Konstantin Flemig, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Konstantin Flemig

German director of documentary films

Date of Birth: 21-Sep-1988

Place of Birth: Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Profession: journalist, film director

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Konstantin Friedrich Flemig (born 1988) is an award-winning German director of documentary films. Konstantin Flemig was born near Stuttgart, Germany.
He started filmmaking as a teenager, creating stunt videos and mockumenatries in the style of MTV Jackass.
For his application for film school, he travelled to Congo to make a film about a luxury restaurant.He attended the German School of Journalism before studying documentary filmmaking and screenwriting at the renowned Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.
For his film BilderKrieg - Picturing War he won the Hollywood International Independent Documentary Award as well as the Special Mention Award at the International Open Film Festival.
The documentary about a young German war photographer was produced by German television SWR and was screened at multiple international film festivals.For his short documentary Exit Exit Exit, he took a course offered by the German Army for war correspondents.
He is one of Werner Herzog's rogues, a group of young filmmakers who attended his Rogue Film School seminar.
The curriculum consists of topics like " the art of lockpicking", "the creation of your own shooting permits" and "Guerrilla tactics".After publicly criticizing the Turkish invasion of Syrian Afrin in 2018, Flemig received several death threats.