Wolfgang Purkhauser
Editing
Biography
Wolfgang Purkhauser is a film editor from Germany. After founding the production company “Clix GmbH” and working with it on various short and commercial formats as a producer, director and editor, he started studying editing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in 2017. 2019 his first feature length documentary film SOMMERKRIEG (SUMMERWAR) about two kids attending a ukrainian summercamp won multiple awards and was screened of HOT DOCS, IDFA, Max Ophüls Preis and Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis. PORNFLUENCER, a portrait about a young couple who made a fortune as a “Verified Couple” on porn websites, was part of DOK.fest München 2022 and Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis 2023. A German wide cinema release was realized by the distributer Salzgeber in 2022. Wolfgang is editor and co-writer of Pornfluencer. Wolfgang got a scholarship of the Baden-Württemberg Foundation and participated in a masterclass at UCLA Extension in Los Angeles in August 2023. In 2024 his documentary film HINTER DEN FARBEN (BEHIND THE COLORS) was released in cinemas, while his short film NO MORE POOL TIME won the audience award at Internationale Hofer Filmtage. In 2025, Wolfgang graduated from the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg with a diploma and the film BABYSTAR, his first narrative feature film - a ZDF Kleines Fernsehspiel, directed by Joscha Bongard, produced by LiseLotte Films, starring Maja Bons, which he co-edited with Emma Holzapfel. BABYSTAR celebrated it’s world premiere at TIFF – Toronto International Film Festival, and was screened at Zurich Film Festival, Warschau Film Festival and many more.
Known For
Luca is an influencer. For as long as she can remember, she has been the star of her parents' family social media business and their only pride and joy. When her parents decide to have another child, things change. Luca feels betrayed and is afraid of no longer being needed by her parents, whose attention remains tied to her performance for the family account.
Babystar
Pornfluencer - these are the new influencers that nobody talks about, but that everyone knows anyway. Jamie Young and Nico Nice aka Youngcouple9598 aka Andreea and Nico have made a fortune as a porn couple on the internet. Now they are living their dream under the palm trees in the tax idyll of Cyprus. But how does it look behind the facade?
Verified Couple
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nur wir nicht
Jasmin and Jastrip are both 12 years old and live in Kiev. Jasmin is a girl from a loving family, who wants to excel at all cost. Jastrip is a boy, who is neglected and simply wants to find a place where he is loved. They both visit the Azovez camp which aims to raise a new class of patriotic warriors for a Ukraine of tomorrow. There the kids learn how to be real Ukrainians, to fight, to shoot, to yell, to get orders and to give orders. And over time this changes them.
Summerwar
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Hinter den Farben
Ines has just received an ultimatum: If she loses one more customer, she will be fired from her job at the call centre. On the other end of the line is Alwin. A fortune cookie writer who suffers from writer's block after the death of his best friend, his dog Bonnie Barko, and therefore wants to cancel his phone contract.
Little Boxes
In times of climate crisis, what can give us hope and strength to take action for a better future? In search for answers, Anna is transported to the year 2082 - where she encounters not only her own granddaughter, but also her older self.
Anna - A Tale for Tomorrow
A newly minted pool owner finds himself in a moral dilemma between fulfilling the promise of a pool to his young daughter and his new partner‘s charity event for a clean-water project in Africa.
No More Pool Time
Every day an old woman fisherman goes on a boat to the ocean. Once she forgot to take enough bait with her, and tried to catch a big fish with the help of a small one already caught. She did it. As the old woman pulled out fish after fish, she was overcome with greed.