Johannes Naber (b. 1971, Baden-Baden) studied philosophy and philology in Berlin. He graduated in documentary film direction from the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy in Ludwigsburg in 1999. In 1995 he began working as a television and film gaffer. In 1999 he made the short film Popstar, and for television he shot the feature-length documentary Anfassen erlaubt (2005) and the short feature Der Zweifel (2008). In 2009 he was awarded the German Film Critics Association Award for his involvement in the screenplay for the historical drama North Face (Nordwand, 2008, dir. Philipp Stölzl). The psychological drama The Albanian is his feature film debut, screened in competition at the Moscow IFF.
MFF Karlovy Vary
