Anis Hamdoun is a German-Syrian director, author, acting mentor and educator.
As an artist traveller, he and his theatre plays travelled around Germany and Europe, he wrote and directed at many famous state and free scene theatres. His theatre plays won prizes and were amazingly well received, such as the Nachtkritik theatre prize in the German-speaking countries, the theatre prize of the German Republic and performed at the well-known FIND festival at the Schaubuehne Berlin.
As a filmmaker he was involved in many documentary and fiction films occupying the roles of dramaturge, writer, casting director and director. He directed a few artistic museum film documentaries then established the production company reelink media UG in the German capital Berlin, which was the company that produced his latest short film Chekhov.
Anis also works an artistic mentor, teaching at the University of Arts Berlin for five years and as an acting mentor at Die Etage Theatre School for a graduation project at the acting department, and giving Drama writing lectures at the Film Arche cinema institute Berlin. He ran countless voice and writing workshops around 20 Cities in Germany, Denmark and Italy.
Anis also holds science in his heart with a Theoretical Chemistry Degree that shows in his writing style and topics.
Finally, Anis teaches German and English regularly in social work and language institutions combining theatre and language as a learning method, having acquired an English teaching certificate from Cambridge University and ADHD teaching qualification in Berlin.