Émile V. Schlesser is a Luxembourgish film director, screenwriter, composer and multimedia artist.
Biography Émile V. Schlesser was born in Luxembourg City. He studied painting with Markus Lüpertz at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 2007 to 2009, followed by studies in video and film with Marcel Odenbach. In 2018 he graduated with the title "Meisterschüler" (master student).
In 2015, he made the short film Roxy, marking the start of his collaboration with producer and director Fabien Colas. Schlesser financed the production by selling his paintings created during his art studies. His next short film Superhero, starring Maria Dragus, Jannik Schümann and Nico Randel, won the 13th Street Shocking Short Award in 2020. This award is presented every year by NBC Universal at the Munich Film Festival. In 2021 he made two more short films, Vis-a-Vis (starring his brother, actor Tommy Schlesser) and the tragicomic satire Kowalsky.
He lives in Luxembourg and Düsseldorf. In addition to his native Luxembourgish, Schlesser is fluent in German, English and French.
Filmography +YearTitleDirectorWriterEditorComposerProducerNotes2015RoxyNoYesYesNoYesshort film, Role: Jeff2020SuperheroYesYesYesYesNoshort film2021Vis-a-VisYesYesYesNoYesshort film2022KowalskyYesYesYesYesNoshort film
Awards and nominations
For Superhero
2020: Shocking Short Award by NBC Universal/13th Street 2020: „Prädikat: Wertvoll“ by Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW)
For Vis-a-Vis
2021: Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis (nominated)
References
External links Interview The New Current (on Superhero) Interview The New Current (on Kowalsky) Interview Arte TV (german, french) Interview WDR (german) Émile V. Schlesser MUBI
Superhero, Directors Notes Vis-a-Vis, Booooooom TV Vis-a-Vis, Omeleto