Gregory Kirchhoff

Dusky Paradise premiered at the International Festival of Independent Cinema PKO Off Camera in Krakow, as part of the main competition "Making Way" on April 29, 2016 and was nominated for the Krakow Film Award. Besides further international nominations, Dusky Paradise got nominated for the Discovery Award for best debut feature at the 2016 Raindance Film Festival and won the Evolutionary Island Award at the Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival.

Following Dusky Paradise, Kirchhoff was offered to direct the German tragic-comedy Ostfriesisch für Anfänger (de) starring Dieter Hallervorden. Although it was produced as a TV-movie the film was acquired by Universum Film and got a nationwide theatrical release. The film premiered at the 2016 Filmfest Hamburg and came to cinemas on October 27, 2016.

Kirchhoff wrote his first screenplay, Dusky Paradise, at the age of 21. He launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in May 2014, which raised £18,450 to produce the film. In July 2014 he founded Kimotion Pictures Ltd in Birmingham, together with Klaus Rainer Kirchhoff. Dusky Paradise was shot in 3 weeks in Mallorca, Spain. In 2015, the Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein (de) funded the project with an additional €14,000 for post-production.

Gregory Kirchhoff (born June 18, 1992) is a German screenwriter, director and producer. At the age of 22 he wrote and directed his debut feature, Dusky Paradise. The film was nominated for various international Awards including the Discovery Award at the 2016 Raindance Film Festival. His second film, German tragic-comedy Ostfriesisch für Anfänger (de) starring Dieter Hallervorden, was initially produced as a TV Movie but was picked up by Universum Film and released nationwide.