André Feldhaus, film composerbiography

Born in 1975 in Münster, André Feldhaus began his musical education on the piano. In the 1990s he founded the German punk band Mother‘s Ruin, an outfit which toured and released singles and albums. During his studies in Liverpool and Bremen he started composing music for films and formed collaborations with up and coming directors. After graduating in 2004, he started working as a freelance composer. Since then, he has contributed to the scores for nearly 130 films, including major television work and cinema releases, among them “Snapshot with Che” which won the World Gold Medal at the New York Festival, and “Nordstrand” that was nominated for the Max Ophüls Award.

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filmography

Gotteskinder (2024) | director: Frauke Lodders | feature film | Kinescope Film
Wohin die Flüsse verschwinden
(2024) | directors: Manuel Daubenberger, Felix Meschede | documentary | RB/arte
Die Verdorbene
(2024) | director: Niamh Sauter-Cooke | short fiction | Tränen der Freude Film
Sidney Poitier – Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
(2023) | directors: Katja Runge, Henning van Lil | TV documentary | RB/arte
Wahre Helden – Einsatz fürs THW
(2023) | directors: Nicola Göthe, Lukas Rieckmann | doc series | NDR
Bremen Wird Bunt
(2023) | director: Daniel Tilgner | feature documentary | Kinescope Film
Rise Up
(2022) | directors: div. | feature documentary | Freischwimmer Film
Zur Hölle mit den Machos – Aufstand der Frauen in Lateinamerika (2022) | director: Marie-Kristin Boese | TV documentary | arte/SWR
Blue Sky White Clouds (2022) | director: Astrid Menzel | feature documentary | Freischwimmer Film
Der Geist im Glas (2021) | director: Markus Dietrich | TV feature film | RB/ARD
Take 5 (2021) | director: Stefan Arsenijevic | documentary | EFA
Die Liebe des Hans Albers (2021) | director: Carsten Gutschmidt | TV feature film | Zeitsprung
Torwart-Legende Bert Trautmann (2021) | directors: Janos Kereszti, Jan Dirk Bruns | TV documentary | RB/ARD
Martin And The Magical Forest (2021) | director: Petr Oukropec | feature film | bfilm/Leitwolf|
Rita Hayworth – Glamour and Drama of a Hollywood Legend (2021) | directors: Katja Runge, Henning van Lil | TV documentary | arte
There Is No Other Place | director: Anat Tel | feature documentary | Ventana-Film | ISR 2021
Islands Of Italy (2020) | directors: div. | TV documentary series | arte/RB
Walfang Unterm Hakenkreuz (2020) | director: Frido Essen | TV documentary | RB/ARD
The Unwanted: The Odyssey of the St. Louis (2019) | director: Ben von Grafenstein | doc drama | UFA Fiction
Das Märchen von den 12 Monaten (2019) | director: Frauke Thielecke | TV feature film | RB/ARD
Arafats Söldner – Ein Spion zwischen den Fronten (2019) | director: Egmont Koch | TV documentary | ZDF
Fall of the Berlin Wall: 30 Years Anniversary (2019) | directors: Urban Screen | light installation | URBAN SCREEN
Als Mutti arbeiten ging – 70 Jahre Gleichberechtigung (2019) | directors: Susanne Brahms & Rainer Krause | TV documentary | RB/ARD
Feindbild Brüssel – Was wollen Europas Rechtspopulisten? (2019) | directors: Marie-Kristin Boese & Simon Riesche | TV documentary | SWR/ARD
Bomben im Meer (2019) | director: Frido Essen | TV documentary | RB/ARD
Les Vierges Sous Serment (2019) | directors: Kristine Nrecaj & Birthe Templin | TV documentary | arte/ZDF
Die Akte BND (2019) | director: Rainer Kahrs | TV documentary | RB/ARD
Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna (2019) | director: Margarete Kreuzer | TV documentary | TAG/TRAUM Film
Das Neue Norderney (2019) | director: Anke Kültür | TV documentary | Kinescope/NDR
Protest und Provokation – Die AfD im Bundestag (2018) | directors: Marie-Kristin Boese & Karin Dohr | TV documentary | ARD
Unzertrennlich (2018) | director: Frauke Lodders | feature documentary | Kinescope Film
Köder im Kühlregal – Die dunkle Seite des Fischsiegels MSC (2018) | director: Wilfried Huismann | TV documentary | WDR/ARD
#wannadie (2018) | director: Anja Badeck | short fiction | Karbe Film
Bücherjäger (2017) | director: Susanne Brahms | TV documentary | arte
Werner Nekes – Das Leben zwischen den Bildern (2017) | director: Ulrike Pfeiffer | feature documentary | TAG/TRAUM Film
Incubo (2017) | director: Leonardo Re | short fiction | BITENOTBARK
Caterpillar Show (2017) | director: Urban Screen | light installation | URBAN SCREEN
Archäologie 2.0 (2017) | director: Susanne Brahms | TV documentary | arte
(Alb-) Traumjob Pilot (2017) | director: Frido Essen | TV documentary | ARD
Prinz Himmelblau und Fee Lupine (2016) |director: Markus Dietrich | TV feature film | RB/ARD
Die Hände meiner Mutter (2016) |director: Florian Eichinger | feature film | Kinescope 
Café Waldluft (2015) | director: Matthias Koßmehl | feature documentary
4 Koenige (2015) | director: Theresa von Eltz | feature film | C-Films/Tatami Films
Tatort – Die Wiederkehr (2015) | director: Florian Baxmeyer | TV feature film | ARD
Norddeutschland von oben (2015) | director: Marcus Fischoetter | TV documentary series | NDR
Utopia (2014) | director: Peter Roloff | feature documentary | maxim film
Die Spur der Bombe (2014) | director: Egmont R. Koch | TV documentary | ARD
Welt der Winde (2014) | director: Monika von Behr | TV documentary series | arte
Morpheus (2014) | director: Frauke Lodders | feature film
Kofferkinder (2013) | director: Anke Kueltuer | TV documentary | ARD
My Brother’s Vows (2013) | director: Stephanie Weimar | feature documentary | Florianfilm/Bunbury Films/arte
Nordstrand (2013) | director: Florian Eichinger | feature film | Bergfilm GbR
Der Traum-Lotse: Das Kino des Andrzej Wajda (2012) | director: Anja Krug-Metzinger | TV documentary | arte
Linie 102 (2012) | director: Damian Schipporeit | short fiction
Muetter und Toechter – Geliebte Feindinnen? (2012) | directors: Marita Neher, Irene Hoefer TV feature documentary | arte
Heimat ist… (2011) | directors: Monika von Behr, Matti Bauer and others | TV documentary series | NDR
The Silence of the Pandas (2011) | director: Wilfried Huismann | TV documentary | ARD
Leonid’s Story (2011) | director: Rainer Ludwigs | short animation
Nordkap (2011) | directors: Gesa Knolle, Erik Lange | short fiction | Kontrastfilm GbR
Von Kamen nach Corleone (2011) | director: Mathias Werth | TV documentary | WDR
39-44: Tagebuch eines Lagerkommandanten (2010) | director: Anja Krug-Metzinger | TV documentary | arte
Kirchen, Kuehe und Kalaschnikows (2010) | director: Gerd Ruge | TV feature documentary | WDR
Lachsfieber [Salmonopoly] (2010) | director: Wilfried Huismann, Arno Schumann | TV documentary | WDR
Kai des Aufbruchs (2010) | director: Brigitte Krause | feature documentary | maxim film
Teuflische Jahre (2009) | director: Anja Krug-Metzinger | TV documentary | arte
Ueber das Meer / Wangerooger Leben (2009) | director: Daniel Sponsel, Bernd Glawatty | feature documentary | NDR
Remarque – Sein Weg zum Ruhm (2008) | director: Hanno Bruehl | feature docudrama | Neue Mira Filmproduktion 
Snapshot With Che (2007) | director: Wilfried Huismann | TV documentary | WDR
Feuerpause (2007) | director: Tim Garde | short fiction
Sichtachsen – Notizen aus Kreienhoop (2007) | director: Marikke Heinz-Hoek | short documentary | Hachmann Edition
Der Faehrmeister (2006) | director: Joerg Bruhn | short fiction | episode-Film
Menschen Traeume Taten (2006) | director: Andreas Stiglmayr | feature documentary
Staehlerne Einsamkeit (2006) | director: Gabriel Pielke | feature documentary
Melatonin (2005) | director: Katrin Stahrenberg | short fiction | docarts medien GmbH
DreiStromLand – Wie es heute ist (2005) | director: Barbara Thiel | feature documentary | e-motion factory
Schwarze Maria (2005) | director: Vera Bongartz | short fiction | Kunsthochschule für Medien
Luca’s Evangelium (2005) | director: Johann Sachs | short fiction | episode-Film
Der Traum des Gerold Janssen (2004) | director: Joerg Streese | feature documentary | streese.film.produktion
Ich bin ein Doktor auf Expedition (2003) | director: Heidrun Moessner | feature documentary | Mössner Filmproduktion
Frizoer (2003) | director: Ayhan Salar | short fiction | Salarfilm
Camping (2002) | director: Stella Eix | short fiction
Zwanzig Minuten mit einem Engel (2001) | director: Radik Golovkov | short fiction
Ein Minutenfilm (2001) | director: Stefanie Donker | short fiction
INK 2/3 (2001) | director: Martin Koplin | short fiction
Die Zone (2000) | directors: Erik Lange, Stefanie Donker | short fiction
Der Zauberer (1999) | directors: Ulrike Lenz, Susanne Hensdieck | short fiction