Christian Stahl is a German director, author and journalist, based in Berlin. He studied in Bonn and Oxford. Before he founded his communication consultancy STAHLMEDIEN in 2005, he worked for over 10 years as reporter and radio presenter for ARD. Stahl’s latest book "In den Gangs von Neukölln" was awarded by FAS a book of the year.

In 2004, he developed the fictional documentary "Hundeleben" ("Dog's Life") with punks from Berlin's Alexanderplatz, featuring Otto Sander and Maria Simon. In winter 2007, Stahl produced the no budget short film "The future comes to Srebrenica" with young people in Srebrenica.

His first 90 min documentary GANGSTERLÄUFER (ARTE/ZDF das kleine Fernsehspiel) premiered at Max Ophüls Festival 2011 and was shown in cinemas from Paris to Novosibirsk – and Locarno.

He was also director of various short films such as “ATHENA”, "20Zwölf" and "Neue Nähe". His films and books are award winning.
FILMOGRAPHY (selection)

2019 ATHENA (22:10 min, short film, thriller, writer, producer, director)
Selection of Awards:
Best Short Film 2019. 42. Internationale Grenzlandfilmtage, Selb
Best Sci Fi Cardiff International Film Festival 2019
Finalist “Boobs and Blood” International Filmfestival Hollywood, 2019
Official Selection ClujShorts 2019
The page: https://athena-movie.net
The trailer: https://athena-movie.net/videos/athena_1.mp4
2011 GANGSTERLÄUFER (90 min, documentary, writer, director)
Selection of Awards:
32th Filmfestival Max Ophüls 2011 (Premiere)
Locarno Festival Del Film - Semaine De La Critique 2011 Doc Lisboa 2011
German Films Festival 2012 Paris / Moskau
Achtung Berlin – New Berlin Film Awards 2011
Prix Europa 2011 - Lobende Erwähnung

2007 THE FUTURE COMES TO SREBRENICA (short film, producer, director)
2004 HUNDELEBEN (fictional documentary, writer, producer, direct