Winrich Kolbe
Winrich "Rick" Ernst Rudolf Kolbe (born August 9, 1940 in Amsterdam ; † late September 2012 ) was an American director and producer of German origin.
Life
Winrich Kolbe was born in Amsterdam and became a US citizen in 1968. He began his career as a producer and director with Universal Pictures in the 1970s .
Kolbe was best known for his work on various Star Trek series. He also directed other well-known television series, such as Magnum , Knight Rider , In the Heat of the Night , JAG - On behalf of the honor or 24 . In 2002 he was hired as a director for the German film production Ice Planet . One of the main roles played here was Reiner Schöne , with whom Kolbe had already worked on an episode of Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century .
He ended his engagement at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia , where Kolbe had been teaching since October 2005, in 2007 for health reasons. His grave is in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles .
Filmography (selection)
Director
- 1974-1978: The Six Million Dollar Man ( The Six Million Dollar Man , TV series, various episodes)
- 1978: Battlestar Galactica ( Battlestar Galactica , TV Series, Episode 21: Baltar's Escape)
- 1974–1980: Detective Rockford - a call is enough ( The Rockford Files , TV series, various episodes)
- 1981: Magnum ( Magnum, pi , television series, five episodes)
- 1982: The Fall Guy ( The Fall Guy , television series, one episode)
- 1982: CHiPs (TV series, two episodes)
- 1983: The Time Travelers ( Voyagers ! , TV series, an episode)
- 1983–1985: Agent with a Heart ( Scarecrow and Mrs. King , TV series, six episodes)
- 1983–1986: Knight Rider (TV series, eleven episodes)
- 1984–1985: TJ Hooker (TV series, three episodes)
- 1987: Spenser ( Spenser: For Hire , TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1988-1995: In the Heat of the Night ( In the Heat of the Night , television series, 13 episodes)
- 1988–1994: Spaceship Enterprise: The Next Century ( Star Trek: The Next Generation , TV series, 16 episodes)
- 1993–1999: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series, 13 episodes)
- 1995–1996: Superman - The Adventures of Lois & Clark ( Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman , TV series, two episodes)
- 1996–1999: Millennium - Fear your neighbor as yourself ( Millennium , TV series, four episodes)
- 1995–2000: Star Trek: Raumschiff Voyager ( Star Trek: Voyager , TV series, 19 episodes)
- 1998: JAG - On behalf of the honor ( JAG , TV series, an episode)
- 1999: The Darwin Project ( The Darwin Conspiracy , TV movie)
- 2000: Angel ( Angel , TV series, an episode)
- 2001: 24 (TV series, two episodes)
- 2002: Star Trek: Enterprise (TV series, episode)
- 2002: Fastlane (TV series, an episode)
- 2003: Threat Matrix - Red Alert ( Threat Matrix , TV series, an episode)
producer
- 1974–1976: A Sheriff in New York ( McCloud , TV series, 15 episodes)
- 1976–1977: Quincy ( Quincy, ME , television series, six episodes)
- 1978: Battlestar Galactica ( Battlestar Galactica , TV series, an episode)
Web links
- Winrich Kolbe in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Winrich Kolbe in the Star Trek Wiki Memory Alpha
- Winrich Kolbe in the online film database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Winrich Kolbe. In: IMDb. Retrieved January 9, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c Obituary: Winrich Kolbe (1940-2012) at classictvhistory.wordpress.com, accessed on October 26, 2012
- ^ Winrich Kolbe Filmography. (No longer available online.) In: InBaseline. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved December 21, 2009 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Winrich “Rick” Kolbe. In: Find a grave. Retrieved February 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Winrich Kolbe. (No longer available online.) In: Battlestar Wiki. Archived from the original on December 10, 2008 ; Retrieved December 21, 2009 (Winrich Kolbe is the director of the Original Series episode "Baltar's Escape." He is also the associative producer and second unit director.).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kolbe, Winrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kolbe, Winrich Ernst Rudolf (full name); Kolbe, Rick (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American director and producer of German origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2012 |