Adolf Grimme Prize 2001
The 37th Adolf Grimme Prize was awarded in 2001 . The award ceremony took place on March 23, 2001 in the Marl Theater. Roger Willemsen was the moderator .
Award winners
Adolf Grimme Prize with gold
Fiction & entertainment
- Laila Stieler (book), Andreas Dresen (director), Gabriela Maria Schmeide (actor) and Axel Prahl (actor) (for the program Die Polizistin , WDR)
Information & culture
- Thomas Giefer (for script and direction of Political Murder: Murder in Colonial Style , WDR )
- Eyal Sivan (for the direction and production of Ein Spezialist , WDR)
Special
- Hans W. Geißendörfer (for the Lindenstrasse series , WDR)
Adolf Grimme Prize
Fiction & entertainment
- Fatih Akin (script and direction), Adam Bousdoukos (actor), Aleksandar Jovanovic (actor) and Mehmet Kurtuluş (actor) (for the program Kurz und painless , ZDF )
- Dennis Gansel (director) and Jürgen Vogel (actor) (for the program Das Phantom , ProSieben )
- Christian Jeltsch (book), Vivian Naefe (director) and Stephanie Gossger (actress) (for the show One goes still , BR / SWF / Arte )
- Hendrik Handloegten (for script and direction for Paul Is Dead , ZDF)
- Andreas Kleinert (director), Jürgen Jürges (camera), Cornelia Schmaus (actress) and Hilmar Thate (actor) (for Paths into the Night , ZDF)
Information & culture
- Georg M. Hafner (for the idea and conception of Das Rote Quadrat , HR )
- Klaus Scherer (for script and direction for Kamikaze - Death Order for Japan's Youth , NDR / Arte)
- Marcus Vetter (for script and direction of Where Money Grows! - The EM.TV Story , SWR )
Special
- Colin Luke , Adam Alexander and T. Celal (for the idea and development of Mein Gott, Europa ! , Arte / BBC Two / TV4 )
- Christiane Hörbiger (for her portrayal in Die Schwiegermutter , ZDF, Julia - An unusual woman , SR and Schimanski must suffer , WDR)
Special honor
- Gunther Witte (for influencing the television game at WDR)
Special award from the Ministry for Urban Development and Housing, Culture and Sport of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Ullrich H. Kasten (script and direction) and Jens-Fietje Dwars (book) (for the program Over the Abyss inclined , ORB / SFB / SWR )
Audience Award of the Marler Group
- Jürgen Vogel (actor) and Nadeshda Brennicke (actor) (for the program Das Phantom , ProSieben)