ABOUT : DiE GENERALE

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Die GENERALE is a production company for film and performance.

Strong professional networking
enables us to produce across the different media.

Our projects stand out
due to high quality aesthetics and controversial content.

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Katharina Haverich | Director, Performer, Project Coordinator
Short stay in Zurich from 2001-02 to study acting at the European Film Actor School, 2005 Bachelor of Arts in "Theatre and Professional Practice" at Coventry University in England. Assistant director and project assistant at Thalia Theater in Hamburg and at Kampnagel from 2005-07. 2007, internship with The Wooster Group in New York City and assistant costume coordinator for the United Artists production "Valkyrie". Worked for the international performing arts festival IN TRANSIT and other projects at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin since 2008. 2010, performer in "Dr. Faustus" by Emilio García Wehbi and Maricel Álvarez at Akademie der Künste in Berlin and Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas in Buenos Aires; DAAD scholarship (German Academic Exchange Service). Master of Arts in Theatre Studies at Freie Universität Berlin in 2011.

Works: "Kleines Familienspiel" ("Little Family Game") at Thalia in der Gaußstraße in Hamburg (2006), "Männersache" ("Men's Business") by Franz Xaver Kroetz at Engelbrot Theater / Brotfabrik (2008), transformation project "Neue Blonde Frau" ("New Blond Woman") (2009), performer in "Dr. Faustus" at Akademie der Künste in Berlin and at Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas in Buenos Aires (2010).

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Arto Sebastian Buhmann | Director, Producer
Arto worked for Telemaz Commercials in Hamburg for one year. He went on to assisting for the "Tatort" in Kiel and the ZDF production "Schuld und Unschuld". For the SFX department of the United Artists production of "Valkyrie" he worked as the assistant coordinator and organised a team of 20 members of staff.
Following this, Arto worked as an assistant director at various theatres (e.g. Thalia Theater Hamburg and Stadttheater Jena) and for a number of short and degree films. Aside from short films and theatre plays, Arto produced two music videos and an installation piece for a congress event.
He directed seven of his own short films.
Since 2007, Arto is the managing director of Die GENERALE Film + Performance.
In 2009, he took up studying Directing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.