Baran bo Odar

Baran bo Odar
Odar in 2018
Born (1978-04-18) 18 April 1978 (age 45)
Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Film and television director
Years active2005–present
Known forWho Am I
Dark
1899
PartnerJantje Friese
Websitebaranboodar.com

Baran bo Odar (born 18 April 1978) is a German film and television director and screenwriter. He is known for co-creating the Netflix series Dark (2017–2020) and 1899 (2022) with his creative and romantic partner, Jantje Friese.

His film Who Am I reached the top of the German cinema charts[1] and was nominated for a German Film Award for Best Fiction Feature Film and Best Screenplay in 2015. Odar directed and co-wrote the film with Friese.

Early life[edit]

Odar was born in Switzerland. He is of Turkish descent on his mother's side and has Russian ancestry from his paternal grandfather, a former doctor who fled Russia after the October Revolution.[2]

Career[edit]

Odar's first feature film, produced as a final project for his University of Television and Film Munich diploma, was Under the Sun (German: Unter Der Sonne), a sixty-minute coming-of-age story about a twelve-year-old boy who is infatuated with his older niece. It was screened at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2006 and Utah's Slamdance in 2007.[3][4][5] For the film, Odar was awarded the Studio Hamburg Newcomer Award and the Munich Feature Film Award[2] and was nominated for the Max Ophüls Prize.[6]

Directing a Hollywood production had been a longtime dream of Odar's.[7] Following the success in Germany of The Silence and Who Am I, Odar attracted the attention of American producers who were searching for a director for Sleepless, an action thriller to which Jamie Foxx was already attached.[7] After Odar came on board, Michelle Monaghan was cast as Foxx's co-star, and the film was shot in Atlanta.[7]

The TV series Dark, which Odar co-created with Friese, gained popularity worldwide and was Netflix's first German-language original series. Every episode was co-written by Friese and directed by Odar.[8] Odar was honored with a Grimme-Preis, Germany's most prestigious television award, in 2018 for his direction of Dark's first season.[9] In 2019, the second season of Dark was released. The third, and final, season followed in 2020.[10]

Prior to the release of season 3 of Dark, Odar and Friese announced their next series, 1899.[11] The first two episodes premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2022.[12] The full season came out on 17 November 2022 on Netflix.[13] The creators had ideas for two more seasons, but in January 2023, Netflix canceled the show.[14]

Selected filmography[edit]

Year Title Notes
2010 The Silence Film
2014 Who Am I Film
2017 Sleepless Film
2017–2020 Dark TV series
2022 1899 TV series
TBA Tyll TV series

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Blickpunkt:Film | News | Kinocharts Deutschland: Doppelspitze Sony". mediabiz.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b "German Cinema: Das Letzte Schweigen (The Silence, 2010)—The Evening Class Interview With Baran Bo Odar". 3 November 2011.
  3. ^ Hanich, Julian (19 August 2010). "Baran bo Odar: Symmetrie!". Der Tagesspiegel Online (in German). ISSN 1865-2263. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  4. ^ "A multiplicity of movies on the menu". The Gazette. 25 August 2006. pp. E11.
  5. ^ "Slamdance announces slate for 13th season". The Salt Lake Tribune. 5 December 2006.
  6. ^ "Baran bo Odar". moviepilot.de (in German). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b c Roberts, Sheila (13 January 2017). "Sleepless Director Baran bo Odar on Jamie Foxx, Action Films". Collider. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  8. ^ Dark (TV Series 2017– ) – IMDb, retrieved 25 June 2019
  9. ^ "Dark (Netflix)". grimme-preis.de (in German). Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  10. ^ Nguyen, Hanh (23 June 2019). "'Dark': Season 2's Insane Ending and All the Burning Questions Season 3 Needs to Answer". IndieWire. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  11. ^ Clarke, Stewart (14 November 2018). "Migration Drama '1899' Is New Netflix Project from Creators of 'Dark'". Variety. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  12. ^ Goldbart, Max (10 August 2022). "Netflix's '1899', 'The Handmaid's Tale' Season Five & Lars Von Trier's 'The Kingdom Exodus' Lead TIFF Primetime Program Competition". Deadline. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  13. ^ "1899 release date and trailer for Netflix mystery". Radio Times. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  14. ^ Petski, Denise (2 January 2023). "'1899' Canceled After One Season at Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 2 January 2023.

External links[edit]

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