FILMMAKER
"I learnt filmmaking from the bottom up.
I worked in almost every department.
I know how to make films.
I just don't know how to make the films I like yet"
- Adrian Tauss
CREW- 2011-2014
What happens when the grip get's promoted to gaffer, the DoP throws a hissy fit, the actor wants a chest hair wig, the sound guy can't find his boom and it's the last day of shooting? Filmed in Germany and finished in the UK. A project, that bridged my move to the UK.
Cast:
IAN T. DICKINSON, ANDREW J. PORTER,
and ED GAIETTO
and ADRIAN TAUSS
Written by: ADRIAN TAUSS & INGO KADDATZ
Directed by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Director of Photography: SASCHA REINHARDT
Score: SAM THOMPSON
Duration: 24 min
ANOTHER SLICE OF LIFE- 2007
'Another Slice of Life' the Sequal to 'Slice of Life', was the chance to expand on the characters and open up the world. It was the second episode of what essentailly was a sitcom.
Martin, by now a freelance photographer is struggeling to find work. Ben trying to help as always, gets him a job. Then it takes a turn for the weird.
Cast:
BENJAMIN KOSS, HANNO FRIEDRICH
and ADRIAN TAUSS
Written by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Directed by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Director of Photography: TOBIAS UTZ
Duration: 17 min
SLICE OF LIFE- 2006
This was my first narrative short and served as my graduation film. It won the Lazi Academy's award for high standard and the Ulrich Schigg Film Prize in 2006. In 2007 it was aired on BR network as part of a short film series.
Martin get's dumped. His flatmate Ben takes him on a night out, being a terrible wing man and the troubles begin.
Cast:
BENJAMIN KOSS and ADRIAN TAUSS
Written by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Directed by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Director of Photography: TOBIAS UTZ
Duration: 17 min
TODSICHER- 2006
Todsicher' was shot in the same year as 'Slice of Life' and served as a second thesis film. 'Todsicher' won the Lazi Academy Award for high standard and was aired on the BR network in 2007.
Synopsis:
Victor is a solitary hypochondriac, he meets a suicidal man dressed in a chicken costume.
Cast:
MIRCO RESEG, HANNO FRIEDRICH
and HERBERT FEUERSTEIN
Written & Directed by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Director of Photography: MORITZ VIRMOND
Duration: 17 min
NEVER GLADLY BEYOND - 2012
Despite the danger, and despite the risks tied to matters of the heart, they fell in love. As forces beyond their control, both known and unknown to them, conspire to tear them apart, they laugh, love, and live, with every second, every kiss, and every breath. Never Gladly Beyond is a film about love, and what it means to be alive, even if only for a moment.
Cast:
SAM MANNERING, MAYTHINEE WASHINGTON
and ADRIAN TAUSS
Written by: ALEX MONTI FOX
Directed by: ADRIAN TAUSS & JESS PERCHARD
Director of Photography: CHRIS CLARKE
Score: SAM FALLE
Duration: 18 min
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THE FINEST RED - 2017
Loïc, a novice French accountant, lives an ordinary life. This balance however is quickly disrupted when his flamboyant step-sister Elena suddenly reappears in his life. Loïc's darkest secrets start to resurface.
A psychological thriller to be screened at festivals in 2017
Cast:
MATTHIEU HAURET, YAIZA FIGUEROA
and JO PRICE
Written by: AURELIE BRIAND & MATTHIEU HAURET
Directed by: ADRIAN TAUSS
Director of Photography: RICHARD WILLIAM PREISNER
Score: MOTHE KEATING
Duration: 18 min
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