Paul Salisbury
Festivals and Awards - Selection
"Ein Leben lang": Nomination German Television Award 2022 as "Best Television Film", nomination Film Award at the Festival of German Film 2022
Atlas - Emder Screenwriting Award 2015 (winner) German Screenwriting Award 2016 (nominated) Hessischer Filmpreis 2018 (nominated) German Filmpreis 2019, "Best Script“, "Best Leading Actor“ (nominated), "Special Jury Preis" Filmfestival Turin 2018 (winner) „Best Actor„ Filmfestival Turin 2018 (winner).
Das Deutsche Kind - Directing-Award Metropolis 2018 (winner) Grimme-Preis 2019 (nominated)
Herbert - German Screenwriting Award 2014 (nominated) German Filmpreis 2016 Silver Award "Best Film“
Vorstadtrocker - Filmfest Hamburg 2015 “Best Television Film” Biberacher Filmfestspiele 2015 (Golden Beaver, winner)
Film / TV
2023 | Der Fährmann | TV series | Director: Umut Dağ | Creator, screenwriter; in development
2022 | Tatort "Des anderen Last" | Bavaria Fiction | WDR | TV series | Director: Nina Wolfrum
2022 | Im Schatten der Angst - Du sollst nicht lügen | Tivoli Film | ZDF, ORF | TV series - thriller | Director: Till Endemann
2021 | Tatort - „Schutzmaßnahmen“ | Bavaria Fiction | TV series | Director: Nina Vukovic
2021 | Ein Leben lang | Flare Film, WDR | TV film | Director: Till Endemann
2020 | Polizeiruf 110 (Magdeburg) - "Tod einer Toten" | Filmpool Fiction | TV series | Director: David Nawrath | Co-Authors: David Nawrath, Michael Gantenberg
2018/2019 | Das Deutsche Kind | Banana Tree Film, NDR | TV film | Director: Umut Dağ
2018/2019 | Atlas | 23/5 Filmproduktion, WDR, arte | Crime Drama | Director: David Nawrath | Co-Author: David Nawrath
2015-2017 | Vorstadtrocker | Weydemann Bros. NDR | TV-comedy | Director: Martina Plura | Co-Author: Paul Florian Müller
2015-2017 | Herbert | Departures Film, deutschfilm, MDR, HR, arte | Drama | Director: Thomas Stuber | Script: Clemens Meyer, Thomas Stuber, script template: Paul Salisbury
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Paul Salisbury wurde 1979 in Jena, Thüringen, als Sohn eines englischen Germanisten und einer deutschen Anglistin geboren. Nach Germanistikstudium in Leipzig und Filmstudium in New York, absolvierte er zwischen 2007 und 2010 seine Ausbildung zum Autor für Film und Fernsehen an der dffb. Seit 2010 ist Paul als freier Drehbuchautor für diverse Film- und Serienproduktionen tätig. Sein Drehbuch Atlas gewann den Emder Drehbuchpreis 2015 und war für den Deutschen Drehbuchpreis 2016 sowie den Deutschen Filmpreis 2019 nominiert.
Paul Salisbury was born in Jena, Thuringia, in 1979, the son of an English-speaking German scholar and a German Anglophile. After studying German in Leipzig and studying film in New York, he completed his training as a writer for film and television at the dffb between 2007 and 2010. Since 2010, Paul has worked as a freelance writer for various film and series productions. His screenplay Atlas won the Emder Screenplay Award 2015 and was nominated for the German Screenplay Award 2016 and the German Film Award 2019.
