Biography Fred Kelemen
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Fred Kelemen was born in West Berlin, Germany.
He studied painting, music, philosophy, religious science and drama studies and worked in various theatres as a director’s assistant before he began his studies in directing and cinematography at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) from 1989 to 1994. He graduated from the dffb with a diploma as a director and as a cinematographer.
For his diploma film “Fate” he received the German National Film Award in 1995.
Since then, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as cinematographer with several film directors like Béla Tarr (“Journey to the Plain”, Hungary 1995, “The Man from London”, Hungary/France/Germany 2007, “The Turin Horse”, Hungary, France, USA, Germany 2011 ), Rudolf Thome (“The Visible and the Invisible”, Germany 2006), Gariné Torossian (“Stone, Time, Touch”, Canada/Armenia 2005) a. o.
Since 1995 he has worked as an associate professor and has given master classes and lectures at the following institutions: Centre of Cinematographical Studies of Catalania (C.E.C.C.) in Barcelona/Spain, College of Fine Arts (ESBAG) in Geneva/Switzerland, Harvard University / USA, Kidderminster College / England, Latvian Cultural Academy (LKA) in Riga, University of Santiago de Chile - Department of the Arts and Sciences of Visual Medias, Thammasat University Bangkok/Thailand, German Film and TV Academy Berlin (dffb)/Germany, Tel Aviv University – Department of Film and Television/Israel and National School of Fine Arts (ENBA) Lyon/France.
Since 2000 he has directed several plays at different theatres in Germany.
Retrospectives of his work have been presented at places like the Anthology Film Archives New York, the Tate Modern London, the Hungarian National Film Theatre Budapest and at cinematheques, film museums and film festivals worldwide. In 2012 retrospectives are planned in Moscow/Russia, Vilnius/Lithuania and Copenhagen/Denmark.
With his film production company Kino Kombat Filmmanufactur he produced his film “Krisana”/”Fallen” (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, 2005) and he produced or co-produced the films “Moskatchka” by Annett Schütze (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Vision, Latvia, 2005) and “Fragment” by Gyula Maár (producer: Béla Tarr/TTFilmmühely, Hungary, 2007) and “Roku Roka” (“Hand in Hand”) by Jana Marsik (co-producer: Laima Freimane/Screen Visison, Latvia - Jana Marsik Gemany 2008).
Fred Kelemen is a member of the German Film Academy, the European Film Academy (EFA) and of the European Cultural Parliament (ECP).

Films as Director and Cinematographer & Awards
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1991/93 KALYI (73') (Student film) | Director and cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
-Nominated for the German Camera Award
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1993/94 VERHÄNGNIS / FATE (80') (Diploma Film) | Director and cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) Special Mention – Toronto International Film Festival/Canada 1994
- Audience’s Award – Film Festival »Max-Ophüls-Preis« Saarbrücken/Germany 1995
- German National Film Award (Silver Ribbon) – Germany 1995
- Precolumbian Gold Circle Award for the Best Director – Bogota International Film Festival/Colombia 1995
- Award for the Best Film – Molodist International Film Festival Kiev/Ukraine 1995
- »Arsenáls Magic Crystal« – »Arsenáls Film Forum« Riga International Film Festival/Latvia 1996
- Nominated for the German Film Music Award 1997
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1995 UTAZÁS AZ ÁLFÖLDÖN / JOURNEY TO THE PLAIN (45')
Director: Béla Tarr, cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
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1997/98 FROST / FROST (200') | Director and cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
- Innovation Award (Best Innovative Film) – Festival Internacional de Cine de Figueira da Foz/Portugal 1997
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) – Rotterdam International Film Festival/The Netherlands 1998
- Cariddi D’Argento Alla Migliore Regia (Best Director Award) – Taormina International Film Festival/Italy 1998
- Nominated for the »Prix Georges Sadoul«/France 1998
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1999 ABENDLAND/ NIGHTFALL (140') | Director and cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) – Thessaloniki International Film Festival/ Greece 1999
- Premio »Principado de Asturias« al mejor largometraje (Best Film Award) – Gijón International Film Festival/Spain 1999
- « Pix Aurora » – Tromsö International Film Festival/Norway 1999
- Nominated for the »Prix L’ Age D’ Or« – Brussels/Belgium
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2000 TATAO SAMOA (90') | Director: Gisa Schleelein, cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
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2004/05 KRIŠANA / FALLEN (90') | Director and director of photography: Fred Kelemen
- Prix FIPRESCI (International Film Critics Award for the best film) – Festival of European Cinema Lecce/Italy 2005
- Special Jury Award for the best director – Festival of European Cinema Lecce/Italy2005
- Best Cinematography Award – Festival of European Cinema Lecce/Italy 2005
- Latvian National Film Award »Lielais Kristaps«, Latvia 2005
- Nominated for the German Art Film Award, Germany 2005
- Nominated for the German Film Critics Award 2005
- “Sergo-Parajanov-Prize” for the best film – Tbilisi International Film Festival/Georgia 2006
- “Silver Prometheus” for the best director – Tbilisi International Film Festival/Georgia 2006
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2004/05 STONE, TIME, TOUCH (70') | Director: Gariné Torossian, cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
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2006 DAS SICHTBARE UND DAS UNSICHTBARE / THE VISIBLE AND THE INVISIBLE (140')
Director: Rudolf Thome, cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
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2005/07 A LONDONI FÉRFI / THE MAN FROM LONDON (132')
Director: Béla Tarr, cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
- Nominated for the Palm d’ Or, Cannes 2007
- Nominated for the German Camera Award 2008
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2009/11 A TORINÓI LÓ / THE TURIN HORSE (146') | Director: Béla Tarr, cinematographer: Fred Kelemen
- "Golden Camera 300” – International Cinematographers’ Film Festival Manaki Brothers/Bitola – Macedonia 2011
- Carlo Di Palma Best European Cinematographer Award 2011 - Nomination
- Hungarian Film Award "Magyar Filmkitiikusok Dija" – Best Cinematographer – 2012 / Hungary
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Film Scripts
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1990/91 KALYI
1993 FATE (Verhängnis)
1994 FROST
1997/98 NIGHTFALL (Abendland)
2003/2005 ESCAPE
2004 FALLEN (Krišana)
2005/2007 FOREIGN SKIES
2007/2008 ESPERANZA (Hope / Hoffnung)
FORBIDDEN FRUIT (in preparation)
FEVER (Fieber)(in preparation)

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Retrospectives
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1997 Lisbon / Portugal
2000 Belgrade / Yugoslavia
2000 Cambridge / U.S.A.
2000 Athens / Greece
2001 Brussels / Belgium
2001 Oslo / Norway
2001 Brussels / Belgium
2001 Oslo / Norway
2002 Hannover / Germany
2003 New York City / U.S.A.
2003 Buenos Aires / Argentina
2004 Berlin / Germany
2005 Barcelona / Spain
2005 Bern / Switzerland
2006 Ankara / Turkey
2006 London / England
2007 Berlin / Germany
2007 Potsdam / Germany
2007 Valdivia / Chile
2007 Bangkok / Thailand
2008 Cologne / Germany
2008 Budapest / Hungary
2009/2010 Hamburg / Germany
2010/2011 Berlin / Germany
2011 Mexico City / Mexico

Jury Member
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1994 International Film Festival Cancún, Mexico
1994 International Short Film Festival Granada, Spain
2000 International Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece
2001 International Film Festival Istanbul, Turkey
2002 Panorama / Short Film Festival of the Berlin Film Festival, Germany
2003 International Forum of Young Cinema of the Berlin Film Festival, Germany
2004 Film Festival Cottbus / Festival of East European Cinema, Germany
2005 FILMeX Tokyo,Japan
2007 Valdivia International Film Festival, Chile
2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok, Thailand
2008 Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Argentina
2008 Moveast International Film Festival Pécs, Hungary
2008 International Film Festival “Festival on Wheels” Kars, Turkey
2010 International Student Film Festival “Sehsüchte” Potsdam, Germany
2011 National German Art Film Award
2011 Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania