Christian Becker is a German

Germans

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 film producer

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

. He ist co-owner of Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Rat Pack Filmproduktion

- History :Rat Pack Filmprouduktion GmbH was founded by Christian Becker with Anita Schneider, Jürgen Egger, Alexander Rümelin, Catarina Raacke and Constantin Film in January, 2001 in Munich, Germany.- List of films by Rat Pack Film Production :...

 together with German major studio Constantin Film

Constantin Film

- History :Constantin Film Distribution GmbH was founded by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen on April 1, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. On December 21, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Constantin Film GmbH....

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Biography

After working in the film business for many years, he enrolled at the University of Television and Film Munich

University of Television and Film Munich

The University of Television and Film Munich is a publicly funded film school in Munich, Germany. The school was established in 1966 by decree of the Bavarian government. The University of Television and Film Munich is one of Germany's most reputable film schools with about 350 students enrolled...

 in 1994, where he went on to produce over 15 short films, commercials and documentaries, including the shorts "The Wrong Trip" and "Living Dead" by directing student Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel is a film director, writer and actor from Germany.-Movie career:Gansel is best known for directing The Wave; his following project is the vampire film We Are The Night, which stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.- Filmography :* 1999 — Das...

, and shorts by their mutual friend and fellow student Peter Thorwarth "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer" and "Mafia, Pizza, Razzia". He also produced graduating films like Benjamin Herrmann

Benjamin Herrmann

Benjamin Herrmann is a German film producer and distributor.-Career:Benjamin Herrmann studied Directing at the Munich Academy for Film and Television...

's "The Big Laugh" based on the Henry Slesar

Henry Slesar

Henry Slesar was an American author, playwright, and copywriter. He was also known as O.H. Leslie and Jay Street.-Early life:...

 short story and Student Oscar winner "Quiero ser (I want to be ...)

Quiero ser (I want to be ...)

Quiero ser is a 2000 short drama film directed by Florian Gallenberger. It won an Academy Award in 2001 for Best Short Subject.-Cast:* Emilio Perez - Juan, as a boy* Fernando Pena Cuevas - Jorge, as a boy...

" by Florian Gallenberger

Florian Gallenberger

Florian Gallenberger is a German film director. His film Quiero ser was awarded the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film in 2001.-Career:...

. No student in the history of Munich Film School has ever produced as many student films as Christian Becker.

In 1997, Becker founded Indigo Filmproduktion and Becker & Haeberle Filmproduktion together with partner Thomas Haeberle, with which he produced Dennis Gansel's TV movie "Das Phantom", or Thorwarth's theatrical cult features "Bang Boom Bang

Bang Boom Bang

Bang Boom Bang is a German comedy film from 1999. The movie is set in Unna, Westphalia, which was, besides Dortmund, one of the shooting locations.-Plot:The part-time criminal Keek is in trouble, after losing most of the money on the horses...

" and "Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht" | "If it don't fit use a bigger hammer". After follow-ups including "Kanak Attack" based on Feridun Zaimoğlu

Feridun Zaimoglu

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's novel and "7 Days To Live", Becker was one of the most successful producers in the German industry at the age of 28.
In August 2000, Becker and Häberle folded their production shingle into the entertainment conglom they co-founded, F.A.M.E. AG, and went public on Germany's Neuer Markt

Frankfurt Stock Exchange

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In 2001, Christian Becker left Indigo and Becker & Häberle, going on to found Rat Pack Filmproduktion

Rat Pack Filmproduktion

- History :Rat Pack Filmprouduktion GmbH was founded by Christian Becker with Anita Schneider, Jürgen Egger, Alexander Rümelin, Catarina Raacke and Constantin Film in January, 2001 in Munich, Germany.- List of films by Rat Pack Film Production :...

and Westside Filmproduktion together with leading German distrib Constantin Film

Constantin Film

- History :Constantin Film Distribution GmbH was founded by Waldfried Barthel and Preben Philipsen on April 1, 1950 in Frankfurt, Germany. On December 21, 1964, the name of the company was changed to Constantin Film GmbH....

and his close-knit band of filmmaking pros.

Filmography

Feature Films

• "We are the night"/ "Wir sind die Nacht" (2010) (producer)
• "Jerry Cotton" (2010) (producer)
• "Zeiten ändern Dich" (2010) (producer)
• "The Crocodiles Strike Back"/ "Vorstadtkrokodile 2" (2010) (producer)
• "The Legend of Loch Ness"/ "Die Legende von Loch Ness" (2010) (TV) (producer)
• "The Funny Fairytales"/ "Die ProSieben Märchenstunde" (producer) (16 episodes, 2006–2009)
• "Wickie The Mighty Viking"/ "Wickie und die starken Männer" (2009) (producer)
• "The Crocodiles"/ "Vorstadtkrokodile" (2009) (producer)
• "Killing is my business, honey"/ "Mord ist mein Geschäft, Liebling" (2009) (producer)
• "ProSieben Funny Movies" (2008) (TV) (producer)
• "The Secret of Loch Ness"/ "Das Wunder von Loch Ness" (2008) (TV) (producer)
• "The Wave"/ "Die Welle" (2008) (producer)
• "Darkness"/ "Nachts - Geschichten aus der Dunkelheit" (2008) TV series (producer)
• "Lotta in Love" (2006/2007) (Telenovela) (producer)
• "The Vexxer"/ "Neues vom Wixxer" (2007) (producer)
• "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer"/ "Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht - Die Serie" (producer) (3 seasons, 2005–2009)
• "Hui Buh: The Goofy Ghost"/ "Hui Buh - Das Schlossgespenst" (2006) (producer)
• "French for Beginners"/ "Französisch für Anfänger" (2006) (co-producer)
• "My Big Fat Turkish Wedding"/ "Meine verrückte türkische Hochzeit" (2006) (TV) (producer)
• "Goldene Zeiten" (2006) (producer)
• "Vollgas - Gebremst wird später" (2005) (TV) (producer)
• "Ich bin ein Berliner" (2005) (TV) (producer)
• "Code of the templars"/ "Das Blut der Templer" (2004) (TV) (producer)
• "Scratch: The New Sound of Terror"/ "Ratten 2 - Sie kommen wieder!" (2004) (TV) (producer)
• "The TriXXer"/ "Der Wixxer" (2004) (producer)
• "Jazzclub - Der frühe Vogel fängt den Wurm" (2004) (producer)
• "Girl No.1"/ "Mädchen Nr. 1" (2003) (TV) (co-producer)
• "Nikos the Impaler"/ "Nikos" (2003) (V) (producer)
• "Hunt for the hidden relic"/ "Jesus Video" (2002) (TV) (producer)
• "Cuba Libre"/ "Kubaner küssen besser" (2002) (TV) (producer)
• "If It Don't Fit, Use a Bigger Hammer"/ "Was nicht passt, wird passend gemacht" (2002) (producer)
• "Turkish Delights"/ "Alles getürkt!" (2002) (TV) (producer)
• "Revenge of the Rats"/ "Ratten - sie werden dich kriegen!" (2001) (TV) (producer)
• "A Fine Romance"/ "Sind denn alle netten Männer schwul" (2001) (TV) (producer)
• "One wedding and no funeral"/ "Eine Hochzeit und (k)ein Todesfall" (2001) (TV) (producer)
• "Kanak Attack" (2000) (producer)
• "7 Days to Live" (2000) (producer)
• "The Phantom"/ "Das Phantom" (2000) (TV) (producer)
• "Josephine" (2000) (producer)
• "Biikenbrennen - Der Fluch des Meeres" (1999) (TV) (producer)
• "Bang Boom Bang"/ "Bang Boom Bang - Ein todsicheres Ding (1999) (producer)
• "Our Island in the South Pacific"/ "Südsee, eigene Insel" (1999) (producer)

Short Films

• "Kismet" (2000) (executive producer)
• "Quiero ser (I want to be ...)" (2000) (executive producer)
• "Operation Bluebird" (1999) (co-producer)
• "Living Dead" (1998) (producer)
• "Mafia, Pizza, Razzia" (1997) (producer)
• "Die letzte Sekunde" (1997) (co-producer)
• "Drachenträume" (1997) (producer)
• "Was nicht paßt, wird passend gemacht" (1997) (producer)
• "Fools and Heroes" (1997) (supervising producer)
• "Der große Lacher" (1997) (producer)
• "Die rote Waschmaschine" (1997) (producer)
• "One Night Suicide" (1996) (producer)
• "Der Tote vom anderen Ufer" (1996) (line producer)
• "Kreuz & quer" (1995) (supervising producer)
• "The Wrong Trip" (1995) (producer)

Movie productions

Under the Rat Pack label, Christian Becker again had a remarkable string of successes, producing hit made-for-TV action-adventure "Hunt for the hidden relic" ("Jesus Video") based on Andreas Eschbach

Andreas Eschbach

Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic.- Biography :...

's bestseller, two seasons of the series spin-off "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer" – The Series", "Rats 2", and mystic actioner "Blood of the templars".

His theatrical features include box-office smash Hammer-style Edgar Wallace

Edgar Wallace

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was an English crime writer, journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright, who wrote 175 novels, 24 plays, and numerous articles in newspapers and journals....

 spoof "The TriXXer" ("Der WiXXer"), which sold a total of 3 million tickets with the sequel "The VeXXer" ("Neues vom WiXXer"), as well as Peter Thorwarth's satire "Goldene Zeiten" (2004) starring Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict is an American movie, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in The A-Team television series and Lieutenant Starbuck in the original Battlestar Galactica film and television series.-Early life:Benedict was born...

, hit kidpic "Hui Buh - The Goofy Ghost" (2005) and Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel

Dennis Gansel is a film director, writer and actor from Germany.-Movie career:Gansel is best known for directing The Wave; his following project is the vampire film We Are The Night, which stars Karoline Herfurth, Nina Hoss, Jennifer Ulrich, Anna Fischer and Max Riemelt.- Filmography :* 1999 — Das...

's Sundance

Sundance Film Festival

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 entry and European box-office smash "The Wave (2008 film)

The Wave (2008 film)

The Wave is a 2008 German film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Jacob Matschenz and Frederick Lau. It is based on the book The Wave which was inspired by the social experiment The Third Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack...

" (Die Welle) (2008).
2009 saw the release of hit kidpic Max von der Grün

Max von der Grün

Max von der Grün was a German novelist.Max von der Grün was born in Bayreuth and grew up in Mitterteich. After a clerical apprenticeship, he became a paratrooper during World War II in 1944. He was captured by U.S...

's "The Crocodiles", the screwball gangster comedy "Killing is my business, honey", starring Rick Kavanian and Christian Tramitz as well a Eúropean film legens Bud Spencer

Bud Spencer

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 and Franco Nero

Franco Nero

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He also produced the most successful German

Germany

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 box office hit 2009 WICKIE the Mighty Viking

Vicky the Viking

Vicky the Viking, known as in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an Austrian-German-Japanese cartoon series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows...

by director Michael "Bully" Herbig; the film made nearly 5 millions admissions in Germany only with a total gross revenue of approximately $40,582,384.

Awards and nominations (Excerpts)

Won

• 2009: German Comedy Awards Most Successful Picture - "WICKIE the Mighty Viking"
  Vicky the Viking
  Vicky the Viking, known as in Germany and Austria and in Japan, is an Austrian-German-Japanese cartoon series which tells the adventures of Vicky, a young Viking boy who uses his wits to help his Viking fellows...
  
  
• 2008: German Film Awards
  Deutscher Filmpreis
  The Deutscher Filmpreis is the highest German movie award. From 1951 to 2004 it was awarded by a commission, since 2005 the award has been given by the Deutsche Filmakademie...
  
   Best Picture/ Bronze - "The Wave (2008 film)
  The Wave (2008 film)
  The Wave is a 2008 German film directed by Dennis Gansel and starring Jürgen Vogel, Max Riemelt, Jennifer Ulrich, Jacob Matschenz and Frederick Lau. It is based on the book The Wave which was inspired by the social experiment The Third Wave. The film was produced by Christian Becker for Rat Pack...
  
  "
• 1999: Bavarian Film Award/ VFF for Best New Producer - "Bang Boom Bang
  Bang Boom Bang
  Bang Boom Bang is a German comedy film from 1999. The movie is set in Unna, Westphalia, which was, besides Dortmund, one of the shooting locations.-Plot:The part-time criminal Keek is in trouble, after losing most of the money on the horses...
  
  "

Nominated

• 2006: German Comedy Awards Best Comedy Series - for: "Die ProSieben Märchenstunde"
• 2005: German Comedy Awards Best Comedy Series - for: "Kalkofes Mattscheibe"
• 2004: German Comedy Awards Best Comedy Series - for: "Was nicht passt wird passend gemacht - Die Serie"

External links

• Rat Pack Homepage