ERIK SCHMITT WAS BORN AS ERIK COYOTE SCHMITT IN 1980 IN MAINZ, GERMANY. HE STUDIED COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN MUNICH, BERLIN AND MELBOURNE. AT SOME POINT HE LEARNED TO USE THE CAMERA NOT ONLY AS WALKING STICK, AND STARTED TO WORK UNDER THE NAME OF KAMERAPFERD (CAMERA HORSE), TOGETHER WITH STEPHAN MÜLLER, AS A DIRECTING DUO FROM 2009-2014. SINCE HE STARTED TO WORK IN THE FILM BUSINESS, HE PRODUCED A WHOLE RANGE OF HIGHLY VISUAL, OFTEN UNCONVENTIONAL SHORT FILMS (NOW FOLLOWS, 2011, RHINO FULL THROTTLE, 2013). IN HIS FILMS HE USES IN-CAMERA TRICKS AND EXPERIMENTS WITH FILMING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS STOP MOTION, PIXILATION, PLAYING WITH PERSPECTIVES AND SPECIAL SETS. HE ALSO WORKED ON SEVERAL ADS, MUSIC VIDEOS AS WELL AS ON A FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY (THE SOLARTAXI, 2010). THE SHORT FILM „NOW FOLLOWS“ WON THE LOLA, THE GERMAN SHORT FILM AWARD, IN 2011. IN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, MÜLLER AND SCHMITT WORKED ON SEVERAL PROJECTS IN LOS ANGELES DUE TO A GRANT FROM THE VILLA AURORA, WHERE ERIK PARTICULARLY ENJOYED THE VIEW. OUT OF ALL THESE PROJECTS GREW „RHINO FULL THROTTLE“, WHICH WAS RELEASED IN 2013, AND HAD ITS PREMIERE AT THE BERLINALE. IT WON MORE THAN 50 PRIZES AT MORE THAN 100 FESTIVALS. CURRENTLY ERIK IS WORKING ON BECOMING A GOOD GARDENER, TO IMPROVE HIS SKILLS IN LETTING GO, AND ALSO WRITING ON A FEATURE FILM, WITH SUPPORT FROM WIM WENDERS AND HIS FOUNDATION.
Represented by Homebase Agency
✭ FILMOGRAPHY ✭
DIRECTOR
2014 Alibi Agentur - Bei uns sind ihre Geheimnisse sicher! (TV Series)
2014 Telekommando (Short)
2014 Forever (Short)
2013 Nashorn im Galopp (Short)
2011 Nun sehen Sie Folgendes (Short)
2010 Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun (Documentary)
2009 Nicht nur der Himmel ist blau (Short)
2007 Video Kind (Short)
WRITER
2014 Telekommando (Short) (writer)
2014 Forever (Short) (writer)
2013 Nashorn im Galopp (Short) (writer)
2010 Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun (Documentary) (written by)
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IMPRESSUM
Erik Schmitt - Kiefholzstr 19 - 12435 Berlin
Represented by Homebase Agency
✭ FILMOGRAPHY ✭
DIRECTOR
2014 Alibi Agentur - Bei uns sind ihre Geheimnisse sicher! (TV Series)
2014 Telekommando (Short)
2014 Forever (Short)
2013 Nashorn im Galopp (Short)
2011 Nun sehen Sie Folgendes (Short)
2010 Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun (Documentary)
2009 Nicht nur der Himmel ist blau (Short)
2007 Video Kind (Short)
WRITER
2014 Telekommando (Short) (writer)
2014 Forever (Short) (writer)
2013 Nashorn im Galopp (Short) (writer)
2010 Solartaxi: Around the World with the Sun (Documentary) (written by)
▸ MORE
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IMPRESSUM
Erik Schmitt - Kiefholzstr 19 - 12435 Berlin