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Marco Kreuzpaintner

Marco Johann Kreuzpaintner (born 11 March 1977) is a German film director, screenwriter, showrunner and executive producer. He is known for his gay coming-of-age feature film ''Summer Storm'', the critical acclaimed Netflix series ''Bodies'', the British Academy of Film and Television Arts winning series ''The Lazarus Project'' and his Amazon Prime series ''Beat'' which won him Germany's prestigious Grimme Preis. His fantasy film ''Krabat'' starring Daniel Brühl and David Kross and the screen adaptation of the Ferdinand von Schirach novel ''The Collini Case'' starring Elyas M'Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara and Franco Nero were box office hits in their original territory Germany. Kreuzpaintner's U.S. feature film ''Trade'', starring Kevin Kline, is a story about human trafficking. It was the first film to premiere at the United Nations on invitation of former U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon. The film played a key to finally passing a law against sex trafficking role in the state of New York. Provided by Wikipedia