Felix Hassenfratz

The director and screenwriter Felix Hassenfratz (*1981) worked as an assistant director and set photographer for Romuald Karmakar and others after graduating from high school. From 2004 to 2007 he studied film directing at the ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln. In 2010-2011 he returned to the ifs for the Masterclass Screenplay in the Autor:innenwerkstatt.

His graduation film DER VERDACHT was awarded the German Short Film Award and the Studio Hamburg Young Talent Award and was nominated for the FIRST STEPS award. The film was shown at film festivals in Montréal, Palm Springs, Buenos Aires and St. Petersburg.

After graduating, worked as a freelance director and screenwriter - for feature films and documentaries as well as television formats, including children's and youth programmes. Regular work as a lecturer at film schools and in media work for children and young people.

His films have won several awards and received attention at international festivals. The four-part documentary series SCHNITZELJAGD IM HEILIGEN LAND received a Grimme Award in the category Children & Youth Programme.

The feature film VERLORENE, a radical anti-homeland film, premiered at the 68th Berlinale in the category Perspektive Deutsches Kino. The film has won several awards, including the MFG Star, and was nominated for the German Metropolis Directing Award. 

Felix Hassenfratz is a member of the German Film Academy, the Association for Film and Television Dramaturgy and a jury member of the German Short Film Award (BKM).

In spring 2019, he was a scholarship holder at Villa Aurora Los Angeles. Felix Hassenfratz is currently preparing his second feature film FRIEDA - KALTER KRIEG (Completion: Fall 2026), which was nominated for the German Screenplay Award.