Schlaflos in Bochum
Leela Scherbaum, Christina Große, Jonathan Berlin / NDR Newcomer Award 2025, Best TV Movie – Biberacher Filmfestspiele 202
Echo of Tomorrow’s War
Enno Trebs (European Shooting Star 2026) / In cinemas 2026!
The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan
Olwen Fouéré, Jake Doyle / Chicago Int. Film Festival 2025, Galway Film Fleadh 2025 etc.
Sunshine Eyes
Laetitia Adrian, Barry Atsma, Nina Petri, Juliane Köhler / Series Mania, Special Jury Prize 2022
9/11: Life Under Attack
Nominated for an Emmy Award in 2022 for sound/music.
Die Geschwister
Vladimir Burlakov, Irina Potapenko / Crossing Europe Festival 2016
Es ist alles in Ordnung
Silke Bodenbender, Mark Waschke / Nominated for German Television Award 2014
Mobbing
Tobias Moretti, Susanne Wolff / German Television Award 2013 (Susanne Wolff)
Auf der Suche
Nico Rogner, Corinna Harfouch / Berlinale Forum 2011, Best actress (Corinna Harfouch) Queer Lisboa Festival 2011
Ihr könnt euch niemals sicher sein
Ludwig Trepte / Grimme-Preis 2009, 3sat Zuschauerpreis 2008 etc.
Lotus Eaters
Johnny Flynn, Antonia Campbell-Hughes / Tribeca Film Festival 2011, London Film Festival 2011
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About me
Birger graduated from the National Film & Television School in 2006, with a MA in Composing for Film & Television. Before coming to the UK, he studied music at Freiburg’s Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in his native Germany. He was also selected from over 300 applicants, as one of only twelve participants of the highly regarded ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, held in Los Angeles in July 2007.
His recent work includes German feature film Echo of Tomorrow’s War, Netflix drama series Sunshine Eyes, feature film The Reckoning of Erin Morrigan by fellow NFTS graduate Gabrielle Russell and a feature-length documentary 9/11:Life Under Attack for itv, for which he was Emmy-nominated. The film was also nominated for an RTS Programme Award 2022.
Other projects include Jan Krüger’s feature films Die Geschwister (Brother&Sister) and Auf der Suche (Looking for Simon), which screened at the Berlinale 2011, Alexandra McGuinness’ feature film Lotus Eaters (Tribeca Film Festival among others), starring Alexandra Campbell- Hughes (Under The Skin), two-part BBC2 documentary The Real White Queen and Her Rivals, presented by bestselling author Philippa Gregory, and HBO documentary Americans in Bed. His music for feature film The Last Thakur was awarded Best Film Score at the South Asian International Film Festival New York / SAIFF, and he has been nominated for Best Original Score for his work on Sky HD’s Meerkats 3D. Other tv documentaries include Channel 5’s I Survived a Fatal Flight and Philippa Robinson’s Wonderland documentary A Very British Holiday for BBC2. His music for all three series of Animal Planet’s international hit series Fatal Attractions has been an integral part of the programme’s success.
In Germany, he worked on further arthouse feature films and award-winning prime time tv dramas, including the cult long-time series of standalone thriller movies, Tatort. Birger lives in Berlin and is represented by BDI Music Ltd., London.
He is a member of the European Film Academy and the German Film Academy.