title: Hans-Christian Schmid
text: # Hans-Christian Schmid
  
  Hans-Christian Schmid (born 1965) is a German film director and screenwriter.
  
  ## Life and work
  
  Hans-Christian Schmid has collaborated with Michael Gutmann [de] on several of the movies that he directed. Gutmann wrote screenplays for 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998), and Crazy (2000). Gutmann also directed Heart Over Head [de] (2001) for which he and Schmid wrote the screenplay.
  
  ## Awards
  
  * 1995: Findling Award for Heaven and Hell
  * 2003: Bavarian Film Award, Best Screenplay
  * 2003: Findling Award for Distant Lights
  
  ## Filmography
  
  * Sekt oder Selters (1989)
  * Die Mechanik des Wunders (1992)
  * Heaven and Hell [de] (Himmel und Hölle, 1994)
  * After Five in the Forest Primeval (Nach Fünf im Urwald, 1995)
  * 23 — Nichts ist so wie es scheint (1998)
  * Crazy (2000)
  * Distant Lights (Lichter, 2003)
  * Requiem (2006)
  * Storm (Sturm, 2009)
  * Home for the Weekend (Was bleibt, 2012)
  * Das Verschwinden (2016/17)
  * We Are Next of Kin (2022)
  