Veit Helmer
German film director and producer · Germany · On the map · Directors · Born 1968 · age 58
Veit Helmer is a German film director and screenwriter. He started shooting films at the age of fourteen. After finishing school he was trainee at German TV station NDR. Two month before the wall came down, he moved to East-Berlin to study theatre directing at the famous drama school "Ernst Busch".
Veit Helmer is read about 12 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 14 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Akiko, the Flying MonkeyFilm, Director, Writer2019
The BraFilm, Director, Writer2018Once Upon a Time in ShanghaiFilm, Producer2012
DingiFilm, Director, Writer2011
BaikonurFilm, Director, Writer2008
AbsurdistanFilm, Director, Writer2005
Caspian BrideFilm, Director2004Georgian SummerFilm, Director2001
Be Careful At Night!Film, Director, Writer1996Game OverFilm, Producer1995
A Trick of the LightFilm, Writer, Producer1993Der FensterputzerFilm, Director1992Within GraspFilm, Director1989Tour d'AmourFilm, Director1979Bavarian Film AwardsSeries1968Born24 April 1968People around Veit
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Udo Kier Veit produced A Trick of Light (1999)
Chulpan Khamatova Veit directed Tuvalu and The Bra
Miki Manojlović Veit directed The Bra and Gate to Heaven
Denis Lavant Veit directed Tuvalu and The Bra
Florian Gallenberger Veit produced A Trick of Light (1999)
Rolf Zacher Veit produced A Trick of Light (1999)
Rüdiger Vogler Veit produced A Trick of Light (1999)
Wim Wenders Veit produced A Trick of Light (1995)
Paz Vega Veit directed The Bra (2018)
Maia Morgenstern Veit directed The Bra (2019)
Burt Kwouk Veit directed Gate to Heaven (2003)
Sitora Farmonova Veit directed Baikonur (2011)
Hanns Zischler Veit directed Gate to Heaven (2003)
Sotigui Kouyaté Veit produced Gate to Heaven (2003)
Philippe Clay Veit directed Tuvalu (2000)
Maximilian Mauff Veit directed Absurdistan (2008)
Adriana Altaras Veit directed Gate to Heaven (2003)
Vlasta Velisavljević Veit directed Absurdistan (2008)
Masumeh Makhija Veit produced Gate to Heaven (2003)
Marie de Villepin Veit produced Baikonur (2011)
Tony Okungbowa Veit produced Gate to Heaven (2003)- Valery Nikolaev Veit produced Gate to Heaven (2003)
Frankie Wallach Veit directed The Bra (2019)
Also in Français
Filmography 28
55 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
From 1991 to 1997 Helmer studied film directing at HFF Munich. His first feature film Tuvalu earned more than 32 awards. His 2008 film Absurdistan was premiered in Sundance and entered into the 30th Moscow International Film Festival.
