Directing

Stefan Schaller

Born

1982-07-09 (44)

Place of birth

München, Germany

Known for

Directing

Credits

6 titles

IMDb profile

Stefan Schaller (born July 9, 1982 in Munich) is a German screenwriter and film director. After graduating from high school, Schaller studied politics and theatre studies in Munich. Following a stay abroad in Central America, he initially worked in screenplay development at Boje Buck Produktion in Berlin before beginning his studies in scenic directing at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg in October 2005. He successfully completed his studies in April 2012. His diploma film, 5 Jahre Leben (Five Years of Life), which deals with the imprisonment of German-Turkish citizen Murat Kurnaz in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, had already won several awards.

Known for

6.3

How Murat Kurnaz ended up in Guantanamo Bay is a mysterious story. 5 YEARS investigates the psychological aspect of this endless and unjustified "imprisonment" where Kurnaz had to endure never ending physical and psychological torture.

Five Years

2013

6.5

The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17, and the consequences for him and his family, but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.