Robert Kummer is an experienced film editor and film maker, based in Berlin. His work style is strongly affected by long lasting – and still ongoing – collaborations with artists and directors such as Ralf Schmerberg, Herbert Grönemeyer and Christoph Schlingensief.
Robert’s unique work is characterized by his sense for striking details and situations and bringing them together in authentic cinematographic stories.
„My love for pictures inspires my every action.“
Robert Kummer is an experienced film editor and film maker, based in Berlin. His work style is strongly affected by long lasting – and still ongoing – collaborations with artists and directors such as Ralf Schmerberg, Herbert Grönemeyer and Christoph Schlingensief. Robert’s unique work is characterized by his sense for striking details and situations and bringing them together in authentic cinematographic stories. Robert started doing photography with 14 and straight after school he began working in a filmcompany and editig movies. Until now he has worked on over 250 movies.
Awards & Festivals
2012
Competition – MashRome Film Festival, Rome with Irgendwo in Berlin
Opening movie at Stockholm International Film Festival – Junior, Bronze
Horse for Best Film Weil ich schöner bin
2011
Planet in Focus film-festival in Toronto with Fairy Kings – If Trees
Could Talk
Lucern International Film Festival, Best Documentary for PROBLEMA – Who are we in the 21st century?
2010
German Film Award Winner „Best Short“ Manolo
2008
Cinema for Peace award, most valuable documentary, Trouble – Teatime in Heiligendamm
Shanghai International Film Festival: World Premiere Little Paris
IPTV Award, most innovative project for They call us Candy Girls – first season
2007
ADC Award, silver for campaign Dropping Knowledge – Ask yourself
ADC Award, silver for conference Dropping Knowledge / Table of free Voices
Bronze Epica Awards for commercial Glenn Fiddich /Every Year Counts
Möbius Award – Second Place Certification for Outstanding Creativity
for commercial Glenn Fiddich / Every Year Counts
Art Directors Club Germany, silver in the category Viral Commercial for
dropping knowledge
Eurobest, Silver for Glenn Fiddich / Every Year Counts
INDEX: Award, Top nominee in the category Community: dropping knowledge
Shots.net, Germany’s Top 10 of the Year for the campaign ask yourself / dropping knowledge
Méliès d‘Argent Award 2007 best european shortfilm in Sitges ESP Die Grosse Werkstatt – The Big Garage / written by TC. Boyle
2005
Berlinale, World premiere Stadt als Beute
Cine Independiente, Buenos Aires, filmfestival Kolkata 2006, Stadt als Beute
Lobende Erwähnung – Internationaler Verband der Filmkunsttheater („Confédération Internationale des Cinémas D´Art et Essai“) Stadt als Beute
2003
Hofer Filmtage 2003, Freakstars 3000
International Film Festival Rotterdam 2004, Freakstars 3000
Education
2007
Supervising film students, FH Salzburg, film project G8 “We are watching you!”
1999 – 2002
Selected classes in film studies, politics, history, american studies at Freie Universität / Humboldt Universität, Berlin
1998 – 2001
Seminars attended by Dr. Charlie Möller Nass: Strategies for cinematographic storytelling (Drehbuchwerkstatt Rhein / Ruhr)
1995
Tutor for print journalists, becoming TV journalists in the fields of post productions
1994
Scholarship for excursion to Philadelphia, USA, Germany, Poland „3. Generation after Shoa“
1993 – 1996
Film Studies at University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam-Babelsberg
