Neelesha Barthel

Director

Festivals and Awards - Selection

2023: "Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zu viel" - Festival des deutschen Films Ludwigshafen am Rhein Nominiert für den Rheingold Publikumspreis

2023: "Tatort - Verborgen": Wiesbaden Krimifestival – Wettbewerb nominiert

2015: "Marry Me!" - Festival des deutschen Films - Lichtblicke nominiert

2008: "Zwei zu Dritt" - Festival International de Jóvenes Realizadores Audience Award Best Director

2008: "Zwei zu Dritt" - Dreiland-Filmfestival Audience Award

2008: „Zwei zu Dritt“ Int. Kurzfilmfestival "In the Palace" Best Script

2004: "Fifty Fifty" - Journalistinnenbund Nachwuchspreis

2004: "Fifty Fifty" - Bayrischer Dokumentarfilmpreis nominiert

2001: "Bling Bling" - Sehsüchte Festival Deutscher Nachwuchsfilmpreis

Film / TV

2023 | Open Up | Senator Film | RBB | TV series | creator, Headautorin (In Entwicklung)

2023 | Jenseits der Spree | Studio Zentral | ZDF | TV series

2022 | Zwei Weihnachtsmänner sind einer zuviel | Odeon Fiction | ZDF | TV film

2021 | Tatort - "Verborgen" | Wüste Filmproduktion | NDR, ARD | TV series

2021 | Jenseits der Spree | Studio Zentral | ZDF | TV series (2 Folgen)

2020 | Fritzie - Der Himmel muss warten | Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft | ZDF | TV series (4 episodes)

2019 | Wapo Berlin | Saxonia Media | ARD | TV series (4 episodes)

2018 | Zum Glück gibt's Schreiner | Wiedemann & Berg | ARD Degeto | TV film

2017 | Soko Köln | Network Movie Filmproduktion | ZDF | TV series

2016 | Ein Schrecklich Reiches Paar | Hager Moss Filmproduktion | ZDF | TV film

2016-2017 | Notruf Hafenkante | Letterbox Filmproduktion | ZDF | TV series (7 episodes)

2014 | Marry Me! | Wüste Film Ost, ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, Arte | ZDF, arte | feature film | scriptwriter and director

2011 | Take Off | music video

2008 | 24h Berlin | Zero One Film | RBB | documentary

2007 | Zwei zu dritt | RBB, HFF "Konrad Wolf" | feature film | scriptwriter and director

2005 | Joy's Joy | HFF "Konrad Wolf" | short film

2003 | Mr. Street | HFF "Konrad Wolf" | short documentary

2003 | Lingam & Yoni | HFF "Konrad Wolf" | short film

2001 | Fifty Fifty | Media Content Factory | ZDF - Das Kleine Fernsehspiel | documentary

2001 | Bling Bling | TroubleShooting Films & Veit Helmer Filmproduktion | documentary | Co-directors: Heike Woosey, Janna Ji Wonders

1999 | En Why? See! | TroubleShooting Films | documentary | Co-directors: Ina Géraldine, Heike Woosey

Theatre

Audio

Neelesha Barthel is a German-Indian director and writer from Berlin. Her first cinematic steps culminated in the feature-length documentary “Bling Bling” (2001) about hip hop artists in Los Angeles. She then shot the family-separation documentary “Fifty Fifty” (2002) for “ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel”. In 2002, Neelesha began studying directing at the film academy HFF “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam. She directed her cinema debut, the Kreuzberg culture-clash comedy “Marry Me!” (2015), as writer and director. Since then she has worked for various TV films and series and continues to develop her own material. Most recently, she directed the Tatort “Verborgen” (Hidden), which screened at the Emden Film Festival in 2022 and have its broadcast date in spring 2023.