Uli Gaulke

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Director of Documentary Filmmaking Specialisation and Senior Lecturer
gaulke@hku.hk

Uli Gaulke is an author and director of award-winning documentaries. 

At the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Uli teaches courses such as Generative AI in Media Applications, Documentary Video Production and Documentary Film Appreciation. He received the Social Science Outstanding Teaching Award 2023 from the University of Hong Kong. 

Born in East Germany, Uli studied directing at the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg, in Postdam. His first feature-length documentary, Havanna, Mi Amor, won a prize for Best Documentary at the 2001 German Film Award, also known as Lola. 

His second film, Marry Me (2003), was screened at the Berlinale. It was followed by Comrades in Dreams, which was shown at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and nominated for the World Cinema Jury Prize for Documentary. As Time Goes By In Shanghai (2013) premiered at Hot Docs Toronto and won the Grand Jury Prize at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2014. Sunset Over Hollywood (2018) was nominated for the German Documentary Film Award and selected for the SXSW Festival. 

Uli also worked as a director and cinematographer for TV documentaries like 24h Jerusalem and 24H Europe, which were aired on ARTE and other TV stations across Europe. 

He has also taught master classes in Vietnam, South Korea and Russia; at the Berlinale’s Talent Campus in Berlin and New Delhi; as well as at his alma mater, the Konrad Wolf Film University of Babelsberg.