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Shamila Lengsfeld

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Shamila Lengsfeld is an Iranian-German director and screenwriter. She studied successfully at a film school in Cologne, Germany, and then attended the New York Film Academy in Los Angeles for an advanced directing degree. Her work has won international awards, like the sci-fi film, BLAKE, which won the German Newcomer Film Award 2018. Furthermore, her films often address sociopolitical issues, but questions of identity and belonging are also central to her work and wrapped in the genres of sci-fi, action, and crime.
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    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 14 nominations total

    Known for

    Echo (2019)
    Echo
    Short
    • Director
    • 2019
    Blake (2017)
    Blake
    6.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 2017
    Yasmin Münter, Ferdi Özten, Shamila Lengsfeld, Timur Uelker, Lilian-Felicitas Prudlo, Mareike Schaefer, and Marius Milinski in Alveus (2018)
    Alveus
    Short
    • Director
    • 2018
    The Night of the Hungry Turtles (2019)
    The Night of the Hungry Turtles
    Short
    • Director
    • 2019

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    Director



    • Mama
      • Director
      • Completed
      • Short
    • Mantis
      • Director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Mini Series



    • German Horror Story - Teutonic Terror Tales (2025)
      German Horror Story - Teutonic Terror Tales
      • segment director
      • 2025
    • Echoes from the Abyss (2024)
      Echoes from the Abyss
      Short
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Cats of Tyre (2023)
      Cats of Tyre
      Short
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Tidiane Diedhiou, Iftach Vardi, Frank Cieslik, Shamila Lengsfeld, and Lina Zaraket in Matcha Latte, Law Sama7te (2022)
      Matcha Latte, Law Sama7te
      9.6
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Karen & Sally (2020)
      Karen & Sally
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Hotel (2019)
      Hotel
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Echo (2019)
      Echo
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Pralinenliebe (2019)
      Pralinenliebe
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • The Night of the Hungry Turtles (2019)
      The Night of the Hungry Turtles
      Short
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Yasmin Münter, Ferdi Özten, Shamila Lengsfeld, Timur Uelker, Lilian-Felicitas Prudlo, Mareike Schaefer, and Marius Milinski in Alveus (2018)
      Alveus
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Der Lieferant (2018)
      Der Lieferant
      Short
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Blake (2017)
      Blake
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Mirroring Me (2016)
      Mirroring Me
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • She (2016)
      She
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • I Am Wolf (2016)
      I Am Wolf
      TV Mini Series
      • Director
      • 2016

    Writer



    • Mama
      • screenplay by
      • Completed
      • Short



    • Echoes from the Abyss (2024)
      Echoes from the Abyss
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2024
    • Tidiane Diedhiou, Iftach Vardi, Frank Cieslik, Shamila Lengsfeld, and Lina Zaraket in Matcha Latte, Law Sama7te (2022)
      Matcha Latte, Law Sama7te
      9.6
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Hotel (2019)
      Hotel
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Echo (2019)
      Echo
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • The Night of the Hungry Turtles (2019)
      The Night of the Hungry Turtles
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Der Lieferant (2018)
      Der Lieferant
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • She (2016)
      She
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • I Am Wolf (2016)
      I Am Wolf
      TV Mini Series
      • creator
      • 2016
    • From Nuns & Prostitutes
      From Nuns & Prostitutes
      Short
      • Writer

    Producer



    • Mantis
      • producer
      • Pre-production
      • TV Mini Series



    • Echoes from the Abyss (2024)
      Echoes from the Abyss
      Short
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Yasmin Münter, Ferdi Özten, Shamila Lengsfeld, Timur Uelker, Lilian-Felicitas Prudlo, Mareike Schaefer, and Marius Milinski in Alveus (2018)
      Alveus
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Der Lieferant (2018)
      Der Lieferant
      Short
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Blake (2017)
      Blake
      6.8
      Short
      • producer
      • 2017
    • Mirroring Me (2016)
      Mirroring Me
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • I Am Wolf (2016)
      I Am Wolf
      TV Mini Series
      • producer
      • 2016

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