Benjamin Leichtenstern

Winner
Made For Strength is winning in New York. Third Prize Award for Cinematography & Best Overall Production at New York Festivals Advertising Awards. Gold for Best Cinematography and Merit for Craft In Writing at The One Club for Creativity, The Young Ones.

#nyfadvertisingawards #theyoungones #madeforstrength
Best Performance
BLEI / LEAD is winning at GENRENALE6 in Berlin. Main actor Daniel Christensen wins the Killer Performance Male Award for his amazing part as Alois in the historic Mountain-Western, Lead.

#genrenale6 #killerperformanceaward #blei
Broadcast Date
After an exciting film festival tour around the globe, the coming of age shortfilm BIS EINER WEINT / TILL ONE CRIES will soon be on air at ARTE and WDR.

#onair #comingofage #tillonecries
Queen Palm Winner
LEAD is winning Gold and Silver at Queen Palm International Film Festival for Best Short / War, Best Director Student, Best Cinematography, Best Actor and Best Producer.

#queenpalmfilmfest #blei #palmsprings

Work

About

I was born in Bavaria – Germany and grew up in a small town between cows and fields. Besides playing football and skateboarding, I killed boredom with creating art and finding my passion for film and storytelling.

After completing secondary school I studied design at TH Nuremberg, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and Animation. From 2013 – 2019 I studied scene directing at HFF Munich, during which time I directed various short films and ads that met with much approval at numerous international film festivals and awards. I also attended seminars on dramatic structure and screenplay and completed a masterclass in advertising in 2017.

I’m based in Munich and Berlin, writing and directing fiction films and advertising. My work is focused on storytelling with unique characters and strong emotions. It’s based on a cinematic aesthetic, which tries to find a different perspective of life.

Benjamin Leichtenstern – Director & Writer