Chris Kraus (director)

Christopher J. Kraus is a German film director, screenwriter and author.

Life and work

Kraus was born in 1963 in Göttingen. He worked as a screenwriter before he staged his love duel Shattered Glass into a feature film in 2002. His second work as a director Four Minutes, a drama, won national and international awards. Kraus' third feature film, The Poll Diaries, received four golden "Lolas," three Bavarian Film Awards, one Bambi and the German Film Critic's Award. Kraus shot the film Pink Children together with four German directors about their mentor Rosa von Praunheim. This was followed by his film The Bloom of Yesterday, a winner at the Tokyo International Film Festival, at the Jewish Film Festival Moscow, of the Baden-Württemberg Film Prize and of the Thomas-Strittmatter Prize for Best Screenplay. In total, this comedy featuring Lars Eidinger and Adèle Haenel was nominated in eight categories for the German Film Prize and in three categories for the Austrian Film Prize.