{"id":24,"date":"2021-05-24T15:31:13","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2026-04-17T08:04:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T08:04:56","slug":"vita","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/vita\/","title":{"rendered":"Vita"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify has-black-color has-text-color\">Michael Kalb (*1989) is a freelance producer and director based in Bavaria. His work spans the intersection of narrative and documentary filmmaking, often with a socio-political focus. He has realized projects in close collaboration with broadcasters such as ZDF, ARD (particularly BR), arte, and ORF, and is a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prog.film\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.prog.film\/\">Producers of Germany e.V.<\/a> (PROG). <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top has-small-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"793\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-559\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb.jpg 793w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb-768x775.jpg 768w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb-178x180.jpg 178w, https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/MichaelKalb-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 793px) 100vw, 793px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crew-united.com\/de\/Michael-Kalb_242154.html\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/external-link.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 15px;\"> Crew United<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/de.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Kalb\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\">Kalb is an alumnus of various festival labs and producer programs, including the Producers Network of the March\u00e9 du Film \u2013 Festival de Cannes, the Berlinale Co-Production Market, the Z\u00fcrich Film Festival Academy, the Emerging Producers Programme, and the East-West Talent Lab. Starting with several local film awards as a teenager, his productions are now presented at renowned international film festivals. Selected screenings include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Semaine de la Critique Cannes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/critical_condition\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"3428\">Critical Condition<\/a>, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CPH:DOX &#8211; <a href=\"\/en\/portfolio\/spaltung\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/vita-2\/\">Fission<\/a>, 2025 and <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/pigs-fly\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"3432\">When Pigs Fly<\/a>, 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Berlinale, Visions du R\u00e9el, Hessian Film Prize, Grimme Prize and German Film Critics\u2019 Award (nomination) \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/shahid\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"430\">Shahid<\/a>, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Film Festival Max Oph\u00fcls Prize \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/wie-im-himmel-so-auf-erden\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"533\">As in Heaven so on Earth<\/a>, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DOK.fest Munich \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/hidgvm\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"472\">Today is Tomorrow\u2019s Yesterday<\/a>, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hof International Film Festival <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/elevated-art\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"1543\">Elevated Art<\/a>, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filmfest Munich and Black Nights (P\u00d6FF) in Tallinn \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/solastalgia\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"60\">Solastalgia<\/a>, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>International Dokumentary Film Festival Amsterdam \/ IDFA <a href=\"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/portfolio\/saudade\/\" data-type=\"jetpack-portfolio\" data-id=\"184\">Saudade<\/a>, 2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Business Informatics (B.Sc.) at the University of Augsburg, he studied producing at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). He has worked as a production coordinator at the Beta Film Group, at HFF Munich, and as an editor and presenter at a.tv. He contributed multiple pages with two case studies on the European film market to the book The Business of Film: A Practical Introduction (Routledge, Taylor &amp; Francis Group). He has gained international production experience in the USA, South Tyrol, Greece, and Brazil.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Kalb (*1989), ist freier Produzent und Regisseur mit Sitz in Bayern. Seine Werke bewegen sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen Spiel- und Dokumentarfilm, h\u00e4ufig mit einem gesellschaftspolitischen Schwerpunkt. Er realisierte Projekte in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Partnern wie dem ZDF, Sendern der ARD (insbesondere BR), arte sowie dem ORF und ist Mitglied im Producers of Germany e.V.&hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","empty-entry-meta"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5806,"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/5806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michael-kalb.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}