Lenn Kudrjawizki moved as a child with his parents from Leningrad to East Berlin. At the age of four, Lenn auditioned on the stage with the Leningrad State Ballet. At five, he became enchanted with a violin that his father brought down from the attic of the family home. This was to play an important part in his life. Later he attended a secondary school for music in Berlin where he studied acting, voice, and violin. In Dresden he refined his skills on the violin at the Carl Maria von Weber Music Academy and studied piano and composition. He gratuated with a Master of Arts in Music in 2003. In 1994 he made his television debut as a teenager with the role of Wladimir in the film Katrin und Wladimir. After many more performances on TV and in Films, he played in Jean-Jacques Annaud’s Duel — Enemy at the Gates in 2000. The following year he played the leading role in Alain Gsponer’ s feature film Kiki & Tiger for which he was awarded the Förderpreis Deutscher Film (German film prize for young talent). Lenn was a member of the cast of the highly acclaimed RTL series "Abschnitt 40" from 2001 to 2006. Since, he was able to perform in more that 20 Tv and film productions, including Pipermint... das Leben möglicherweise, Stefan Ruzowitzky’s The Counterfeiters - 2008 Oscar winner for best foreign-language film -¸ and Sönke Wortmann’s Pope Joan. Lenn had his first experience behind the camera in 2007, when he both directed and starred in the short film Today Is My Day. His most recent work as a director, Thank You Mr. President, was completed at the beginning of 2009. Both were officially rated as “excellent.”by the German Filmboard. Thank You Mr. President was nominated for the German First Steps Awards, the Max Ophuls Price and the Hofer Filmtage. It has won the Murnau price 2010. In addition to his career in film and television, music still plays an important part in Lenn’s life. His first album, LENN – PopArt, has already appeared, and the second is to be issued shortly.

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Vita

Awards

Year Title
2010

Nomination Shorts at Moonlight Kurzfilmfestival 2010 | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2010

Nomination 6. Filmfest Achtung Berlin - New Berlin Film Award | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2010

Nomination Main-Taunus-Kreis Preis | THANK YOU MR- PRESIDENT

2010

Nomination Skoda Kurzfilmpreis | THANK YOU MR: PRESIDENT

2010

Murnau Kurzfilmpreis | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2010

Nomination Filmfest Max Ophüls Preis 2010 | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2010

Nomination SFF Intl. Sci-fi & Fantasy Festival Athen 2010 | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2010

Nomination 11. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival 2010 | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2009

ITVA Award - Bronze | THANK YOU MISTER PRESIDENT

2009

Nomination First Steps Award | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2009

Nomination Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

2005

Bestes Ensemble - 45th Monte Carlo Television | ABSCHNITT 40

2002

Nomination Bester Nachwuchsschauspieler | KIKI & TIGER

Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden | "Shortfilm Of The Month" | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden | "Title Precious" | THANK YOU MR. PRESIDENT

Cinema

Year Title
2014

BUSINESS AS USUAL - DER PROPHET FLIEGT MIT | Short Film | Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki

2013

JACK RYAN - SHADOW RECRUIT | Director: Kenneth Branagh

2010

DIE LETZTE LÜGE | Director: Jonas Grosch

2009

THANK YOU MR PRESIDENT | Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki

2008

DIE PÄPSTIN | Director: Sönke Wortmann

2007

SIEBEN TAGE SONNTAG | Director: Niels Laupert

2006

TODAY IS MY DAY | Director: Lenn Kudrjawizki

2006

DIE FÄLSCHER | Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky

2004

GROSSE LÜGEN | Director: Jany Tempel

2002

PIPER MINT - DAS LEBEN MÖGLICHERWEISE | Director: Nicole - Nadine Deppé

2001

HOLLYWOOD SCHAUKELN | Director: Micky Suelzer

2001

KIKI & TIGER | Director: Alain Gsponer

2001

ENEMY AT THE GATES | Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

1999

ENGLAND! | Director: Achim von Borries

Television

Year Title
2014

HEITER BIS TÖDLICH - UNTER GAUNERN | Director: Sophie Allet-Coche

2014

OCCUPIED | Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg

2012

POLIZEIRUF - EINE ANDERE WELT | Director: Nicolai Rohde

2012

ALARM FÜR COBRA 11 - OPERATION HIOB | Director: Nico Zavelberg

2012

DIE LETZTE SPUR - VERHÄNGNIS | Director: Andreas Herzog

2011

SCHICKSALSJAHRE | Director: Miguel Alexandre

2011

DER MANN MIT DEM FAGOTT | Director: Miguel Alexandre

2011

TATORT - AUSGELÖSCHT | Director: Harald Sicheritz

2011

DIE DRAUFGÄNGER - MATRJOSCHKA | Director: Florian Kern

2011

PAUL KEMP - DER MEDIATOR | Director: Harald Sicheritz

2009

TATORT - SCHWEINEGELD | Director: Bodo Fürneisen

2008

DIE PFEFFERKÖRNER | Director: Miko Zeuschner

2007

GSG9 | Director: Michael Wenning

2006

DIE ZEIT DIE MAN LEBEN NENNT | Director: Sharon von Wietersheim

2003

DIE KIRSCHENKÖNIGIN | Director: Rainer Kaufmann

2003

DIE CLEVEREN - DAS GEHEIMNIS DER WÖLFE | Director: Axel de Roche

2003

DIE CLEVEREN - DER KANNIBALE | Director: Axel de Roche

2002

DIE VERBRECHEN DES PROF. CAPELLARI - MORD UND MUSIK | Director: Thomas Jauch

2002

TATORT - DER PRÜGELKNABE | Director: Thomas Jauch

2001 - 2006

ABSCHNITT 40 | Directors: Andreas Senn, Florian Kern, Udo Witte, Rolf Wellingerhof, Kilian Riedhof

1994

KATRIN UND WLADIMIR | Director: Jens Becker

Theatre

Year Title
1999

DIE NATÜRLICHE TOCHTER | Theater Zerbrochenes Fenster Berlin | Director: Peter Schlesselmann

1994

DAS LÄCHELN AM FUSSE DER LEITER | German State Department for Art and Culture, for UNICEF | Director: Marianne Sägebrecht