Veit Helmer (born 24 April 1968) is a German film director and
screenwriter. He started shooting films at the age of fourteen. After
finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR. Two month
before the wall came down, he moved to East-Berlin to study theatre
directing at the famous drama school "Ernst Busch". From 1991 to 1997
Helmer studied film directing at HFF Munich. His first feature film
Tuvalu (starring Denis Lavant and Chulpan Khamatova) earned more than
32 awards. His 2008 film Absurdistan was premiered in Sundance and
entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
screenwriter. He started shooting films at the age of fourteen. After
finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR. Two month
before the wall came down, he moved to East-Berlin to study theatre
directing at the famous drama school "Ernst Busch". From 1991 to 1997
Helmer studied film directing at HFF Munich. His first feature film
Tuvalu (starring Denis Lavant and Chulpan Khamatova) earned more than
32 awards. His 2008 film Absurdistan was premiered in Sundance and
entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
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