Hansjörg Weißbrich is one of Germany's most renowned film editors. After 30 years in the industry, he has worked on more than 70 feature films so far. His work has been honored with numerous awards, including three German Film Awards. 

 

Weißbrich notably won Best Editing at the German Film Awards and Film Independent Spirit Awards for his work on the Paramount feature September 5 for director Tim Fehlbaum, which premiered at Venice Film Festival. Weißbrich also received a Critics Choice nomination, and the film was nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Golden Globes.

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Upcoming projects include Markus Schleinzer’s Rose, starring Sandra Hüller in her first role after her Oscar nomination for Anatomy Of A Fall, and frequent collaborator Petra Volpe's Frank & Louis, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival. More recently, Weißbrich cut Volpe's Late Shift and Ina Weisse's Cicadas, which both premiered at Berlin International Film Festival; the Taika Waititi executive-produced We Were Dangerous, directed by Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu; and Kirill Serebrennikov’s Disappearance of Josef Mengele, which premiered at Cannes Film Festival.

 

He is best known for his collaboration with director Maria Schrader on the films She Said,  I’m Your Man, Stefan Zweig: Farewell To Europe, and on the Emmy-winning Netflix series Unorthodox. Weißbrich also has a longtime working relationship with highly acclaimed German director Hans-Christian Schmid. Since 1995, they have worked together on 8 feature films, including Sandra Hüller’s feature film debut Requiem, which won her a Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival in 2006 and marked the starting point of her world career. 

 

In addition, Weißbrich has worked with Academy Award-winning Danish director Bille August (Night Train to Lisbon with Jeremy Irons and 55 Steps with Helena Bonham-Carter and Hilary Swank), Academy Award-winner Florian Gallenberger (Colonia with Emma Watson and Daniel Brühl), Marco Kreuzpaintner (Trade with Kevin Kline, produced by Roland Emmerich), Swiss director Petra Volpe (The Divine Order, Swiss Oscar submission 2018 and Tribeca winner 2017), veteran director Margarethe von Trotta (Ingeborg Bachmann - Journey Into The Desert with Vicky Krieps), and many more.

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Weißbrich is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the European Film Academy, and the German Film Academy.