Andreas Voigt was born in 1953 in Eisleben (East Germany). He joined the DEFA Studio for Documentary Films in 1978 as a dramaturg and writer. From 1984 to 1987, he studied at the Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Voigt and co-director Gerd Kroske received international recognition for their 1989 film Leipzig im Herbst. Since 1991, he has worked as a freelance director, scriptwriter and producer. Voigt’s films have been presented at many international festivals and received numerous awards, including the 1994 Grand Prix du Film de Strasbourg, for Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung, and the 2009 Grand Prix, Orobie Film Festival Bergamo (Italy), for Les Nomades du Cercle Polaire. Currently, Voigt is making films that follow up on earlier titles: Grenzland – eine Reise and Les Nomades du Cercle Polaire. See: www.andreas-voigt-film.de

Selected Filmography

2007 Les Nomades du Cercle Polaire (Komi, a Journey across the Arctic, doc., TV)

2004 Invisible – Illegal in Europa (doc.)

1997 Grosse, weite Welt (The Big Wide World, doc.)

1995 Begegnung mit Kzysztof Kieslowski (Conversation with Kzysztof Kieslowski, doc., TV)

1995 Ostpreussenland (Tales of East Prussia, doc.)

1994 Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung (Faith, Love, Hope, doc.)

1992 Grenzland – eine Reise (Border Territories – A Journey, doc.)

1991 Letztes Jahr Titanic (Last Year Titanic, doc.)

1989 Leipzig im Herbst (Leipzig in the Fall, doc.)