Chris Kraus (director)

Christopher J. Kraus (born 1963) is a German author and film director.

He worked as a screenwriter before he staged his love duel Shattered Glass (Scherbentanz) into a feature film in 2002.

His second work as a director Four Minutes (Vier Minuten), a drama, won national and international awards.

Kraus shot the film Pink Children (2012) together with four German directors about their mentor Rosa von Praunheim.

In total, this comedy featuring Lars Eidinger and Adèle Haenel was nominated in eight categories for the German Film Prize and in three categories for the Austrian Film Prize.