Georg Pelzer is a freelance film director and screenwriter. His feature film Flood premiered at 53rd International Hof Film Festival, where it was nominated for the “Förderpreis Neues Deutsches Kino” and the “Hofer Goldpreis” (Best director of a debut). The film was released in German cinemas in 2020, and on national television (MDR/ARD) in 2024.
He previously studied Media Art at the Bauhaus University Weimar (B.F.A and M.F.A) and Film Studies at Oxford Brookes University. Alongside his studies, he was an assistant director at Nationaltheater Weimar, working with Bernhard Mikeska, Sebastian Martin and Bettina Brunier (internship), and worked for a year with Robert Wilson on the production Via Crucis. Georg Pelzer is also a graduate of the TP2 talent pool support programme and took part in the film directing masterclass at HfS „Ernst Busch“, Berlin.
Georg Pelzer’s short films have screened at numerous national and international film festivals and have won several awards. The drama Neverland Now premiered at Dresden Film Festival, was awarded Best Film at the Cornwall Film Festival and had its TV premiere in 2020. The absurd short film Déja-vu has been shown at over 50 film festivals, theatre festivals and exhibitions.
In addition to his work as a film director, Georg Pelzer is also activehas also worked as a video artist and in other media. In 2017, the 17-hour video installation Slices opened the Dresden Music Festival, and he has since 2020 he has been creating radio plays and audio installations for theaterBOT.
Georg Pelzer is currently developing several new film projects and is preparing the screenplay for his second feature film. Georg Pelzer lives and works in Leipzig.
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