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Christoph Valentien grew up in a family of art-dealers in Stuttgart, Germany. After a short stint as an art exhibitor he got involved in the German film scene, quickly becoming a sought after DoP and photographer. After working in San Francisco in the early 90s, he graduated from the Munich Film School, shot the acclaimed Neo-Nazi-farce "Boavista" starring German news anchor Uli Wickert and singer Roberto Blanco, wrote scripts for Munich based BioskopFilm. In 2002, he directed and co-produced his first feature film, "Santa Smokes" with his collaborator, Till Schauder, in New York and Berlin. The film won several international awards, among them Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival.


Awards:

Best director - Tokyo Int’l Film Festival – Santa Smokes
Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award – Santa Smokes
Audience Award Berlin Beta Filmfestival – Santa Smokes
Dos Equis Art Festival – Westend
Audience Award Stuttgarter Filmwinter - Boavista
Cine Eagle Award ‚best cinematography’ – Urban Steal (directed by Carolin Blair)
California State Award – Urban Steal





FEATURE FILMS


Pension Annelie - Drei Wünsche Filmproduktion / dir: Antej Farac
Hinter Kaifeck - 24 FramesFilm / Kinowelt / dir: Esther Gronenborn
Das Leben der Philosophen - Maran Film / SWR / dir: Holger Haase
Let’s Break (Adil Geht) - DokFilm / P. Rommel / dir: Esther Gronenborn
Santa Smokes - V&T Films / dir: C.Valentien & Till Schauder
Strong Shit - Mediopolis / SWR / dir: Till Schauder
Be Angeled - Vega@lounge/ 2nd unit / dir: Roman Kuhn
Tattoo - R. Kuhn Prod/ 2nd unit / dir: Robert Schwentke


TV

Unter fremden Decken - Storyhouse / Pro7 / dir: Torsten Berg, Kathrin Dapper
The Indestructables - National Geographic TV / dir: div
Terra X -
Storyhouse / ZDF / dir: div
Auf der Jagd nach Bin Laden - Pro7 / dir: Torsten Berg
Terra Xpress - ZDF / dir: div
Galileo Mystery
- Storyhouse / Pro7 / dir: div
Tatort „Der schwarze Troll“ - Radio Bremen / co-directed by Vanessa Jopp, C. Valentien
37°- div - Gegenlicht / ZDF / dir: Silvia Kaiser
Bildschöne Kerle - Sitcom Pilot / RTL / dir: C.Valentien
Shit happens - RTL 2 / dir: C. Valentien
Katerstimmung - Picture Planet / dir: Kabel Kain
Begegnung der Inseln - Aichholzer Vienna / dir: Uwe Bolius


Commercials

BMW, Media Markt, Saturn, Microsoft, Berliner Volksbank, Red Cross, BVG u.v.m.