* 1979 in Schwäbisch Hall.
Right after school and civil service Thomas did several internships at various film and TV production companies.
2002 he started an apprenticeship as an audio-visual media designer.
Two years later he began studying „montage and editing“ at the Filmakademie Baden- Württemberg.
During his studies he won the German Film Award for Best Short and the student Oscar for Best Foreign Short with VON HUNDEN UND PFERDEN directed by Thomas Stuber with whom he worked on two more films. The latest being HERBERT which won the German Film Award for Best Film in Silver in 2016.
His graduation film, THE DAY I WASNT BORN directed by Florian Cossen and BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ directed by Burhan Qurbani had also several nominations for the German Film Awards in 2011 and 2020. BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ also won the German Film Award for Best Film in Silver in 2020.
Since 2010 Philipp Thomas has been working as a freelance editor for feature films and commercials.
Filmography (selected):
2020
DIE ALBANISCHE JUNGFRAU
Director: Bujar Alimani
2019
TAGE DES LETZTEN SCHNEES
Director: Lars-Gunnar Lotz
2019
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Director: Burhan Qurbani
2018
POLIZEIRUF 110 – ROSTOCK
Director: Lars-Gunnar Lotz
2017
DIE VIERHÄNDIGE /
engl. FOUR HANDS
Director: Oliver Kienle
2017
ZWEI IM FALSCHEN FILM
Director: Laura Lackmann
2015
COCONUT HERO
Director: Florian Cossen
HERBERT /
engl. A HEAVY HEART
Director: Thomas Stuber
2013
KING PING – TIPPEN TAPPEN TÖDCHEN
Director: Claude Giffel
2011
VON HUNDEN UND PFERDEN /
engl. OF DOGS AND HORSES
Director: Thomas Stuber
2010
DAS LIED IN MIR /
engl. THE DAY I WASN`T BORN
Director: Florian Cossen
2008
TEENAGE ANGST
Director: Thomas Stuber
AWARDS:
2020:
I BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ I
70. Berlinale / Competition
German Film Award in Silver – Outstanding Feature Film
German Film Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role – ALBRECHT SCHUCH
Nomination:
German Film Awards – Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – WELKET BUNGUÉ
German Film Awards – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – JELLA HAASE
2017:
I DIE VIERHÄNDIGE I
Filmfest München
Chicago International Filmfest
Tallinn – Black Nights – Filmfest
I ZWEI IM FALSCHEN FILM I
Filmfest München
2016:
| HERBERT |
German Film Award in Silver – Outstanding Feature Film
German Film Award – Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – PETER KURTH
2015:
I COCONUT HERO I
Filmfest München
Zurich Film Festival – Nominee
2012:
| OF DOGS AND HORSES |
German Short Film Award in Gold – Outstanding Short Film – Under 30 Minutes Length
Student Academy Awards in Silver – Foreign Short
2010:
| DAS LIED IN MIR |
German Film Awards – Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – BEATRIZ SPELZINI
Montréal World Film Festival – FIPRESCI Prize
Montréal World Film Festival – Most Popular Film of the Festival
Zurich Film Festival – Golden Eye
2008:
| TEENAGE ANGST |
German Camera Award – Best Film Editing
58. Berlinale Perspective German Cinema