Katrin Gebbe (born 1983) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Biography Katrin Gebbe studied liberal arts and visual communication at the Academy of Visual Arts in Enschede, where she made her first short experimental film.„Sores & Sîrîn“ von Katrin Gebbe - Kurzschluss arte.tv, 20 March 2012, last access 1 May 2013. In 2005, she completed her postgraduate specialty work of film direction at the Hamburg Media School.Katrin Gebbe – Workexperience katringebbe.com, last access 1 May 2013. Her degree work, the short film Şoreş & Şîrîn, featuring Ulrike Folkerts, was awarded at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival with the ″Adult Jury Prize″ for short films. In addition, Şoreş & Şîrîn also received the European Young Civis media prize in 2009
Her feature film début Nothing Bad Can Happen (German: Tore tanzt) tells the story of a Hamburg Jesus Freak. The film received an invitation from the Un Certain Regard section at the 66th Cannes Film Festival.Produktionsspiegel: Niedersachsen/Bremen – Tore tanzt nordmedia.de, last access 1 May 2013.2013 Official Selection festival-cannes.fr, last access 1 May 2013. There, the movie also had its premiere, on 23 May 2013. Gebbe and Verena Höfe-Gräft, the producer, originally met during their time in college and started working together on the project in 2009. The main role was played by the actor, newcomer Julius Feldmeier.Mit dem ersten Langfilm zu den Filmfestspielen abendblatt.de, last access 13 May 2013. For this movie, Katrin Gebbe received the 2013 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik for the best feature film début,Preis der deutschen Filmkritik 2013 Official website of the Association of German Film Critics (reg. ass.), last access 6 May 2014. as the Bavarian Film Awards for the best newcomer director.
Filmography KOI (short film - 2006) Narzissen (short film - 2007) Einladung (short film - 2007) Şoreş & Şîrîn (short film - 2008) Nothing Bad Can Happen (2013) Tatort: Fünf Minuten Himmel (2016, TV series episode) The Field Guide to Evil (2018, anthology film, segment: A Nocturnal Breath) Pelican Blood (2019) The Empress (2022, co-directing in upcoming Netflix series; lead director in pilot and two episodes)
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