Lola Randl (born 1980 in Munich) is a German film director and screenwriter.
Life and work
In 2001 Lola Randl started to study film direction at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. She graduated in 2006 with the short film Wohlfühlwochenende. After her studies in Cologne, she attended the Screenplay Workshop (Drehbuchwerkstatt München) at the Munich University of Film and Television and left in 2007 as a graduate. (2008) was Lola Randl's feature film debut and premiered at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography (selection) 2004: Nachmittagsprogramm (short film) — film direction, screenplay 2006: Feel-Good Weekend / Wohlfühlwochenende (short film) — film direction, screenplay 2008: Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf – Der Besuch (short film) — film direction, camera, screenplay 2008: / Die Besucherin — film direction, screenplay 2009: The Suffering of Mr. Karpf – The Birthday / Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf – Der Geburtstag (short film) — film direction, camera, screenplay 2012: / Die Libelle und das Nashorn — film direction, screenplay 2013: / Die Erfindung der Liebe - film direction, screenplay 2014: Landschwärmer (TV series) - film direction, camera, screenplay
Awards and nominations
Nachmittagsprogramm (2004): 2004: Regensburg Short Film Week: Best German Short Film Award The Suffering of Mr. Karpf – The Birthday (2009): 2009: Berlin International Film Festival: Prix UIP Berlin (European Short Film) 2009: European Film Awards: nomination for Best Short Film Award The Rhino and the Dragonfly / Die Libelle und das Nashorn (2012): 2012: Oldenburg International Film Festival: nomination for German Independence Award: Best German Film The Invention of Love (2013): 2013: Oldenburg International Film Festival: nomination for German Independence Award: Best German Film 2013: Oldenburg International Film Festival: nomination for German Independence Award: Audience Award 2013: Zurich Film Festival: nomination for the Golden Eye-award in the category Best German Language Feature Film 2016: Nomination for the German TV award Grimme-Preis in the category Fiction/Special