Dave Lojek

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1975-10-05 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Berlin, East Germany

Dave Lojek

Biography

Dave Lojek loves filmmaking. He belongs to the prolific and most often selected directors of the 21st century with over 1963premiere screenings of his distributions at international film festivals worldwide. His favorite genres are comedy, parody, fantasy, romance, poetry, sci-fi and experiment. Dave also directs documentaries, dramas, portraits, and music videos. His works and distributions won 242 film awards. Dave Lojek graduated with an MA in English / American and Cultural Studies from Humboldt-University in his hometown Berlin. In terms of content and style, Dave's poetic films are about magic, love, death, friendship, loneliness, artists, oddities, escapism, mythology and the everyday. Based on the Homo-Ludens-principle, Dave clearly focuses his often-cheerful work on the universal and timeless. His motivation is intrinsic. As independent producer, he created 181 movies in 26 cities in 12 European countries by 2024. Mr. Lojek hosts monthly open cinema screenings in Germany’s oldest cinema and annual film workshops called KinoKabarets with his initiative KinoBerlino. Dave works as film distributor and president of a Film Association. The productions of APEIRON FILMS and KinoBerlino have been broadcast weekly since 2008 (ca. 11.982 times) on German TV and viewed online over 2 million times.

Known For

Director

Traces of Grief

as Director

2024
2023
Umbra of Deceit

as Director

2023
Osmosis

as Director

2023
EGGspression

as Director

2022
Calxophobia

as Director

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Director

2018
Keeper

as Director

2018
Snitch

as Director

2018
2018
The Last Supper

as Director

2017
Arachne

as Co-Director

2017
Fortune Flies

as Director

2016
Proverbial Luck

as Director

2016
Pure Sweetness

as Director

2016
Fainting Flicker

as Director

2016
Refugee Poetry

as Director

2013
Psychic Sue

as Director

2013
Hec Tic Tac

as Director

2013
Paradise Beach

as Director

2012
Two Too Odd

as Director

2011
Trust

as Director

2010
Perspective

as Director

Producer

Traces of Grief

as Publicist

Traces of Grief

as Producer

2023
Umbra of Deceit

as Producer

2023
Osmosis

as Producer

2023
EGGspression

as Producer

2023
Core of a Nature

as Publicist

2022
Calxophobia

as Producer

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Producer

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Production Manager

2018
2018
The Last Supper

as Producer

2018
Keeper

as Producer

2018
Snitch

as Producer

2017
Arachne

as Producer

2017
Fortune Flies

as Producer

2016
Proverbial Luck

as Producer

2016
Pure Sweetness

as Producer

2016
Fainting Flicker

as Producer

2016
Refugee Poetry

as Producer

2013
Psychic Sue

as Producer

2013
Hec Tic Tac

as Producer

2013
Paradise Beach

as Producer

2012
Two Too Odd

as Producer

2011
Trust

as Producer

2010
Perspective

as Producer

Editor

Traces of Grief

as Editor

2023
Umbra of Deceit

as Editor

2023
Osmosis

as Editor

2023
EGGspression

as Editor

2022
Calxophobia

as Editor

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Editor

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Colorist

2018
The Last Supper

as Editor

2018
Keeper

as Editor

2018
Snitch

as Editor

2017
Arachne

as Editor

2017
Fortune Flies

as Editor

2016
Proverbial Luck

as Editor

2016
Pure Sweetness

as Editor

2016
2016
Refugee Poetry

as Colorist

2016
Refugee Poetry

as Editor

2013
Psychic Sue

as Editor

2013
Hec Tic Tac

as Editor

2013
Paradise Beach

as Editor

2012
Two Too Odd

as Editor

2011
Trust

as Editor

2010
Perspective

as Editor

Camera

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Director of Photography

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Set Photographer

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Camera Operator

2017
Fortune Flies

as Director of Photography

2016
Fainting Flicker

as Director of Photography

2016
Fainting Flicker

as Camera Operator

2016
Fainting Flicker

as Set Photographer

2016
Refugee Poetry

as Director of Photography

2016
Refugee Poetry

as Camera Operator

2014
The Princess Strikes Back

as Director of Photography

2014
The Princess Strikes Back

as Camera Operator

2012
Two Too Odd

as Director of Photography

Writer

2017
Arachne

as Writer

2016
2016
Refugee Poetry

as Screenplay

2012
Two Too Odd

as Idea

Art

Traces of Grief

as Prop Designer

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Location Scout

2017
Arachne

as Set Designer

Sound

2023
Osmosis

as Sound Designer

2018
Keeper

as Sound Editor

Crew

2021
Fox & Penguin

as Prop Maker