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Biography of Mathias Vielsäcker:

Mathias Vielsaecker was born 1975, Karlsruhe, South-Germany. After the Abitur, studies in "audiovisual media" in Stuttgart with focus on photography, computeranimation and film. Entered the film business as assistant director intern at BLOW Film Berlin. Numerous projects as 1st AD. In 1998 first works as director of musicvideos. In 1999 the directing team TWODIRECTORS was established together with Christoph Mangler. Since this year numerous musicvideo projects have been shot, inclunding some award winning ones. First commercials in 2003. Lecturer at the "German Filmschool for Digital Artists". In parallel projects as freelance editor for musicvideos and commercials.

Music Videos:

- THE RASMUS "sail away" (TWODIRECTORS, 09/2005)
- PAULA "es kommt immer alles anders" (TWODIRECTORS, 08/2005)
- SUCH A SURGE "mission erfüllt" (TWODIRECTORS, 01/2005)
- MNEMIC "door 2.12" (TWODIRECTORS, 11/2004)
- KLEZ.E "real fernsehen" (TWODIRECTORS, 11/2004)
- ITALO RENO & GERMANY "na und !?!" (TWODIRECTORS, 11/2004)
- SURF "I'm a boy" (TWODIRECTORS, 09/2004)
- ELLI "not my type" (TWODIRECTORS, 09/2004)
- CALIBAN "the beloved and the hatred" (TWODIRECTORS, 09/2004)
- VANILLA NINJA "when the indians cry" (TWODIRECTORS, 08/2004)
- ASHANA "u gonna get it" (TWODIRECTORS, 07/2004)
- ELLI "in my dream" (TWODIRECTORS, 06/2004)
- BIZ MARKIE "friends" (TWODIRECTORS, 04/2004)
- SANDY "unnatural blonde" (TWODIRECTORS, 04/2004)
- 4LYN "kisses of a strobelight" (TWODIRECTORS, 04/2004)
- VANILLA NINJA "don't go too fast" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2004)
- ROD MICHAEL "someday" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2004)
- VANILLA NINJA "tough enough" (TWODIRECTORS, 10/2003)
- DESIRE "why me" (TWODIRECTORS, 10/2003)
- TAPE "yeeha" (TWODIRECTORS, 08/2003)
- ASD "sag mir wo die party ist!" (TWODIRECTORS, 05/2003)
- CURSE "hand hoch" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2003)
- SINCERE "killerboys on acid" (TWODIRECTORS, 01/2003)
- FEHLFARBEN "club der schönen Mütter" (TWODIRECTORS, 09/2002)
- YUNDI LI "la campanella" (TWODIRECTORS, 07/2002)
- DJ STYLEWARZ FEAT. TORCH & D-FLAME "bitte...wer?" (TWODIRECTORS, 07/2002)
- TELL YOUR MOTHER "just sitting here" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2002)
- AMLESET "ich will dich" (TWODIRECTORS, 12/2001)
- AMLESET "beginner" (TWODIRECTORS, 12/2001)
- CURSE "so nicht" (digital guerilla edit) (TWODIRECTORS, 10/2001)
- CURSE "warum nicht?" (TWODIRECTORS, 10/2001)
- APOCALYPTICA FEAT. M. SAYER "hope vol.II" (TWODIRECTORS, 10/2001)
- MYSTKAL FEAT. BEKTAS "jump (Amber Remix)" (TWODIRECTORS, 09/2001)
- CURSE "lass uns doch freunde sein" (TWODIRECTORS, 08/2001)
- EMIL BULLS "leaving you with this" (TWODIRECTORS, 05/2001)
- TEFLA & JALEEL "postwendend" (TWODIRECTORS, 04/2001)
- TEFLA & JALEEL "beats & raps" (TWODIRECTORS, 04/2001)
- ECHOES OF YOUTH "muchu" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2001)
- KEILERKOPF "nix zu verliern" (TWODIRECTORS, 01/2001)
- SAMIR "tut gut" (TWODIRECTORS,10/2000)
- CURSE "hassliebe" (TWODIRECTORS, 05/2000)
- ATEMLOS "nichts mehr von dir" (TWODIRECTORS, 04/2000)
- CURSE "zehn rap gesetze" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2000)
- TRISTAN "fressen und gefressen werden" (TWODIRECTORS, 02/2000)
- MASSIVE TÖNE "chartbreaker" (Vielsäcker/Bergendahl, 03/1999)
- ERIC I.Q. GRAY "the fight" (Vielsäcker/Gresenz, 02/1999)
- OLI.P "i wish" (Vielsäcker/Gresenz, 11/1998)
- DE/VISION "strange affection" (Vielsäcker/Wedig, 07/1998)

Commercials:

- COSMO "mai usor" (agency: D'Arcy, production: Sagafilm Bukarest, 11/2003)

Nominations & Awards as director:

OLI.P "i wish"
- GERMAN CLIP AWARD 1999: nominated for "best cinematography" (DP Daniel Gottschalk)

TRISTAN "fressen und gefressen werden"
- MECON 2000/NEW TALENT AWARD: 2nd place in the category "visual effects"
- CLIP 2001: nominated for "best edit" (editor: Ilka Risse)

CURSE "zehn rap gesetze"
- JUICE-AWARD 03/2001 (magazine): nominated for "best national Hip-Hop Video 2000", won 5th place in this category.

KEILERKOPF "nix zu verliern"
- MECON 2001/NEW TALENT AWARD: nominated in the category "best video"

CURSE "lass uns doch freunde sein/denk an mich"
- CLIP+ - DER MUSIKVIDEOSCHNITTPREIS: nominated for "best edit" (editor: Sven Budelmann).

FEHLFARBEN "club der schönen Mütter"
- INTERNATIONALE KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN/MuVi-Preis: nominated in the category "best video"

DJ STYLEWARZ FEAT. TORCH & D-FLAME "bitte...wer?"
- ANIMAGO AWARD 2003: 3rd place in the category "music video professional/animation" (animation by Andy Probst, X-OR Animation/Augsburg)

Projects as editor:
- PAULA "es kommt immer alles anders" (musicvideo, 08/2005)
- SUCH A SURGE "mission erfüllt" (musicvideo, 01/2005)
- MNEMIC "door 2.12" (musicvideo, 11/2004)
- KLEZ.E "real fernsehen" (musicvideo, 11/2004)
- SURF "I'm a boy" (musicvideo, 09/2004)
- ELLI "not my type" (musicvideo, 09/2004)
- VANILLA NINJA "when the indians cry" (musicvideo, 08/2004)
- ELLI "in my dreams" (musicvideo, 06/2004)
- BIZ MARKIE "friends" (musicvideo, 04/2004)
- ROD MICHAEL "someday" (musicvideo, 02/2004)
- SIEMENS Austria "spin the globe TVC" (commercial, Soupfilm, 10/2003)
- V-MALE "stereotype me" (musicvideo, 10/2003)
- RITTER SPORT "Brunnen TVC" (commercial recut, Big Fish, 08/2003)
- J.C.A. "i'll see her again tonight" (musicvideo, 08/2003)
- TAPE "yeeha" (musicvideo, 08/2003)
- NFK FEAT. EAST END ROCKERS "don't you want me" (musicvideo, 08/2003)
- FEHLFARBEN "club der schönen Mütter" (musicvideo, 09/2002)
- SOLINO (tv-spot/movie-trailer, 10/2002)
- MARK'OH "when the children cry" (musicvideo, 10/2002)
- MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPERS "i'll do it for you" (musicvideo, 08/2002)
- YUNDI LI "la campanella" (musicvideo, 07/2002)
- AMLESET "beginner" (musicvideo, 12/2001)
- ECHOES OF YOUTH "muchu" (musicvideo, 02/2001)
- SAMIR FEAT. JU "tut gut" (musicvideo, 10/2000)
- YASMIN ALLAIN "wo immer du bist" (musicvideo, 08/2000)
- BEANGROWERS "feel" (musicvideo, 06/2000)
- A.T.C. "around the world" (musicvideo, 05/2000)
- TV LOONLAND AG "börsengang" (commercial, 03/2000)
- ATEMLOS "nichts mehr von dir" (musicvideo, 03/2000)
- OZARK HENRY "love is free to interfere" (musicvideo, 10/1999)
- MASSIVE TÖNE "chartbreaker" (musicvideo, 03/1999)
- OLI.P "i wish" (musicvideo, 11/1998)
- DE/VISION "strange affection" (musicvideo, 07/1998)
- ABSOLOM "secrets" (musicvideo, 05/1998)
- SUPERKIND "mein herz hat zwei flügel" (musicvideo, 03/1998)

Nominations & Awards as editor:
SUPERKIND "mein herz hat zwei flügel"
- GERMAN CLIP AWARD 1999: nominated for "Best Edit"

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