Conclave, a movie by Edward Berger, follows one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events – selecting the new Pope
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Edward Berger
BrowsingEdward Berger was Oscar®-nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for his modern retelling of the 1930 German classic All Quiet on the Western Front, which he also directed and produced. The film won seven BAFTAs and four Academy Awards®, including an Oscar® for Berger for Best International Feature Film, en route to becoming one of the most honored international films ever.
Previously, Berger directed all five episodes of Showtime’s limited series “Patrick Melrose,” starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving. The show won four BAFTAs (including Berger’s BAFTA for Best Limited Series) and was nominated for five Emmy Awards, including Best Limited Series and Best Directing, in addition to a Golden Globe for Best Actor.
Up next for the filmmaker is the mystery The Ballad of a Small Player, starring Colin Farrell, Tilda Swinton and Fala Chen. The film is currently in production.
Edward Berger graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1994 with a degree in directing. He gained his first professional experience working for the U.S. independent production company Good Machine, including working on films helmed by Ang Lee and Todd Haynes.
Berger’s film Jack was invited into the competition of the Berlin International Film Festival and nominated in three categories for the German Academy Award (Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay). It went on to win the German Academy Award in Silver for Best Picture, as well as Best Director and Best Picture at the German Directors Guild Awards.
In 2015 Berger’s eight-part television series “Deutschland 83” premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and aired to rave reviews on Sundance TV as the first German television show ever to be released in the U.S. It won an International Emmy, the Peabody Award, the Goldene Kamera and the award for Best International Drama Series at the renowned Séries Mania Festival in Paris. It also sold to Canal+ in France and Channel 4 in England, as well as to Scandinavia, Russia and many other territories around the world.
Press release from Fosforo Press.
