Niko von Glasow
- Producer
- Director
- Writer
Niko Brücher was born in Cologne/Germany. He began film training with
Rainer Werner Fassbinder as a production assistant for "Lola" and
"Theatre of the World". Afterwards he worked for a number of film
directors including George Stefan Troller, Hellmuth Costard, Alexander
Kluge, Peter Zadek and Jean-Jacques Annaud. In addition Niko Brücher
worked for film distributors, studios, festivals and co-produced the
film "Dandy". Niko Brücher studied film at New York University, went on
to study drama coaching with John Costopoulos, film directing with Jack
Garfine and script writing with Syd Field and Frank Daniels. At the end
of this training period Niko Brücher went to the Film Academy of Lódz
in Poland and shot his first feature film there, Wedding Guests which
has been awarded many prizes. Niko Brücher wrote, directed and produced
the film Marie's Song, which was nominated for the German Film Award
and received the first price for best Camera Direction. Niko taught
script writing at the UCLA in Los Angeles and at the Wederzijds-Theatre
in Amsterdam. Niko Brücher lives in London and Cologne.
