Tim Huebschle
Born (1978-05-24) May 24, 1978 (age 45)
Reutlingen, Germany
NationalityNamibian
Occupations
  • Film Director
  • Screenwriter
  • Producer
  • Editor
Spouse
Meunajo Tjiroze
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(m. 2019)​
Parents
Websitecollective.com.na

Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter.[1]

After completing his high school in Windhoek, Tim Huebschle relocated to Cape Town and completed a Bachelor of Arts in English & German Literature at the University of Cape Town. During his studies, he participated in a few film theory seminars and subsequently chose to follow a career in the film industry.[2] He started making independent short films in 2000, after leaving South Africa and moving to Berlin to pursue internships at production companies in the German capital. In 2003 he returned to Namibia where he had secured a production budget for Savanna Stories, a 13-part documentary series, aired on the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC). Upon completion of the series in 2005 Huebschle continued to work as director on a wide range of short films, documentaries, music videos and commercials. Throughout the years he collected numerous local and international accolades for his work.[3][4][5] In 2009 he co-founded the Namibian film production company Collective Productions.[6] In 2013/14 he directed 26 episodes of a documentary series and 20 episodes of a children's series for the afternoon programming of the German TV station ARD.[7] Huebschle premiered his debut full-length feature entitled #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm in October 2019.[8]

Awards and nominations

Year Awards Event Nominated work Category Result
2007 Channel O Music Video Awards Mokasie – Gazza Best Kwaito Won
2008 Channel O Music Video Awards Chokola – Lady May Best Dance Video Won
2012 Silicon Valley African Film Festival Looking for Iilonga Best Short Film Won
2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards Dead River Best Short Film Nominated
Silicon Valley African Film Festival Dead River Best Short Film Won
2019 Namibian Theatre & Film Awards Another Sunny Day Best Documentary Won
Best Sound & Music
2020 Silicon Valley African Film Festival #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm Best Narrative Feature Won

Selected filmography

Year Title Genre Director Writer Producer Editor Notes
2004 - 2005 Savanna Stories TV series Yes Yes Yes Yes directed & wrote 6 episodes; edited 9 episodes
2006 100 Years of Etosha Documentary Yes No Yes Yes
2007 Beef Short film Yes No Yes Yes
Mokasie – Gazza Music video Yes Yes No Yes
Chokola – Lady May Music video Yes Yes Yes Yes
2009 Rider without a Horse Short film Yes Yes Yes Yes co-written with Jana von Hase
2011 Looking for Iilonga Short film Yes Yes No No co-written with Nailoke Mhanda
2012 Dead River Short film Yes Yes No No co-written with Rolf Ackermann
2013 - 2015 Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere TV series Yes Yes No No
2017 Another Sunny Day Documentary Yes Yes Yes No
Oom Land Documentary Yes Yes Yes No co-written with Ernst Steynberg
Nikhita’s Dancing Feet Documentary Yes Yes Yes No
2019 Hafeni – The Man of Mondesa Documentary Yes Yes Yes No
#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm Feature film Yes Yes No No
2020 Walking Forward Docuseries Yes No Yes Yes co-directed with Ndinomholo Ndilula

References

  1. ^ "Tim Huebschle". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  2. ^ "Tim Huebschle". IMDb. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  3. ^ "Arhiva Kraf". Liburnija film. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  4. ^ "The Villager Newspaper Namibia". www.thevillager.com.na. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  5. ^ II, Gabriel Nwoffiah. "SVAFF 2013 Awards". www.svaff.org. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
  6. ^ "Collective Productions Namibia". Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  7. ^ "Das Filmteam (Staffel 3) | Das Waisenhaus für wilde Tiere". Erstes Deutsches Fernsehen (ARD) (in German). Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  8. ^ #LANDoftheBRAVEfilm - IMDb, retrieved 2019-10-23
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