Christian Ditter

Christian Ditter (born 1977) is a German director, producer and screenwriter who has worked on films, television and commercials. He is best known for his films The Crocodiles (2009), Love, Rosie (2014), How to Be Single (2016), and the Netflix series Girlboss (2017).

Christian Ditter
Born
Christian Ditter

1977 (age 42–43)
Giessen, Germany
OccupationFilm director, film producer, screenwriter

Early life

Ditter was born on March 9, 1977, in Giessen, Hesse. He graduated from the Evangelisch Stiftisches Gymnasium Gütersloh in 1996 and went to the University of Lüneburg from 1997 to 1998, majoring in Applied Cultural Studies. He then focused his studies on directing at the University of Television and Film Munich from 1998 to 2006.[1]

Career

While in school, Ditter's short films Enchanted (2000) and Grounded (2003) won numerous awards at international film festivals.[2] His debut feature film French for Beginners hit theaters in 2006. He subsequently directed on the Adolf Grimme Prize and the German Television Award-winning series[3] Turkish for Beginners (2007) and on the award-winning[4] series Doctor's Diary (2008).

In 2008, he adapted the popular German children's book, The Crocodiles, for the big screen. The film won over fifty audience and jury awards at international film festivals[5] and was followed up by two sequels, The Crocodiles Strike Back (2009) and The Crocodiles: All for One (2010), which he directed and produced respectively. He moved on to writing and directing Germany’s first major adventure film shot entirely in 3D, Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods, which debuted at No. 1 in the German box office.[6]

In 2014, he directed his first English-language feature Love, Rosie starring Lily Collins and Sam Claflin. In 2016, he followed it up with his U.S. debut How to Be Single starring Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie. After working with Kay Cannon on How to Be Single, they partnered with Charlize Theron's company Denver and Delilah to create the Netflix series Girlboss in 2017, loosely based on the book #Girlboss by Nasty Gal founder Sophia Amoruso.[7]

Ditter is currently serving as the showrunner-director on the Netflix series Biohackers,[8] which is set to be released in 2020.[9]

Filmography
Year Film Credited as
Director Producer Screenwriter
2000 Enchanted (Short) Yes Yes Yes
2002 The Crusader (Short) No Yes No
2003 Grounded (Short) Yes No No
2005 Schulmädchen (TV series, 4 episodes) Yes No No
2006 French for Beginners Yes No Yes
2007 Turkish For Beginners (TV series, 8 episodes) Yes No No
2008 Doctor's Diary (TV series, 2 episodes) Yes No No
2009 The Crocodiles Yes No Yes
2010 The Crocodiles Strike Back Yes No Yes
2011 The Crocodiles: All for One No Yes Yes
My Life in Orange No Yes No
Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods Yes No Yes
2014 Vegas (Short) No Yes Yes
Love, Rosie Yes No No
2016 How to Be Single Yes No No
2017 Girlboss (TV series, 13 episodes) Yes Yes No
2020 Biohackers Yes Yes Yes

References
  1. "Above The Line". abovetheline.de. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. "Above The Line". abovetheline.de. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  3. Türkisch für Anfänger – IMDb, retrieved November 3, 2019
  4. "Adolf Grimme Awards, Germany (2009)". IMDb. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  5. "Above The Line". abovetheline.de. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  6. "German 2011 Weekend 39". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  7. "Laughs bring director Christian Ditter to 'Girlboss'". TV Show Patrol. May 3, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  8. Meza, Ed; Meza, Ed (February 13, 2019). "Netflix to Unveil New German, Norwegian Original Series at Berlin (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
  9. "Filming for "Biohackers" — Public Relations". pr.uni-freiburg.de. Retrieved November 3, 2019.
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