director of the films "Riefenstahl" and "Beuys"
Andres Veiel work is characterized by intensive research, some of it lasting several years. For his films Winternachtstraum (1991), Balagan (1993), Die Überlebenden / The Survivors (1996), Black Box Germany (2001), Die Spielwütigen / Addicted to Acting (2004), Der Kick (2006), Wer wenn nicht wir / If not us Who (2011) Beuys (2017), Ökozid / Ecocide (2020) and Riefenstahl (2024) he has received more than fifty awards, including the European Film Prize and several German Film Prizes.