David Marius Lorenz is an award-winning screenwriter and filmmaker whose work lives in the space between worlds, where cultures collide, identities shift, and moral certainties are tested.

He has spent several years living and working across China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam, experiences that have shaped both his perspective and his films. Today, he is based in Hamburg, where he lives with his family.

His films have screened at over 1,000 festivals worldwide, earning around 80 awards, among them a Student Academy Award® (Oscar), a BAFTA Student Awards nomination, and the Audience Award at the Max Ophüls Prize.

He studied Theatre, Film and Media Studies in Vienna, Audiovisual Media in Berlin, and Screenwriting at the Hamburg Media School.

    • 2023: Istina (Screenwriter)

    • 2022: Get Home Safe (Screenwriter)

    • 2022: About Gods and Humans (Screenwriter)

    • 2021: City Music (Screenwriter)

    • 2020: Spring in Autumn (Screenwriter)

    • 2017: #selfie (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)

    • 2016: We Could, We Should, We Might Have... (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)

    • 2015: In the Future (Screenwriter, Producer)

    • 2014: Sorry for the Brief Disruption (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)

    • 2013: In the Nick of Time (Screenwriter, Director, Producer)

  • 2023: Winner of the Student Academy Award for Istina

    2023: Audience Award Winner at the Max Ophüls Film Festival for Istina

    2023: BAFTA Student Awards Finalist for Istina

    2022: Audience Award Winner at the Filmkunstfest M-V for Get Home Safe

    2022: Best Short Winner at FILMZ – Festival of German Cinema for Get Home Safe

    2022: Audience Award Winner at the Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden for Get Home Safe

    2022: Engelke Award Winner at the International Filmfest Emden-Norderney for Get Home Safe

    2017: Best Short Award Winner at the Ischia Film Festival (Italy) for #selfie

    2017: Nominee for the German Human Rights Film Award for We Could, We Should, We Might Have...

    2016: Winner of the Sleepwalkers Grand Prize at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival for #selfie

    2015: Karama Feather Award Winner at the Karama Human Rights Film Festival for We Could, We Should, We Might Have...

    2014: Most Inspiring Film Award Winner at the Heart of Gold Film Festival (Australia) for In the Nick of Time

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