1st:assistant:director26–27 May 2025
During the two-day workshop on the profession of 1st AD, issues related to the role and tasks of an assistant director will be explored. Using excerpts from feature film scripts, participants will take part in a case study focusing on the duties and details of the 1st AD’s work. Topics related to translating the script into a schedule and planning shots, as well as methods for resolving potential conflicts and problems, will be addressed. Stephan specialises in working with stuntmen, special effects, SFX, explosions, helicopters and boats on set. These are just some of the aspects of working in difficult conditions that will be discussed during the course.
The workshop will take place on 26-27 May in Babelsberg, Potsdam.
The course fee is PLN 500 net + 23% VAT (the price includes accommodation).
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With over 27 years of professional experience, Stephan Brunn is a highly experienced first assistant director. He has worked in various production systems and countries.
In Germany, he collaborated with the public broadcaster ZDF and the German production company Ziegler Film on the TV projects Lena Lorenz (since 2015) and Theresa Wolff (since 2021). For one of Germany’s largest public broadcasters, ARD, he worked on the series Weissensee (2009; 2011). Other projects include the RTL TV series Bad Cops: Kriminell Gut, as well as Liebesgruß an einen Engel, R.I.S. – Die Sprache der Toten, Stadt, Land Mord! – Sittenwidrig, and many other productions for Sat.1.
The film Tatort – Todesbrücke (2004) was produced for rbb. Historical films he worked on include Das Zeugenhaus (2014), Nacht über Berlin – Der Reichstagsbrand (2013), and Die Frau, die im Wald verschwand (2007).
The film project I Am Here (2014) was a German Danish co-production with an international cast including Kim Basinger, Peter Stormare, and Jordan Prentice. The production was supported by the Danish Film Institute, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF), as well as TV2 Denmark, Morgenthaler Office, and Viking Brothers Entertainment.
Other examples include Der Rekordbeobachter (2012), filmed in Finland, and the German Austrian collaboration Keine Zeit für Träume (2014), produced by TeamWorx Television & Film and UFA Fiction for MDR, ORF, and ARD.
In Turkey, Stephan worked on the film Mordkommission Istanbul – Die steinernen Krieger (2010) for the public channel ARD.
Der Schiffsarzt (2021–2022) is a crime series he worked on with UFA Fiction for RTL, filmed on a cruise ship.
Currently, he is working in Croatia for the German production company Constantin Film on the recurring film project Der Kroatien-Krimi, produced for ARD Degeto.
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Thalia Cinema in Potsdam-Babelsberg is a renowned art-house cinema with over a century of history, opened in February 1918 as the Thalia Theater. It is known for its ambitious film repertoire, for which it has received numerous national and regional awards — including the 2015 award for the best annual German program.
In collaboration with the Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf and the Filmmuseum Potsdam, the cinema engages in educational projects such as the Children’s Film University (Kinderfilmuniversität).
Thalia features four screening rooms and also organizes open-air summer screenings in cooperation with Waschhaus Potsdam.
