Ludger Pfanz

Ludger Pfanz was born in Schopfloch, Germany, in 1958. After studying theater and literary theory at the Free University of Berlin, he completed the degree course in filmmaking at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg with honors. He has been an instructor and head of the video studio at the Academy of Design at the ZKM Karlsruhe since 1997, as well as the spokesman of the Media Arts faculty since 2002. He graduated from the EAVE continuing education program for European producers in 2002. Ludger Pfanz works as a producer, director and author.

Filmography Ludger Pfanz

various video documentaries in cooperation with the Medienwerkstätten Videogruppe Berlin, Videowerkstatt Autofocus

1988	IM HERBST DER BESTIE (In the Autumn of the Beast), U-Matic, documentary, FRG, 120 min.
1989	LANGSAMER ABSCHIED (Slow Farewell), essay film, Spain / FRG, 16 mm, 45 min.	Directing / Camera / Editing / Production
	YENI DUVAR – Die neue Mauer (The New Wall), video, FRG, 20 min.	Camera
1990	DER CHIRURGISCHE EINGRIFF (The Surgical Operation), Iraq, 45 min.	Camera / Directing / Production
	KAHROLASI C – Verfluchtes C (The Cursed C) , feature film, 16 mm	Camera
	QUÉ TODOS SE LEVANTEN (When They All Rise Up), Guatemala, 60 min.	Directing / Camera / Editing / Production
	EL ORO NEGRO - Das schwarze Gold (Black Gold), feature film, Ecuador	Directing / Camera./ Editing / Production
1992	EIN PORTRÄT DER FRIEDENSNOBELPREISTRÄGERIN RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ (A Portrait of the Nobel Peace Prize Winner Rigoberta Menchú), a film for the TV program ARD aktuell	Directing / Camera / Editing / Production
	ZIVILCOURAGE – RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ (Everyday Courage - Rigoberta Menchú), film for Deutsche Welle
1993	DANCES WITH TAILINGS – Die auf dem Uran-Müll tanzen (Those Who Dance on Uranium Waste), documentary, 16 mm	Directing / Camera / Editing / Production
	AUF DER SUCHE NACH SICH SELBST (Looking for Oneself), a project in adventure-based teaching, Iceland, 45 min.	Directing / Production
1994	TAKE YOUR CHANCE, video clip, Scotland, 10 min., High 8 A joint project with Crash Kids
	Six months of shooting for DIE AMERIKAS (The Americas) in Ecuador / Guatemala and the USA	Film promotion funding from the Filmbüro Hamburg HHFF
	DAS UNBEKANNTE GESICHT DES ISLAMS (The Unknown Face of Islam),	co-author of script for NDR
1995	DER WEG IST DAS ZIEL (The Way Is the Goal), Italy, 30 min., High 8 Reintegration project with female juvenile delinquents in Tuscany
	ZWISCHEN DEN FRONTEN – Die Aleviten (Between the Fronts – The Alevites), feature film, Turkey, 45 min., Beta SP, NDR/ 3 SAT	Camera / Production
1996	DER SCHATTENSPIELER (The Shadow Player), Nyerai-Film, FRG / Bulgaria / Nigeria, 30 min, Beta SP, Deutsche Welle	Camera
	ASYL, ASYL (Asylum, Asylum), subsidized script for a feature film,	Filmförderung Hamburg HHFF Co-author
	DIE AMERIKAS (The Americas), an essayistic documentary about the identity and resistance of the indigenous population of the Americas, 93 min., Beta SP	Directing / Camera / Production Filmförderung Hamburg HHFF
	( Prizes: Großer Preis der Jury", Sixth International Environmental and Nature Film Festival in Sacile, Italy, 1996 Award at the Native American film festival II Festival de Cine y Video de las Naciones Abya Yala in Ecuador, 1996 *Special mention at the XVIII Festival de La Habana Cuba, 1996, as the best film about Latin America made by a non-Latin American filmmaker
	DIE STIMME DES HIMMELS – Missionierung und Ölgesellschaften in Ecuador (The Voice of Heaven – Missionaries and the Oil Business in Ecuador), 45 min., Beta SP	Directing / Camera / Production Filmförderung Hamburg HHFF
	DAS VERSTECKTE GESICHT – über die Situation der Flüchtlingsdörfer in Guatemala (The Hidden Face – On the Situation of the Refugee Villages in Guatemala), 45 min., Beta SP	Directing / Camera / Production Filmförderung Hamburg HHFF
1997	DIE BESCHNEIDUNG – Ein Fest in den türkischen Bergen (The Circumcision – A Celebration in the Mountains of Turkey), Turkey.45 min., NDR / WDR Production
	TAI CHI CHUAN – Vollendete Kampfkunst in China (Tai Chi Chuan – Perfect Martial Art in China), China, 45 min., SFB Broadcast on: ORB. HR. WDR, Planet-France	Directing / Camera / Production
	UNSERE MÜTTER, UNSERE SCHWESTERN, UNSERE TÖCHTER – Ein Filmprojekt über kurdische Frauen (Our Mothers, Our Sisters, Our Daughters – A Film Project on Kurdish Women), WDR / arte	Script
	HEIMAT BABYLON (Hometoen Babylon), subsidized script for a feature film, MFG Baden-Württemberg	MFG Baden Württemberg
	DORNEN IN MEINEM AUGE – Eren Keskin: Eine türkische Anwältin klagt an (Thorns in My Eye – Eren Keskin: A Turkish Woman Lawyer Speaks Out), 60 min., WDR, arte and TVE, Spain	Directing / Production
	Prizes: Odyssee-Spezialpreis der Jury für Dokumentarfilm" (Odyssey Special Jury Prize for a Documentary Film), Interfilmfestival Nuremberg Nominated in three categories for the Prix Europe Berlin
	Festivals: Festival médias nord-sud, Geneva International Human Rights Festival, Nuremberg *Exil Filmfestival, Götheborg, Sweden, 1999)
	NICHT LÄNGER SCHWEIGEN – Kurdische Frauen auf neuen Wegen (No Longer Silent – Kurdish Women Taking New Paths), 45 min., WDR	Production
	WALDESLUST – Die Deutschen und der Wald (FOREST DELIGHT – Germans and the Forest), 45 min., NDR/ HR / 3 SAT / MDR / SWR	Directing / Camera / Editing / Production
2000	IVORY – Wildlife Management in Africa, Zimbabwe / Kenya, 90 min., Nyerai Films	Camera
	HEIMAT BABYLON (Hometown Babylon) *nominated for the Baden-Württembergischen Drehbuchpreis (Script Prize of Baden-Württemberg) 2001
	*recommended for the Deutscher Drehbuchpreis (German Script Prize) 2003 in the category "non-filmed script"
	FOREIGN HOMELAND accepted by the Discovery Campus Master School 2001	Project development promotion by Filmförderung Hamburg
2001	DER LETZTE KRONZEUGE (The Last Principal Witness), accepted for the Media Plus program Pro Pitch 2001	Film promotion subsidy from MFG Baden-Württemberg
	ELEANORA & THE ALIEN, children's film,	script development subsidy from Filmförderung Hamburg
2002	DER SCHWARZARBEITER (The Underground Worker), satirical short film on the theme of joblessness, 35 mm, 19 min.	Directing / Production
	Prizes: First Prize for Best Short Film, International Film Festival Osnabrück First Place, Short Film Prize, 29th International Film Weekend, Würzburg
	Festivals: Filmfest Emden, Short Film Festival Thalmässing, First Look Schleswig-Holstein, Film Festival Biberach, Baden-Württembergische Filmschau, Interfilm Nuremberg, Kontrast Bayreuth, Filmfest Würzburg, Film Festival Landshut)
	Nominated for Best Short Film, German Short Film Prize 2003
	Incentive funding from MFG Baden-Württemberg for project development for "Hometown Babylon", "Jobsharing" and "Wonderful Death"
	Development subsidy for the script of the international feature film BRENT SPAR from MFG Baden-Württemberg
	Subsidy for project development for JOBSHARING from Media Plus
2004	Subsidy for project development for HEIMAT BABYLON from Media Plus
	DIE DREHUNG DER BRENT SPAR (Shooting the Film "Brent Spar"), documentary, 45 min. (WDR), "Best Journalistic Film", Ökofilmtour 2006	TV film subsidy from MFG
2006	FASZINATION WILDNIS (The Fascination of the Wilderness), 30 min.
	EINE ALLIANZ FÜR DIE ZUKUNFT (An Alliance for the Future), 20 min.