Daniel Zlotin (Ukrainian: Даніель Злотін, born June 8, 1984, in Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a German director, producer, cameraman and film editor of Ukrainian origin living in Cologne. Since 2002 he has created more than 600 music videos for music artists. In 2007 Zlotin co-founded StreetCinema production company, which he co-owned until its closure in 2018.

Daniel Zlotin
Daniel Zlotin (2017)
Born (1984-06-08) June 8, 1984 (age 40)
Occupation(s)Filmmaker, director, producer, cameraman and film editor
Years active2002–present

Career

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Daniel Zlotin was born in 1984 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[1] He attended the Interregional Academy of Personnel Management in Kyiv (Межрегиональная академия управления персоналом). At the same time he pursued a musical career as a rapper. In early 2003 he completed his first music video for the song he had recorded with three other rappers. Zlotin presented this video to regional TV stations, some of which included it in their program. Upon receiving positive feedback and requests from a number of Ukrainian hip-hop musicians, he decided to focus on the production of music videos.[1] In 2004 he moved to Cologne to study media design for picture and sound at the Georg-Simon-Ohm vocational college. As his final project, Zlotin shot a short film "Das Geburtstagsgeschenk", where the rapper Eko Fresh appears for the first time as an actor.[2]

In 2007, together with Christian Schmitz and Malic Bargiel, Zlotin founded the media production company, StreetCinema, in Cologne, with which he subsequently produced commercials, image films and music videos. The company mostly specialized in the production of music videos, whereby they were responsible for the whole production process, from the conception through the technical implementation to post-production. Initially, StreetCinema mainly shot music videos for Eko Fresh and members of its German Dream label such as Farid Bang, Capkekz, SDiddy, Summer Cem and Manuellsen. In 2011 Zlotin began to shoot for pop musicians such as Revolverheld, Menowin Fröhlich, Tom Gaebel, Maite Kelly and Willi Herren. Later, while working on the video Massaka Kokain 2 of Massiv, he collaborated for the first time with Kollegah, the rapper contracted by the Selfmade Records.[3] Zlotin continued to collaborate with the Düsseldorf label, for video creations by Favorite, Karate Andi and the 257ers, followed by a series of productions with Xatar and SSIO of Alles oder Nix Records.

According to Zlotin, the years 2013 and 2014 represented the boom phase of StreetCinema. Six to seven projects per month were realized during this time.[1] Among others, first videos for Olli Banjo, KC Rebell and artists from Bushido´s music label Ersguterjunge, such as Baba Saad and Shindy, were created during this period. With the video Bleib in der Schule cooperation with artists from the music label Trailerpark was started. As of 2015, Zlotin made several videos for Majoe, Jasko, Mike Singer and MC Bilal. A year later, he completed his biggest project yet - a music video Boom Boom, which he co-directed with Said Naciri. The music video of RedOne, Daddy Yankee and French Montana received 23 million views on the first day.[4] After one year, it has achieved nearly 120 million views.[5] StreetCinema was dissolved with the approval of all three shareholders in the spring of 2018. Since then, Zlotin has been working under his own brand.[6]

Filmography

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Music videos (selection)

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Release Artists Song Jobs Sources
2011 Eko Fresh Köln Kalk Ehrenmord Director and editor [7]
2012 Kollegah und Farid Bang Dynamit Director and editor
2013 Bushido Leben und Tod des Kenneth Glöckler Director and editor
2013 Eko Fresh Quotentürke Director and editor
2014 Kollegah Du bist Boss Director
2015 Alligatoah Lass liegen Director and editor [8]
2016 Farid Bang 100 Bars Director and editor [9]
2016 Kollegah Pharao Director and editor [10][11]
2016 Kollegah und MoTrip Einer von Millionen Director and editor [12]
2017 Kurdo Ya Salam Director [13]
2017 RedOne, Daddy Yankee und French Montana Boom Boom Director, DOP and editor [14][4]
2017 Spongebozz Yellow Bar Mitzvah Director, DOP and editor [15]
2017 Trailerpark Sterben kannst du überall Director, DOP and editor [16][17]
2018 RedOne, Adelina und NowUnited One World Director, DOP and editor [18]
2018 Sun Diego Rock me Amadeus Director, DOP and editor [19]

Documentations

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Veröffentlichung Titel Beschreibung Aufgabenbereiche Quellen
2016 Kollegahs Trip to Ramallah Documentation about Palestine for the Youtube-channel Bosshaft TV Editor [20]

Short films

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Release Title Actors Jobs Sources
2007 Non ci stai! (Da steckste nich drin!) Daniele Garraffo, Birte Alexander, Piet Klocke and Lisa Loch Editor [21][22]
2007 Topfschlagen Daniel Zlotin, Ernst-Gerd Klucken and Karina Klucken Editor [23][24]
2008 Nachruf Natascha Manthe and Christoph Türkay Editor [25][26]
2009 0,1 Promille Mirjam Druschel and Christoph Türkay Editor [27][28]
2009 Das Geburtstagsgeschenk Eko Fresh, Anne Wiesenberg, Uwe Helling and Turcuen Aslan Director, DOP and editor [2]
2011 Blauer sucht Frau Willi Herren, Indira Weis, Heino and Jürgen Drews Director and editor [29]
2015 Ghettoveteran Nikolai Will, Bernd Wöllmer, Mario Hoelsken and Milad Klein Co-producer and DOP [30]

Awards

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Due to his collaboration on a variety of German hip-hop albums Zlotin has received thirteen gold records. Thus he was awarded for the albums Jung, brutal, gutaussehend 2 of Kollegah and Farid Bang, King and Imperator of Kollegah, Killa of Farid Bang, Sonny Black of Bushido, Musik ist keine Lösung of Alligatoah and Abstand of KC rebel as well as the singles Trauerfeierleid and Du bist schön of Alligatoah, Bleib in der Schule of Trailerpark, Ya Salam by Kurdo and iPhone 17 and Fata Morgana by KC Rebel.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Videodo.de. "Daniel Zlotin – Mit Musikvideos erfolgreich werden". Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  2. ^ a b Vimeo.com. "'Das Geburtstagsgeschenk' – Kurzfilm starring Eko Fresh". Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  3. ^ Youtube.com. "Massiv, Farid Bang und Kollegah – Massaka Kokain 2". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  4. ^ a b Laut.de. "RedOne – 'Boom Boom' mit Daddy Yankee und French Montana". Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  5. ^ Youtube.com. "Daddy Yankee, RedOne, French Montana & Dinah Jane – 'Boom Boom' (Video Oficial)". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  6. ^ English.crew-united.com. "Daniel Zlotin Filmproduktion". Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  7. ^ English.crew-united.com. "Eko Fresh – Köln Kalk Ehrenmord". Retrieved 2018-10-30.
  8. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Alligatoah – Lass liegen". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  9. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Farid Bang – 100 Bars". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  10. ^ Imdb.com. "Kollegah – Pharao". IMDb. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
  11. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Kollegah – Pharao". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  12. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Kollegah und MoTrip – Einer von Millionen". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  13. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Kurdo – Ya Salam". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  14. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "RedOne feat. Daddy Yankee, French Montana, Dinah Jane - Boom Boom". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  15. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Spongebozz – Yellow Bar Mitzvah". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  16. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Trailerpark – Sterben kannst du überall". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  17. ^ Laut.de. "Neues Video 'Sterben Kannst Du Überall'". Retrieved 2018-10-29.
  18. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "RedOne, Adelina und NowUnited – One World". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  19. ^ Danielzlotin.com. "Sun Diego – Rock me Amadeus". Retrieved 2018-10-28.
  20. ^ 16bars.de. "Kollegah - Dokumentation über seinen Trip nach Palästina". Retrieved 2018-10-29.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Crew-united.com. "Non Ci Stai (2007)". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  22. ^ Youtube.com. "Non ci stai! (Da steckste nich drin!) (Kurzfilm)". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  23. ^ Crew-united.com. "Topfschlagen (Wettbewerbsbeitrag: 2880 Grand Prix du Film) (2007)". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  24. ^ Youtube.com. "Topfschlagen (preisgekrönter Kurzfilm)". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  25. ^ Crew-united.com. "Nachruf (2008)". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  26. ^ Youtube.com. "Nachruf (Kurzfilm)". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  27. ^ Crew-united.com. "0,1 Promille (Wettbewerbsbeitrag: 2880 Grand Prix du Film) (2009)". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  28. ^ Youtube.com. "0,1 Promille (Kurzfilm) (Director's Cut)". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  29. ^ Crew-united.com. "Blauer sucht Frau (2011)". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
  30. ^ Crew-united.com. "Kollegah - Ghettoveteran (Webserie) (2015, Folgen 1 - 5)". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
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