Born in Berlin (West), Fred Kelemen studied painting, music, philosophy, science of religions and theatre sciences and worked in different theatres as a director's assistant before he began his studies at the German Film & TV Academy Berlin (dffb) in 1989. Since that time, he has made a number of films and videos as director and collaborated as Director of Photography and Cameraman with several film directors like Béla Tarr (Utazás az Alföldön (1995), A londoni férfi (2007), A torinói ló (2011)), Gisa Schleelein (Tatau Samoa (2000)) and Gariné Torossian (Stone Time Touch (2007)). In 2000 and 2001 he directed several plays at different theaters in Germany. Since 1995 he is working as a guest lecturer at the Centre of Cinematographic Studies of Catalania (C.E.C.C.) in Barcelona/Spain, at the School of Visual Arts (ESBAG) in Geneva/Switzerland, at the Latvian Cultural Academy (LKA) in Riga, at the Tel Aviv University, at the Film and TV Academy Berlin (dffb), at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon etc. Retrospectives of his work had been presented in Lisbon/Portugal, Belgrade/Yugoslavia, Cambride/U.S.A, Athens/Greece, Brussels/Belgium, Oslo/Norway, Hannover/Germany, New York City/U.S.A., Buenos Aires/Argentina, Berlin/Germany, Barcelona/Spain, Bern/Switzerland, Ankara/Turkey, London/England, Potsdam/Germany, Bankok/ThailandHamburg/Germany. Fred Kelemen is member of the European Film Academy, the German Film Academy and the European Culture Parliament.
