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Baran bo Odar

Film Director / Screenwriter | * 04/18/1978 (46) | Olten (Switzerland)
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 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. ()
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Baran bo Odar is a Swiss film director and screenwriter. His film "Who Am I – No System Is Safe" reached the top of the German cinema charts.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

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13-year-old Sinikka vanishes on a hot summer night. Her bicycle is found in the exact place where a girl was killed 23 years ago. The dramatic present forces those involved in the original case to fac ...

The Silence

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2010 | 3.3/5 | 2h
Crime, Thriller, Drama
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Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage. ...

Who Am I

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2014 | 3.8/5 | 1h 45min
Thriller
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Passengers on an immigrant ship traveling to the new continent get caught in a mysterious riddle when they find a second vessel adrift on the open sea. ...

1899

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2022 | 3.8/5 | 50min per episode
Mystery, Drama
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A missing child causes four families to help each other for answers. What they could not imagine is that this mystery would be connected to innumerable other secrets of the small town. ...

Dark

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2017 | 4.2/5
Crime, Drama, Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery
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Movies with Baran bo Odar as Actor(1)

as himself2022 Making 1899

TV Shows/Series with Baran bo Odar as Actor(1)

as himself2017 Dark

Movies with Baran bo Odar as Crew(11)

Directing/Director2017 Sleepless
Directing/Director2014 Who Am I
Writing/Writer2014 Who Am I
Directing/Director2010 The Silence
Production/Co-Producer2010 The Silence
Writing/Screenplay2010 The Silence
Directing/Director2006 Under the Sun
Writing/Writer2006 Under the Sun
Directing/Director2005 Quietsch
Writing/Writer2005 Quietsch
Directing/Assistant Director2004 The Forest for the Trees

TV Shows/Series with Baran bo Odar as Crew(6)

Production/Executive Producer2022 1899
Directing/Director2022 1899
Creator/Creator2022 1899
Production/Executive Producer2017 Dark
Directing/Director2017 Dark
Creator/Creator2017 Dark

Additional Information

Citizenship: Germany
Born: Tuesday, 04/18 1978 (April) in Olten (Switzerland) (current age: 46 years + 2 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: German (DE)
Educated at: University of Television and Film Munich
Spouses (current/former): Jantje Friese
Other names for Baran bo Odar (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Баран Бо Одар"
Baran bo Odar frequently works together with these people:
Jantje Friese (10x, Crew)
Nikolaus Summerer (5x, Crew)
Andreas Pietschmann (3x, Actor)
Robert Rzesacz (3x, Crew)
Michael Kamm (3x, Crew)
Christina Wagner (3x, Crew)
Wotan Wilke Möhring (2x, Actor)
Jeff Imada (2x, Crew)
Maximilian Waldmann (2x, Cast)
Maren Lüthje (2x, Crew)
Maren Ade (2x, Crew)
Andrew Amondson (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:842365, Added: 11/13/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024