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Kai Wessel
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Grimme Award (3)
Baden-Baden TV Film Festival (2)
Banff Television Festival (1)
Bavarian Film Awards (1)
German Film Awards (1)
German Television Awards (4)
Giffoni Film Festival (1)
New York Festivals (1)
Prix Europa (1)
German Television Academy Awards (1)
Jupiter Award (1)
German Directors Award Metropolis (2)
Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest (1)
Rome Film Awards (1)
Dreamachine International Film Festival (1)
East Europe International Film Festival (1)
Marler Medienpreis Menschenrechte (1)
Amsterdam World International Film Festival (1)
Eastern Europe Film Festival (1)
California Music Video Awards (CMVA) (1)
15 wins & 12 nominations
Grimme Award
2014 Winner
Adolf Grimme Award
Series/Miniseries
Zeit der Helden
Shared with:
Beate Langmaack
·
Daniel Nocke
·
Volker Heise
·
Thomas Kufus
·
Martina Zöllner
·
Julia Jäger
·
Oliver Stokowski
2012 Nominee
Adolf Grimme Award
Fiction
Es war einer von uns
Shared with:
Astrid Ströher
2004 Winner
Adolf Grimme Award
Fiction/Entertainment
Leben wäre schön
Shared with:
Dagmar Manzel
Baden-Baden TV Film Festival
2014 Nominee
3Sat Audience Award
Mörderische Hitze
2001 Nominee
3Sat Audience Award
Hat er Arbeit?
Banff Television Festival
2019 Nominee
Banff Rockie Award
Best Television Movie
Aufbruch ins Ungewisse
Shared with:
Volker A. Zahn
·
Eva Zahn
·
Gabriela Zerhau
Bavarian Film Awards
2016 Winner
Bavarian Film Award
Best Director (Regiepreis)
Fog in August
German Film Awards
1989 Nominee
Film Award in Gold
Best Direction (Beste Regie)
Martha Jellneck
German Television Awards
2014 Nominee
German Television Award
Best Movie Made for Television (Bester Fernsehfilm)
Mörderische Hitze
Shared with:
Wolfgang Esser
2013 Winner
German Television Award
Best Series (Beste Serie)
Zeit der Helden
Shared with:
Beate Langmaack
·
Daniel Nocke
·
Julia Jäger
·
Oliver Stokowski
·
Inka Friedrich
·
Thomas Loibl
·
Patrick Heyn
·
Thomas Kufus
·
Volker Heise
·
Martina Zöllner
·
Andreas Schreitmüller
2007 Nominee
German Television Award
Best Movie Made for Television or Miniseries (Bester Fernsehfilm/Mehrteiler)
Die Flucht
Shared with:
Jörn Klamroth
·
Nico Hofmann
2006 Nominee
German Television Award
Best Directing for a Movie Made for Television or Miniseries (Beste Regie - Fernsehfilm/Mehrteiler)
Bella Block
For episode "Die Frau des Teppichlegers (#1.19)".
Giffoni Film Festival
2016 Winner
CGS Award
Best Film
Fog in August
Shared with:
Ulrich Limmer
New York Festivals
2001 Winner
Silver Medal
Best Direction
Goebbels und Geduldig
Prix Europa
2018 Nominee
Prix Europa
TV Fiction
Aufbruch ins Ungewisse
Shared with:
Volker A. Zahn
·
Eva Zahn
German Television Academy Awards
2014 Winner
German Television Academy Award
Best Director (Beste Regie)
Mörderische Hitze
Jupiter Award
1999 Winner
Jupiter Award
Best German TV Film
Klemperer - Ein Leben in Deutschland
Shared with:
Andreas Kleinert
German Directors Award Metropolis
2017 Winner
Metropolis
Best Director Feature Film
Fog in August
2013 Winner
Metropolis
Best Direction of a TV Series
Zeit der Helden
Blow-Up Chicago International Arthouse Film Fest
2021 Winner
Special Mention
Best Documentary Feature
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
·
Tina Freitag
Rome Film Awards
2023 Nominee
Best Documentary
Documentary Film (worldwide)
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
·
Tina Freitag
Dreamachine International Film Festival
2020 Winner
Spring Award
Best Documentary Feature
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
East Europe International Film Festival
2022 Nominee
Gold Award
Best Feature Documentary
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
·
Tina Freitag
Marler Medienpreis Menschenrechte
2020 Winner
Marler Medienpreis Menschenrechte
Sonderpreis Film
Aufbruch ins Ungewisse
Shared with:
Eva Zahn
·
Volker A. Zahn
Amsterdam World International Film Festival
2022 Nominee
Best Documentary
Best Documentary
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
·
Tina Freitag
Eastern Europe Film Festival
2022 Winner
June Award
Best Documentary
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
·
Tina Freitag
California Music Video Awards (CMVA)
2023 Winner
Jury Award
Best Non-English Language Film
Cicero: Two Lives, One Stage
Shared with:
Katharina Rinderle
·
Tina Freitag
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