The German filmmaker Carmen Losmann was born in 1978. After three years of study in Cologne and England (Bachelor of Arts Marketing), she joined the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne and graduated with a diploma in film. Her first film, the feature-length documentary Work Hard, Play Hard (2011), deals with the effects of modern human resources management and has been awarded numerous prizes, including the prestigious German Grimme Prize 2014. She received the Gerd Ruge Project Scholarship for the documentary Oeconomia (2020). Carmen Losmann lives and works in Cologne and Templin.
Work Hard, Play Hard is a documentary about modern management methods and the redesign of work spaces. To all apparences, teleworking, open spaces and flexible work hours are leading to more flexibility, always with an eye toward greater productivity. The corporation human resources and the architects , who design the office buildings, are optimistic. Offices now look like comfortable hotel lob...
Work Hard, Play Hard is a documentary about modern management methods and the redesign of work spaces. To all apparences, teleworking, open spaces and flexible work hours are leading to more flexibility, always with an eye toward greater productivity. The corporation human resources and the architects , who design the office buildings, are optimistic. Offices now look like comfortable hotel lob...