Neelesha Barthel

Director | 1977 | German | Berlin

Personal Data

Residence: Berlin

Place of birth: Potsdam

Nationality: German

Feature | Television

2023 | Open Up | Senator Film | rbb | TV series | script development (creator and head writer)

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

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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.

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