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| text: Biography | Interview |
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 Ali Samadi Ahadi was born in 1972 in Azerbaijan/ Iran. During the Iran-Iraq war Ali escaped alone from home when he was 12 years old. He arrived in Germany without his family and took his Abitur (highest school degree in Germany, equivalent to British A-levels and US SAT) in Hannover. At the Gesamthochschule (equivalent to former polytechnics in GB. or amalgamated university in the US.) Kassel Ali Samadi graduated in Visual Communication. He’s already directed several short documentary films. The documentary Africa Mayibuye had its premiere at the filmfestival of Mannheim. For his music documentary film „Culture Clan“ Ali was nominated for the „rose d`or 2005“at the Montreux film festival. Lost Children is his debut as author and director. |
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Oliver Stoltz was born in 1969 in Bonn. When he was 13 years old,
he lived in Namibia during the civil war and the every day life consisted
of assaults, robberies and abductions of entire school classes by the Swapo. He studied film at the HFF “Konrad Wolf” and took his MFA in Motion Picture Producing in the Peter-Stark-Program at USC in Los Angeles. During his studies he already produced his first motion pictures and feature films. He worked in acquisition, script development- and production departments and as a producer for various German and American production and destribution companies. In 1996 he was associate producer for the motion picture Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. One year later he founded Dreamer Joint Venture Filmproduktion GmbH. He produced various feature and documentary films for German television channels RTL, ProSieben, ZDF and Arte, as well as motion pictures for Warner and Disney. Lost Children is Oliver Stoltz´s debut as author and director.
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2004 |
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“Lost Children”, documentary film written and directed together with Ali Samadi Ahadi |
2003 |
“Irgendwas ist immer”, feature film |
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2001 |
“Schluss mit lustig!”, feature film |
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1998 |
“Kai Rabe gegen die Vatikankiller”, feature film |
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1997 |
“Herzbeben”, feature film |
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1996 |
“Knockin' on heaven´s door”, feature film , as associate producer | |
1995 |
“Herr, Frau und Hund”, documentary film |
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“Rache”, feature film |
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1994 |
“eclipse rave”, documentary film |
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