Julian was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1985 and studied at FU Berlin, the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, and Fémis in Paris. He specializes in making documentaries. Occasionally, he also conducts film workshops or works as a journalist. He has produced a film about a client who falls in love with a prostitute (TILMAN IM PARADIES, 2011), a documentary about the residents and planners of a housing estate (PALAST, 2013), and a film about the deceased father of his best friend (BILDER VOM FLO, 2016). In 2023, his documentary trilogy EINZELTÄTER (lone perpetrator) was released, focusing on individuals who lost family members in right-wing extremist attacks. EINZELTÄTER won the Hessian Film Award, the Prize of the Duisburg Film Week, and was honored with the Grimme Prize and The German Television Award. In 2023, Julian founded the production company patatino.
2023 | 63 | 4K | ZDF / CORSO FILM
2011 | 28 min | 16 mm colour |
24th IDFA 2011 I nominiert – Best Student Documentary
hotDOCS Canadian International Documentary Festival 2012 I official competition
13th Short Film Festival Landshut 2012 I Best Documentary
2015 VOD on spiegel.tv
17. Sehsüchte Festival 2012 I in competition
2nd Sandfly Film Festival 2012 I nominated for best film
28th Hamburg Short Film Festival I official competition
IT'S ALL TRUE - International documentary film festival 2012 Brazil I official competition
2annas short film festival 2012 Riga /Letonia I official competition
2012 | 15:20 min | 35 mm | la fémis / Filmakademie Baden-Würtemberg
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2013 I official competition
25th Filmfest Dresden 2013 I official competition
14th Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2013 I official competition
International Student Film Festival (FIFE) 2013 Casablanca / Morocco I official competition
1."OPEN PLACE" International Short Film Festival 2013, Rezekne/Letonia I official competition
28th Independent Film Fest Osnabrück 2013 I official competition
11th Manlleu Film Festival 2013, Manlleu / Spain I official competition
"Le Jour le plus Court" 2014 I 29 screenings in different cinemas throughout france
2016 | 98 min | HD | Filmakademie Baden-Würtemberg
38. Filmfestival Max-Ophüls-Preis, Saarbrücken/Germany - documentary competition
2nd PerSo - Perugia Social Film Fest 2016, Perugia / Italy - official competition - honorable mention
LA Underground Film Forum 2017 - honorable mention
2023 | 86 min | 4K | ZDF / CORSO FILM
Bester Dokumentarfilm beim Hessischen Film- und Kinopreis 2023
Duisburger Filmwoche - Gewinner: 3Sat Dokumentarfilmpreis
Lichter Filmfest 2023 - Bester Regionaler Langfilm
Let's Dok 2023
Hessen Film Tour 2023
Grimmepreis 2024
Nominierung Roman Brodmann Preis 2024
Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024: Beste Kamera dokumentarisch
Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024: Beste Dokuserie
2023 | 85 min | 4K | ZDF / CORSO FILM
Dokfest München 2023 I deutscher Wettbewerb, nominiert für den Produzentenpreis
Duisburger Filmwoche - Gewinner: 3Sat Dokumentarfilmpreis
Nuremberg International Human Rights Film Festival
Grimmepreis 2024
Nominierung Roman Brodmann Preis 2024
Dokka Festival 2024
Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024: Beste Kamera dokumentarisch
Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2024: Beste Dokuserie
2013 | 82 min | HD | Filmakademie BW / RBB
Achtung Berlin Festival 2013 - in Contest