David Wnendt was born 1977 in Gelsenkirchen, West-Germany. He grew up in Islamabad, Miami, Brussels and the small German town of Meckenheim. After graduating from highschool he did internships in television and theatre. He did a one year filmmaking course in the Czech filmschool FAMU in Prague. In 2004 he began his studies in filmdirecting at the Filmschool “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam-Babelsberg.

Films

2011

Kriegerin / Combat Girls
Feature film, 103 Min.
Screenwriter and director David Wnendt

Cinema release in Germany : 19. Jan.2012

2006

Kleine Lichter

2005

California Dreams

2000

Hannas Hobby

Awards

2011

KRIEGERIN /COMBAT GIRLS

FBW Prädikat „Besonders Wertvoll“

Förderpreis Deutscher Film 2011 für das beste Drehbuch

First Steps Award 2011

Prix Genève-Europe 2011 für das beste fiktionale Fernseh-Drehbuch eines Debütanten

MFG-Star Baden-Baden 2011

Bayerischer Filmpreis Nachwuchsregie

2006

CALIFORNIA DREAMS

SAE Award beim Interfilm Festival