Tom Streuber
Writer, producer and CEO
Organization
Tom, Dick & Harry GmbH
About Tom Streuber
Tom Streuber is a writer and producer of documentaries and feature films, and is the CEO of Tom, Dick & Harry GmbH. He is co-leading the project Trophy Photographs: Performative Transgressions of Ordinary Soldiers in World War II.
Born in Germany, Streuber studied literature; history; and theater, film and TV sciences at the University of Cologne. He holds a degree in creative and international producing at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg (Germany). Streuber attended a filmmaking masterclass at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA; US) and pursued further training with EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) and TAP (Transatlantic Partners). He works as founding CEO of several ventures and as an author and strategist for media, advertising and communication campaigns. He has written and produced award-winning documentaries and feature films such as Phase II, Mercy, and Theatre Without Audience.
The focus of Streuber’s work is story development while exploring the role of the creator and observer. His experience and applied critical approach to narratives and performances make him an expert in identifying, reflecting and documenting research dynamics while creating all forms of media.
Awards and Recognition
Theatre Without Audience:
Tokyo Film Awards, Honorable Mention 2022; Volksbühne Berlin 2015
Meine Wende, Unsere Einheit:
Grimme Award Nomination 2020
Überflieger (Richard the Stork):
Bavarian Film Prize & Berlinale 2017
Mercy: Berlinale Competition 2012
Reine Geschmacksache (Fashion Victims):
Max Ophüls Prize, Best Screenplay 2007
intimitaeten: First-Steps-Award 2003
Phase II: Best Newcomer 2002, Cinéma du Réel, Paris
‘s projects
The Question Celebrating victory — often depicted in a graphic and crude manner — is one of the most recurrent motifs in amateur soldier photographs of World War II, the largest global conflict to date and the first that was widely documented. Taking trophies from the battlefield is a universal and timeless human practice; as […]
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Project period
2024 – 2026
