Klaus Fried Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Klaus Fried
Directing
Biography
Klaus Fried is a British-Austrian film director, editor, and screenwriter. He teaches as Senior Lecturer for BA (Hons) Film Practice at the London College of Communication. Fried started working in film and television in the late 80s on commercials, music videos and feature films. He has experience in many roles but has primarily been a writer/director and produced documentary, fiction, corporate and experimental works of his own. His fiction work includes the semi-autobiographical Burying the Dead (London Film Festival 1996), Billy’s Wake (Rotterdam Film Festival 2002), and Room Service (Atlanta 2012, Arizona 2013, New Orleans 2013). He has also produced experimental and documentary works including Gone to the Dogs (2009), which won the Channel Four First Cut award at the Sheffield Docfest in 2010.
Filmography Movies
Production
Friendly Fire
Klaus Fried was a teenager when his father Erich Fried, the writer, died. He had to share him with the entire world public. The son embarks on a search, meets family members, friends and companions and, together with Julia Albrecht, tries to piece together a picture of his father from the memories of these people. When he meets Astrid Proll, co-founder of the RAF, the hard struggle for answers makes it clear how similar father and son are.
Friendly Fire
Klaus Fried was a teenager when his father Erich Fried, the writer, died. He had to share him with the entire world public. The son embarks on a search, meets family members, friends and companions and, together with Julia Albrecht, tries to piece together a picture of his father from the memories of these people. When he meets Astrid Proll, co-founder of the RAF, the hard struggle for answers makes it clear how similar father and son are.
Room Service
Washed-up salesman Dennis Meeks is forced to confront his demons in a hotel room where the plumbing has a mind of its own.
Room Service
Washed-up salesman Dennis Meeks is forced to confront his demons in a hotel room where the plumbing has a mind of its own.
The Last Stop
A young voyeur is lead away to the Tower of Blazes by a new and beautiful arrival in his small and suffocating seaside town.
Gone to the Dogs
Winners and losers, high stakes, it's jeopardy week in week out. Tonight the oldest bookmaker in Britain will face the most celebrated gambler in dog racing history. But public interest is waning – with attendance declining and profits falling, there won't be many more of these nights. Gone to the Dogs showcases the dwindling culture of greyhound racing at Walthamstow Race Track soon before its closure in 2008, providing an insight into the lives of its staunch and passionate inhabitants, contrasted with casual visitors seeking nothing more than light entertainment. [episode from a Channel 4 documentary series]
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