Kroske, Gerd
Photo © Gerd Kroske
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Biography:
Gerd Kroske was born in Dessau, East Germany in 1958. He focused on cultural studies at Humboldt University in East Berlin and then studied directing at the Academy for Film and Television in Potsdam-Babelsberg. Kroske joined the DEFA Studio for Documentary Films in 1987, first as a dramaturg and writer and then, in 1989, as a director. As of 1991, he started working as a freelance writer and director. In 1996, he founded the realistfilm production company [see: realistfilm.de].
Kroske became known for his long-term documentary series on the street sweepers of Leipzig that now covers almost twenty years. In 1994, he released Heino Jaeger – Look before you kuck, the last part of his Hamburg-Trilogy. Several of his films, including Voksal – Bahnhof Brest and Der Boxprinz, have won prestigious international awards for documentary. Kroske lives in Berlin.
Festivals & Awards:
| 2024 | Retrospective Dokumentarische Positionen: Gerd Kroske (Documentary Positions: Gerd Kroske), Zeughauskino, Berlin, Germany |
| 1990 | Special Prize of the Mayor of the City of Leipzig, Leipzig International Documentary and Animated Film Festival Week, for Kehraus |
Filmography:
| 2018 | SPK Komplex (SPC Complex, doc.) |
| 2014 | Striche ziehen (Drawing a Line) |
| 2012 | Heino Jaeger – Look before you kuck (Heino Jaeger – Look Before You See, doc.) |
| 2009 | Schranken (Bounds, doc.) |
| 2005-2007 | Wollis Paradies (Wolli in Paradise, doc.) |
| 2006 | Kehraus, wieder (Sweep It Up, Again, doc., TV) |
| 2003-2004 | Autobahn Ost (Autobahn East, doc., TV) |
| 2000 | Der Boxprinz (The Boxing Prince, doc., TV) |
| 1996-97 | Kehrein, Kehraus (Sweep It Up, Swig It Down, doc.) |
| 1996-97 | Galera (doc., TV) |
| 1993-94 | Voksal – Bahnhof Brest (Terminus Brest, doc.) |
| 1993 | Kurzschluß (Short-Circuit, doc.) |
| 1992 | Kurt – oder Du sollst Lachen (Kurt, or You Should Laugh, doc.) |
| 1992 | Neues in Wittstock (News from Wittstock, script, doc.) |
| 1990 | La Villette (doc.) |
| 1990 | Kehraus (Sweep It Up, doc.) |
| 1990 | Sperrmüll (Bulky Trash, doc.) |
| 1989 | Leipzig im Herbst (Leipzig in the Fall, doc.) |