Baran bo Odar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Baran bo Odar

Swiss film director and screenwriter

Date of Birth: 18-Apr-1978

Place of Birth: Olten, Canton of Solothurn, Switzerland

Profession: screenwriter, film director

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Baran bo Odar (born 18 April 1978 in Switzerland) is a German film and television director and screenwriter.
His film Who Am I – No System Is Safe reached the top of the German cinema charts and was nominated for German Film Awards for Best Fiction Feature Film and Best Screenplay.
Odar directed and co-wrote the film with his partner Jantje Friese. Odar was born in Switzerland and is of Turkish origin from his mother and of Russian origin from his paternal grandfather, a former doctor who had to flee Russia after the October Revolution. Bo is his nickname.
The TV series Dark, which Odar co-created with Friese, gained popularity worldwide and was Netflix's first German-language original series.
Every episode is co-written by Friese, and directed by Odar.
Odar was honored with a Grimme-Preis, Germany's most prestigious television award, in 2018 for his direction in Dark season 1.
In 2019 Dark's second season was released and its third season announced.