There’s always one, isn’t there?
Some Film makers are so proud of their films they will enter them for any festival or competition, whether they have any chance of qualifying or not. Such a one is Nikolaus von Uthmann. We thought his film “Run, Granny, Run” was wonderful, but try as we might, there was no way we could accept it into the short film competition under the rules. So we had to disqualify it.
That’s no reason why you shouldn’t enjoy it however. It’s a great film and we dare you not to laugh. Click the logo at the bottom of the page to go to the film’s myspace site.
We’ll also be screening it during the Festival.
Director’s biography
Nikolaus von Uthmann
Born 1973 in Hamburg, Nikolaus von Uthmann started his film career as a critic, writing for What‘s On York in England 1994. After moving back to Germany he started writing for national entertainment magazines, like Cinema and Prinz.
In 1997 he moved back to the UK to study media production at the renowned Cumbria College of Art & Design, graduating with distinction as a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in the year 2000.
During his stay in England Nikolaus von Uthmann shot his first short films, BALL TROUBLE (1999), TO DATE A PACHYDERM (also screenplay, 1999), and LET‘S STAY FRIENDS (also screenplay, 2000).
For the latter he received the prestigious Royal Television Society Award (patron: Prince Charles).
Back in Germany again, Nikolaus von Uthmann started working in commercials as assistant director, production manager, editor and director for clients like BMW, Siemens, MAN, Fujitsu, Max-Planck-Institut, etc., as well as penning concepts for adverts and social awareness films.
In his little spare time he filmed another short flm THE FLAT HUNTER (also screenplay, editor, production) in 2003, which was shown on many international festivals, winning the Platinum Award for Best Original Comedy at the WorldFest Houston 2005.
Since then Nikolaus von Uthmann has continued earning his living with shooting commercials, and has drafted up more concepts and screenplays for shorts and feature-length films. Next to his film ambitions, he‘s played plays keyboards for the rock band The Domino Poets since 2004, last year‘s finalist of the international music competition Emergenza. 2008 he also successfully directed his first music video for Jay Clifford, in collaboration with actor/director Zach Braff (GARDEN STATE).
Run Granny Run
RUN GRANNY RUN! is his 5th short feature film – his first under 5 minutes, and completely without dialogue.
Nikolaus von Uthmann is also working on his feature film debut, a rock’n’roll romance with an unusual hero: PICCOLO (see also http://www.piccolo-thefilm.com/ ).
