Claudia Garde


Claudia Garde is a German film director and screenwriter. She has worked for the German TV-series Stubbe – Von [Fall zu Fall], Doktor Martin, Flemming or the series Tatort.

Early life and education

Claudia Garde was born in Bremen, West Germany.
She studied at acting schools in London and Paris after graduating from high school.
From 1992 to 1993 Garde worked in France as a theatre actress at various theatres before returning to Germany to study writing and directing at the Film Academy Baden-Wuerttemberg. She acquired her diploma in directing in 1998 with the feature film Die Man Liebt....

Career

In the year 2000 she began her career as a director and screenwriter with several television films. and TV series. So she worked on episodes of series such as Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall, Doktor Martin, and the series Flemming.
She has also directed several episodes of the Tatort series, where shas worked with actors like Axel Milberg, Klaus J. Behrendt, and Simone Thomalla.
She directed the TV movie Die Frau am Ende der Straße, with Maren Eggert and Matthias Brandt in the leading roles.
In 2021 and 2022 she directed the six-part political thriller TV series set in post-war Germany, Bonn – Alte Freunde, neue Feinde, starring Mercedes Müller in the lead role, along with Max Riemelt, Sebastian Blomberg, Martin Wuttke, and a number of other well-known German actors. The series was broadcast on Das Erste in January 2023.

Other activities

In addition to her work as a director for film and television, Garde has also worked as a freelance writer and lecturer.
She has collaborated with British composer Colin Towns.

Awards and nominations

Selected filmography

  • 1998: ...die man liebt...
  • 2000: Ich beiß zurück
  • 2001: Paulas Schuld
  • 2001: Tatort: Kindstod
  • 2002: Mehr als nur Sex
  • 2003: Ehespiele
  • 2003: Stubbe – Von Fall zu Fall: Yesterday
  • 2004: Tatort: Stirb und werde
  • 2005: Tatort: Borowski in der Unterwelt
  • 2006: Die Frau am Ende der Straße
  • 2006: Tatort: Schattenspiele
  • 2007: Auf dem Vulkan
  • 2007: Tatort: Investigativ
  • 2008: Tatort: Borowski und das Mädchen im Moor
  • 2009: Ein Sommer mit Paul
  • 2009: Doktor Martin
  • 2009: Flemming
  • 2010: Tatort: Borowski und der vierte Mann
  • 2012: Bankraub für Anfänger
  • 2012: Tatort:
  • 2014: Tatort: Frühstück für immer
  • 2014: Das Glück der Anderen
  • 2015: Tatort: Niedere Instinkte
  • 2015: Tatort: Borowski und die Rückkehr des stillen Gastes
  • 2017: Eine gute Mutter
  • 2017: '
  • 2019: Verliebt in Valerie
  • 2019: '
  • 2023: ''''