Oliver Broumis
- Actor
- Producer
Oliver Broumis was born in Hannover, Germany where he grew up.
Right after College he went to the Hamburg University of Music and
Dramatic Arts for a 4 years education in acting. Since then, he also
did a lot of training in Los Angeles with M. K. Lewis (Film Tech), Sam
Christensen (S. Chr. Process) and Frank Betzelt, Berlin (Meisner
Technique). He began his professional life with the German/Swiss film
"Immer & Ewig"/"Always & Forever", a modern version of the Jean Paul
Sartre play "The game is over". At the same time
he also started in theaters all over Germany with plays of Shakespeare,
Goethe and others.
Through the war movies "Stalingrad" and "Hasenjagd"/"The quality of
mercy" he discovered his fondness and ability to play emotional
disturbed and volatile characters.
In 2002 his interest in film politics made him one of the co-founders
of the "film.lounge.berlin", a meeting and networking spot for the
Berlin film industry.
In 2004 he played the German zoologist and wild life activist "Bernhard
Grzimek" who was responsible for the conservation of natural world
heritage like the Tanzanian Serengeti National Park. As a boy of 4
years he grew up with Bernhard Grzimek's monthly TV show and he decided
to become this fighting man - 3 decades later that happened.
Also in 2004 he produced the documentary "Zwischen Kopf and Himmel" of
a young first time director. It is a movie about the life of women in
East Africa.
At the moment he his working with a German director on the script of
"Rigby". A film about death and the process of dying. The story
explores the question If you are able to live in the presence of your
own mortality and transience, what benefits for your life you will get
out of it ?! For research he worked a few weeks in a local hospice. He
will also play the main part in the film.
He is also working on two documentaries for the first time. In 2013 he
did the "Raindance Berlin Documentary Foundation Course" (Raindance
Film Festival) to expand his abilities as a filmmaker.
From 2013 to 2015 he was a coach and director for prison theater in womens prison Berlin - Pankow, projects "Home" and "Identity"
In Feb. 2021 he took part with 184 other LGBTQIA+ Actors in the Initiative #Actout of the famous german SZ-Magazin.
In his private life he is an enthusiastic traveler around the world.
Oliver Broumis is based in Berlin.
Right after College he went to the Hamburg University of Music and
Dramatic Arts for a 4 years education in acting. Since then, he also
did a lot of training in Los Angeles with M. K. Lewis (Film Tech), Sam
Christensen (S. Chr. Process) and Frank Betzelt, Berlin (Meisner
Technique). He began his professional life with the German/Swiss film
"Immer & Ewig"/"Always & Forever", a modern version of the Jean Paul
Sartre play "The game is over". At the same time
he also started in theaters all over Germany with plays of Shakespeare,
Goethe and others.
Through the war movies "Stalingrad" and "Hasenjagd"/"The quality of
mercy" he discovered his fondness and ability to play emotional
disturbed and volatile characters.
In 2002 his interest in film politics made him one of the co-founders
of the "film.lounge.berlin", a meeting and networking spot for the
Berlin film industry.
In 2004 he played the German zoologist and wild life activist "Bernhard
Grzimek" who was responsible for the conservation of natural world
heritage like the Tanzanian Serengeti National Park. As a boy of 4
years he grew up with Bernhard Grzimek's monthly TV show and he decided
to become this fighting man - 3 decades later that happened.
Also in 2004 he produced the documentary "Zwischen Kopf and Himmel" of
a young first time director. It is a movie about the life of women in
East Africa.
At the moment he his working with a German director on the script of
"Rigby". A film about death and the process of dying. The story
explores the question If you are able to live in the presence of your
own mortality and transience, what benefits for your life you will get
out of it ?! For research he worked a few weeks in a local hospice. He
will also play the main part in the film.
He is also working on two documentaries for the first time. In 2013 he
did the "Raindance Berlin Documentary Foundation Course" (Raindance
Film Festival) to expand his abilities as a filmmaker.
From 2013 to 2015 he was a coach and director for prison theater in womens prison Berlin - Pankow, projects "Home" and "Identity"
In Feb. 2021 he took part with 184 other LGBTQIA+ Actors in the Initiative #Actout of the famous german SZ-Magazin.
In his private life he is an enthusiastic traveler around the world.
Oliver Broumis is based in Berlin.