BARAN BO ODAR
Director Baran bo Odar was born in Switzerland in 1978, studied Directing at the University of Television & Film Munich. He has worked on several commercials, music videos and award-winning short films. His feature debut THE SILENCE (2010) premiered at the Piazza Grande in Locarno and gained him a spot as one of Variety’s Ten Directors to Watch in 2011. His next film WHO AM I was a German box office hit. Warner Brothers has closed a deal to remake WHO AM I. His first US movie was the action thriller SLEEPLESS starring Jamie Foxx and Michelle Monaghan which was released February 24th 2017.
Together with Jantje Friese he is the showrunner of the NETFLIX Original Series DARK which was launched Dec 1st 2017 worldwide on Netflix in over 190 countries and is now one of the most watched series on Netflix.