Enrique Sánchez Lansch
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Enrique Sánchez Lansch is a Spanish-German film director
and screenwriter
.
, Northern Spain
to a Spanish father and German mother. He was raised in Gijón and Cologne
, Germany
. During his extensive academic and artistic education in theatre
and music
(including a career as an opera singer as well as a master’s degree in Romance Philology, writing his master’s thesis on film adaptation
of literature) Enrique Sánchez Lansch worked as an assistant director first for opera productions and later for film and TV while still performing on the opera stage. In the mid 1990s he decided to focus exclusively on film. His work brought him beyond Germany to Italy, France and Greece, writing and directing films mostly on the subjects of music, opera and ballet.
After some years of producing and directing fiction programs for television, Enrique Sánchez Lansch spent a year developing new projects and improving his film and screenwriting skills at Columbia University
in New York
, and at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 2002 he has been based in Berlin
, working as a director and writer of feature length
films, both documentary and fiction.
The Promise of Music received the Best Music Documentary Award at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
.
The Reichsorchester was awarded the Diapason D'Or De L'Année 2008, and the Choc du Monde de La Musique De L'Année 2008.
Piano Encounters won the second prize for best documentary 2010 at the SEMINCI
, the international film festival in Valladolid, Spain.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
.
History
Enrique Sánchez Lansch was born in GijónGijón
Gijón , officially Gijón / Xixón, is a coastal industrial city and a municipality in the autonomous community of Asturias in Spain. Early mediaeval texts mention it as "Gigia". It was an important regional Roman city, although the area has been settled since earliest history...
, Northern Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
to a Spanish father and German mother. He was raised in Gijón and Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. During his extensive academic and artistic education in theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
(including a career as an opera singer as well as a master’s degree in Romance Philology, writing his master’s thesis on film adaptation
Film adaptation
Film adaptation is the transfer of a written work to a feature film. It is a type of derivative work.A common form of film adaptation is the use of a novel as the basis of a feature film, but film adaptation includes the use of non-fiction , autobiography, comic book, scripture, plays, and even...
of literature) Enrique Sánchez Lansch worked as an assistant director first for opera productions and later for film and TV while still performing on the opera stage. In the mid 1990s he decided to focus exclusively on film. His work brought him beyond Germany to Italy, France and Greece, writing and directing films mostly on the subjects of music, opera and ballet.
After some years of producing and directing fiction programs for television, Enrique Sánchez Lansch spent a year developing new projects and improving his film and screenwriting skills at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, and at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Since 2002 he has been based in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, working as a director and writer of feature length
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
films, both documentary and fiction.
Filmography
- Rhythm is it! - Cinema documentary co-directed by Thomas Grube on a dance project with schoolchildren on Stravinsky's Le sacre du printemps with choreographer Royston MaldoomRoyston MaldoomRoyston Maldoom, OBE is a British choreographer whose works, including Adagietto and Ursprung, have been performed for various dance companies, such as The Jefferson Dancers and Dance Theatre of Harlem....
, Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic. 100 min, 2004 - Sing for your life! - Documentary about hopes and fears of young participants in the International Singing Competition "Neue Stimmen". 60 min, 2005
- “The Reichsorchester” - Documentary about the Berlin Philharmonic between 1933 an 1945. 90 min, 2007
- The Promise of music – Documentary about the young conductor Gustavo DudamelGustavo DudamelGustavo Adolfo Dudamel Ramírez is a Venezuelan conductor and violinist. He is currently the principal conductor of the Gothenburg Symphony in Gothenburg, Sweden, and music director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in Los Angeles, California...
and the Sinfónica de la Juventud Venezolana Simón Bolívar. 90 min, 2008 - Piano Encounters - In different workshops young children meet world class pianists Emanuel AxEmanuel AxEmanuel Ax is a Grammy-winning American classical pianist. He is currently a teacher on the faculty of the Juilliard School. He is considered one of the best known concert pianists of the 21st century.-Early life:...
, Katia & Marielle Labéque, Gabriela MonteroGabriela MonteroGabriela Montero is a Venezuelan-American pianist.Born in Caracas, Venezuela, of an American-born mother and a Venezuelan father, Gabriela Montero was barely a seven-month-old infant when her parents, at the insistence of her maternal grandmother, placed a toy piano in her playpen. It had been...
and the Duo Tal & GroethuysenDuo Tal & GroethuysenThe Israeli pianist Yaara Tal and her German partner Andreas Groethuysen are a piano duo....
. A film about the highs and lows of practicing the piano. 95 min, 2010
Awards
The theatrical documentary Rhythm is it! was awarded with the German Critics Award, the Bavarian Film Award and twice with the German Film Award.The Promise of Music received the Best Music Documentary Award at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival includes feature films, documentaries, and short films from the Spanish and Portuguese diaspora. The six-day festival was established in 1997...
.
The Reichsorchester was awarded the Diapason D'Or De L'Année 2008, and the Choc du Monde de La Musique De L'Année 2008.
Piano Encounters won the second prize for best documentary 2010 at the SEMINCI
Seminci
Valladolid International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in Valladolid, Spain since 1956....
, the international film festival in Valladolid, Spain.
External links
- http://www.rhythmisit.com
- Schumann, Schubert und der Schnee
- Kunst der Fuge
- http://www.reichsorchester-film.com
- http://www.promiseofmusic.com