Robert Sigl

Agent: Conrad Williams

Biography:  Robert Sigl was born in 1962 and raised in Germany. From 1981 to 1986 he attended Munich Film School. His diploma work LAURIN won him the Bavarian Film Award for Best Direction of a Newcomer. Since then he has directed several acclaimed feature films and TV movies in Canada, France, Hungary, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. He has received numerous development fundings for his projects and screenplays and he has worked for U.S. Networks Showtime and SciFi Channel with stars like Malcolm McDowell, Eleanor Tomlinson, David Bamber and Murray Melvin. Three-times-Oscar winning composer Howard Shore is going to provide the soundtrack for Sigl's upcoming 15-Million-Dollar production THE SPIDER.

Robert is fluent in English and German, and knows conversational French. 

Education:
Directing: Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film HFF, Munich, Germany 1986
Screen Writing: Drehbuchwerkstatt München, Munich, Germany 1989

 Awards:
Bavarian Film Award 1989 for Best Direction of a Newcomer
Nominated for Max-Ophüls-Award 1989
Nominated for the German Director's Award Metropolis 2012

 

Credits: 

  • HEPZIBAH aka: THE VILLAGE (2010. Feature film English Language UFA FILM)
  • VIENNA CRIME SQUAD (2008-2011. TV series 11 episodes. Satel Film)
  • SCENE OF THE CRIME - AVENGING ANGEL (2005. TV movie. Telefilm Saar)
  • SCENE OF THE CRIME - TARGET (2001. TV movie Telefilm Saar)
  • THE INVESTIGATOR (2002 - 2005. TV series. 2 episodes. Monaco Film)
  • THE ISLAND OF FEAR (2000. TV movie. Real Film)
  • SCHOOL'S OUT (1999. Feature film. Real Film. US Distribution: Fangoria/MTI)
  • LEXX - THE SERIES (1999. TV series. Salter Street Films. For Sci-Fi Channel USA)
  • GHOSTHUNTER JOHN SINCLAIR (1998. TV series. Endemol)
  • ALARM FOR COBRA 11 (1997. TV series. Polyphon)
  • LEXX-THE DARK ZONE: 4.0. GIGA SHADOW (1996. TV movie. English language. Salter Street Films for Showtime USA. Starring Malcolm McDowell)
  • GROSSE FREIHEIT (1995. TV series. Multimedia)
  • STELLA STELLARIS (1994. Miniseries. Bavaria Film)
  • LAURIN (1989. Feature film. English Language. Winner of Bavarian Film Award for Best Newcoming Director. Salinas Film)
  • THE CHRISTMAS TREE (1983. Short film. HFF Munich)
  • THE CABIN (1982. Short film. HFF Munich )