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Samuel Pleitner

BA Film | Directing

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Director (a. o. HORST)

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SAMUEL PLEITNER born 1990 in Braunschweig, grew up in the legendary Buxtehude near Hamburg | 2007-2010 apprenticeship as electrician in Hamburg, followed by employment as journeyman | 2011 short groundbreaking stay in the Bundeswehr | 2011-2012 film projectionist at a large cinema chain, a little bit closer to film | 2013 advanced technical college entrance qualification | 2013- 2014 participation in final fi lms as set runner and lighting technician | directing internship for ZDF series, produced by Studio Hamburg, with subsequent internship in script development | 2015-2019 bachelor's degree program in film / directing at ifs

I have a penchant for comedy and yet I feel a certain fascination for human abysses and evil in the world - probably because I find it difficult to accept and comprehend them. Approaching difficult subjects with humor can unleash great narrative power. There is a special charm for me in bizarre, black-humored material. And where does beauty and goodness have a truer effect than in a bleak environment? The claim to tell my stories primarily through a concise, imaginative visual language and to dispense with explanatory dialogues, in combination with multi-layered and visual humor, characterizes my style. I want to make films that could be understood without sound due to their pictorial storytelling and that are palpable to many viewers. I realize my vision with great perseverance and am my own biggest critic in the process.

Samuel Pleitner

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