Nicolas Humbert
Born in 1958.
Early writings, pictures and Super-8 films influenced by French Surrealism.
Co-founded the 'Groupe Macsom' with Medullard Trebahu. 1980-82 paintings.
1982-87 studied at School for Film in Munich.
1987 founded the film production Cine Nomad together with Werner Penzel.
Since then has worked as a freelance writer and film director.
Films:
1982 KRAMPUS (Short Fiction, 35 Min.) Co-Author & Actor (Director: Werner
Penzel)
1983/84 NEBEL JAGEN (Fiction, 70 min.)
1985/86 WOLFSGRUB (Documentary, 70 min.)
Public Award, Filmfest München 1986
1988/89 LANI UND DIE SEINEN (Documentary, 45 min., with Werner Penzel)
1988-1990 STEP ACROSS THE BORDER ( Musicfilm, 90 min., with Werner Penzel)
European Film Award 1990, Special Mention
Hessischer Filmpreis 1990
FBW Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll 1990
Grand Prix International, Filmfestival Figueira da Foz 1990
Förderpreis der Stadt München 1990
Bundesfilmpreis, Nominierung 1990
Best Documentary Film, Filmfestival Uppsala 1990
Qualitätsprämie des EDI, Schweiz 1990
Innovative Cinema Prize 1991
Golden Gate Award, Filmfestival San Francisco 1991
Goldene Filmspule 1991
Cahiers du Cinéma, Sélection #Les 100 films de l'histoire du cinéma'
Jazzman Magazine, France, #Choque de l'année 2004' pour le meilleur DVD
1992-1995 MIDDLE OF THE MOMENT (Cinepoem, 80 min., with Werner Penzel)
Prix La Sarraz für innovatives Kino, Schweiz 1995
Qualitätsprämie des EDI, Schweiz 1995
FBW Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll 1995
Diploma of Merit, Filmfestival Karlovy Vary 1995
Prix du Public, Filmfestival Marseille 1995
Grand Prix, Best Documentary, Filmfestival Florenz 1995
Hessischer Filmpreis, Bester Dokumentarfilm 1995
Best Cinematography, Filmfestival Mediawave Györ, 1996
Prix Fipresci, Filmfestival Riga 1996
1996/97 NULL SONNE NO POINT (Musicfilm, 35 min., with Werner Penzel)
1997 SHANGHAI - WOLFSGRUB VIA SIBERIA (Radioplay, 60 min.)
1998 VAGABONDING IMAGES (Experimental film, 45 min., with Simone Fürbringer)
Special Mention de la Competition Internationale, Filmfestival Nyon 1998
Special Mention, Fama Filmfestival Portugal 1999
Jury Award, Shortfilm Festival New York 1999
1998/99 THREE WINDOWS - Hommage à Robert Lax (Film-Triptych, Video-
Installation, 40 min/ Loop, with Werner Penzel)
1999 WHY SHOULD I BUY A BED, WHEN ALL THAT I WANT IS SLEEP?
(Dokumentary, 58 min., with Werner Penzel)
Special Mention, LiteraVision 2002
2001 CELAN (Film sequences for the opera #Celan' by Peter Ruzicka, with Werner
Penzel)
2002 MY EYE YOUR EYE (Shortfilm, 25 min., with Werner Penzel)
FRAGMENTS D' ICI (Shortfilm, 17 min., with Werner Penzel)
2003 DER FLIEGENDE HOLLÄNDER (Film sequences for the Bayreuther Festspiele
2003, with Werner Penzel)
2004/05 Screenplay for the film "THE AUTONAUTS ON THE COMOBAHN" , with
Werner Penzel and Frederick Reuss)
BROTHER YUSEF (Musicfilm, 52 min., with Werner Penzel)
Prix Cinéma Suisse, Filmfestival #Visions du Reel' Nyon 2005
Premio #Miglior Film'/New Visions, Int. Filmfestival Alba, Italy 2006
NOT LIKE BEFORE (Carnet de voyage, 40 min., with Werner Penzel)
2006 LAX READING (Shortfilm, 13 min., with Werner Penzel)
WONDERLAND (Live-Music-Film-Performances with the French Band DAS KAPITAL, with Martin Otter)
2007 LUCIE & MAINTENANT (Journal nomade, 85 min., with Simone Fürbringer and
Werner Penzel)
2008 LOTTA CONTINUA (pour JLG) (Shortfilm, 3.30 min., with Martin Otter)
Prix du Concours #Godard et moi', Lausanne 2008
2009 LENIN ON TOUR (Documentary, 70 min., with Martin Otter)
TRANSITECTURE (Shortfilm, 15 min., with Simone Fürbringer)
WONDERLAND - A travelling music & cinema laboratory (Musicfilm in 2 parts,
123 min, with Martin Otter and the band DAS KAPITAL)
I'M A CROW - an afternoon with Milo Yellow Hair (Documentary, 70 min., with
Simone Fürbringer)
2010 ROOTS RUN DEEP - Hommage to Yusef Lateef (Radioplay, 35 min., with Marc
Parisotto)
GUERILLA GARDENING OR RECAPTURING THE CITY (Documentary, in
preparation)