Fabian Stumm (born in 1981) is a German actor and director who studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City.
[1][2] He played a leading role in the 2013 mystery thriller Bela Kiss: Prologue [de] by Lucien Förstner, and appeared in the award-winning Second World War drama Lore by Australian director Cate Shortland.
His other credits include Posthumous with Brit Marling and Jack Huston; 56, which was nominated for the prestigious Max Ophüls Award; and the David Foster Wallace adaptation Neon Aura.
[7] His feature directorial debut, Bones and Names (Knochen und Namen), premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival,[8] where it was awarded the Heiner Carow Prize.
[2] His second feature film, Sad Jokes, premiered at the 2024 Filmfest München,[9] where Stumm won the award for Best Director in the German Cinema New Talent program.