Teacher, Filmworkshop with Refugess, 2019
- Pfefferwerk Berlin, Trainer for Film at School, since 2018
- Ostfalia Hochschule Salzgitter, guest lecturer for documentary , image and cinematography, since 2017
- Filmclub M.1 Extra, curated filmprogram at M.1 of Arthur-Boskamp-Stiftung, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, 2012-2014
- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, guest lecturer for introduction week, 2013
- geSTÖRtes Herz, Film Workshop with Students in cooperation with Christoph Hübner, Itzehoe, 2012
Stagevideos (selection)