Fred Kelemen

Biography

Fred Kelemen was born in West Berlin/Germany. He studied painting, music, philosophy, religious science and drama studies and worked in various theatres as a director’s assistant before beginning his studies in directing and cinematography at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) from 1989 to 1994. He graduated from the dffb with a diploma as a director and as a cinematographer. For his diploma film “Fate” he received the German National Film Award in 1995. Since then, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as cinematographer with several film directors like Joseph Pitchhadze (“Sweets”, Israel 2013), Béla Tarr (“Journey to the Plain”, Hungary 1995, “The Man from London”, Hungary/France/Germany 2007, “The Turin Horse”, Hungary, France, USA, Germany 2011 ), Rudolf Thome (“The Visible and the Invisible”, Germany 2006), Gariné Torossian (“Stone, Time, Touch”, Canada/Armenia 2005) a.o.

Known For

Suspiria

Agent Albrecht

Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker

Himself

Novak

Fred Kelemen

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2018	Suspiria	Agent Albrecht
2014	Tarr Béla: I Used to Be a Filmmaker	Himself
2009	Novak	Fred Kelemen

Year	TV Show	Role
1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self