Nicole Kortlüke

Nicole Kortlüke (born 9 March 1976) is a German film editor.

Career Kortlüke worked as assistant editor for productions such as Speer und Er, Emma's Bliss and films of the German crime series Tatort. From 2002 to 2005 she studied film editing at International Film School Cologne. Since 2006, she has been a film school teacher.

Since 2006, Kortlüke has been editing cinema and television films as well as series. This includes the films Rendezvous with Death, Losing Balance and Alive and Ticking by Andi Rogenhagen, which ran in 2011 in the competition of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Her work on the documentary Farewell Herr Schwarz proved invaluable in making the film tell its story. "In a certain way, the script was written in the editing room," director Yael Reuveny said. Regarding the editing Frankfurter Rundschau called it "a thoughtful documentary that takes the time necessary to dismantle the myths and track their impact." "This film would be the ideal theater of tomorrow," wrote Andreas Platthaus in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, calling it a masterpiece. The film was widely critically acclaimed.

Since 2009, she has also been teaching at the International Film School Cologne in the department of "Editing Picture and Sound" as well as at Hochschule Mainz.

Nicole Kortlüke is a member of the German Film Academy and the Federal Association of Film Editing (BFS).

Awards In 2024, she received the German Film Award in the category Best Editing for the film Seven Winters in Tehran.

Selected filmography

2003: Frauenparkplatz 2005: Mittsommer 2005: Rendezvous with Death (Rendezvous mit dem Tod: Warum John F. Kennedy sterben musste) 2006: Poldis Engel 2006: Hilfe! Hochzeit! – Die schlimmste Woche meines Lebens 2009: A Triangle Dialogue – Tales of the Defeated 2009: Draußen am See 2009: Franks Welt 2010: Jabhook 2010: Zeche is nich – Sieben Blicke auf das Ruhrgebiet 2010 2011: Ein Tick anders 2012: Brüder 2012: Spielzeit 2012: Pommes essen 2012: Mobbing 2012: 2013: Heiter bis tödlich: Zwischen den Zeilen 2013: Farewell Herr Schwarz 2013: Es ist alles in Ordnung 2014: Herzensbrecher – Vater von vier Söhnen 2014: The Chambermaid Lynn 2015: We Monsters 2016: 2018: Wendy 2 – Freundschaft für immer 2019: Das Institut – Oase des Scheiterns 2019: Zu weit weg 2020: Lassie Come Home