Neelesha Barthel
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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