Andre Hörmann is a LA-based documentary filmmaker who has received prestigious artist scholarships from German cultural institutions such as Goethe-Institut, Villa Aurora and DAAD and received five Awards of Exceptional Cultural Value of German FBW. Andre recently completed his first documentary feature film Ringside, which premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in February. In 2006, Andre directed the
documentary short film Calcutta Calling which screened at many film festivals including IDFA, Silverdocs and the Chicago Documentary Festival. In 2010, he directed and produced the short film Father’s Prayer which screened at DOK Leipzig and Visions du Réel. He has directed several acclaimed shorts including: Loden, The Little Monk, Ari and the Day of the Dead, Tsering on Top of the World, Seanna - Alone in Hollywood, and Sharukh- On the Road to Happiness, which screened at DOK Leipzig, Toronto International Film Festival Kids (TIFFKids), Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF), Aspen Shorts and was broadcast on ZDF and ARTE. Bhavini I Only Want to Dance, Ari and the Day of the Dead and Andrew with Great Fanfare won awards at CICFF and Andrew screened at DOK Leipzig, Aspen Shorts, TIFFKids, BAMKids New York, and was broadcast on ARTE and RBB. In 201, his latest documentary Crowley - Every Cowboy Needs His Horse screened at festivals including DOK Leipzig, IDFA, CICFF, was nominated for the prestigious German Children's Film Award and the European Children’s Film Award and was broadcast on
ZDF. The follow up Crowley – Cowboy Up premiered at DOK Leipzig and IDFA. Recently, Obon, won the Best Animated Film Award at Krakow Film Festival, the „Große Klappe“ Award DOXS-Duisburg, Grand Prix Award Cinanima the Cinanima and has screened at festivals including Sundance, DOC NYC, Docaviv, Palm Springs Shortfest, Melbourne and Hiroshima. In addition to his work as a filmmaker, he is completing his PhD in Media Science, recently graduated from the UCLA Professionals Program in Screenwriting and teaches film at several universities.