Veit Helmer
- Directing
- April 24, 1968 · Hannover, Germany
Biography
Veit Helmer is a German film director and producer who began making films as a teenager and later studied directing in Berlin and Munich. He gained recognition through numerous award-winning short films and his feature debut Tuvalu (1999), followed by internationally screened films such as Absurdistan and Baikonur. His work is known for its visual storytelling, often using very little dialogue and emphasizing expressive imagery and physical acting.
Known for
Filmography
- Akiko, the Flying Monkey · Director, Producer
- Gondola · Director, Producer
- The Bra · Writer, Director
- Once Upon a Time in Shanghai · Producer
- Fiddlesticks · Director, Producer
- Dingi · Director, Writer
- Baikonur · Director, Producer
- Dushanbe With Love · Director
- They Call Us Aliens - Foreigners in Tokyo · Director
- Absurdistan · Director, Producer
- Behind the Couch: Casting in Hollywood · Director
- Dog's Life · Director
- Caspian Bride · Director
- Georgian Summer · Director
- Gate to Heaven · Writer, Director
- Freudenhaus · Director
- Be Careful At Night! · Director, Writer
- Uzbek Express! · Director
- Tuvalu · Director, Producer
- Game Over · Producer
- Surprise! · Director
- A Trick of the Light · Writer, Assistant Director
- Tour Eiffel · Director
- Der Fensterputzer · Director
- Within Grasp · Director
- Superstau · Unit Manager
- Die Räuber · Director, Producer
- Tour d'Amour · Director
- Fool's Mate · Assistant Director
- Erebos · Assistant Production Manager
- Schlaflose Nächte · Unit Manager
- Bavarian Film Awards · Self
- German Film Award · Self
- Alpha Juliet Tango · Director, Writer