Fred Kelemen


Fred Kelemen is a European film and theater director, cinematographer and writer.
The late Susan Sontag helped to promote Kelemen's work in the mid-1990s, comparing it to the likes of Alexander Sokurov, Béla Tarr and Sharunas Bartas.
Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, science of religions and theater before attending the German Film & TV Academy in Berlin from 1989 to 1994. His debut film Fate in 1994 received the German National Film Award. He has also directed Frost, Nightfall and Fallen, each drawing international attention and numerous awards.
Kelemen has served as cinematographer for film directors including Béla Tarr, Rudolf Thome, Gariné Torossian, Joseph Pitchhadze, Pavel Lungin and others.
Since 2000 he has also directed several plays, including an adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 at the Schauspielhaus in Hanover, and Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under The Elms at Volksbühne in Berlin. In addition, Kelemen has worked as a teacher at film and media institutes and universities at several locations.
With his production company Kino Kombat Filmmanufactur, Kelemen produced his film Krisana/Fallen and he produced or co-produced the films Moskatchka by Annett Schütze, "Girlfriends" by Jana Marsik and Fragment by Gyula Maár.

Filmography

Director
Cinematographer