Christian Mertens
Focus areas
- Direction
- Dramaturgy
- Scripts/Screenplays
in the areas:
- Scenic, documentary, and experimental short movies
- Web series, format development
- Documentaries
- Performance management
- Interviewing
Thesis supervision according to my lecturing profile.
Further information
Christian Mertens is a director of documentaries, TV and cinema advertisements and music videos. His film "Wiedling" was nominated for the "Studio Hamburg-Nachwuchspreis" and the "First Steps Award". His short movie "Die andere Seite" and the music video "Baukran" for Niels Frevert each won the Schleswig-Holstein Film Award. Grimme Prize nomination in 2019 for "Draußen in meinem Kopf" (dramaturgical advice/consultation).
- Member of VeDRA - Verband für Film- und Fernsehdramaturgie
- Manager of "Drehbuchpreis Schleswig-Holstein"
- Artist scholarship from the state of Schleswig-Holstein 2020
Publications:
- "So bekommen Sie Ihr Drehbuch in den Griff" (Halem Verlag)
- "Dramaturgie" Series in the film magazine ZOOM
- "Wendepunkt", Trade journal Dramaturgenverband VeDRA
Website Christian Mertens
Website "So bekommen Sie Ihr Drehbuch in den Griff"
Website "Drehbuchpreis Schleswig-Holstein"