Andreas Weiß (filmmaker)

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Andreas Weiß (born January 4, 1968 in Wolfenbüttel ) is a German filmmaker , author , director and producer .

Life

Since coming out in 1988, Andreas Weiß has been responsible for numerous productions as a producer, author and director, in which homosexual topics always had a special presence. One of his best-known productions is the 1995 drama series Montagskinder . These and other of his series were broadcast by open channels and shown as video performances in local cinemas and associations. In his productions, Weiß presents gay and lesbian ways of life as a matter of course, provocatively and in concentrated form. While his earlier productions were characterized by the use of mostly amateur actors and simple video technology (S-VHS), since 2002 he has mainly been working with professional actors and shooting on digital video.

Weiß has worked with various artists from the Berlin homosexual cabaret scene such as Biggy van Blond , Donato Plögert , Tima die Götliche and Ovo Maltine . Because of his work as a director and producer, he is mentioned in the lexicon of the German soap operas by Jovan Evermann , the still photographer of three of his productions.

Andreas Weiß has lived and worked in Berlin since 1990, in the Prenzlauer Berg district since 1992 .

On January 2, 2009, Andreas Weiß established the non-profit foundation SCHWULFERNSEHEN and transferred all of his cinematographic works as well as the rights of use to this foundation. The purpose of the foundation is to maintain and preserve these works and to make them accessible to the public.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1988: Henry's Room (feature film)
  • 1988–1989: The Twenty-Eighth Autumn (feature film)
  • 1991–1993: Licht und Schatten (1st gay and lesbian drama series in Germany, 61 episodes of 30 min each)
  • 1994: Traumtänzer - Das Kulturbüro (drama series with 27 episodes of 30 min each)
  • 1994–1995: Hola Berlin (Spanish-language culture magazine, 6 issues of 45 min each)
  • 1995: Montagskinder (drama series with 55 episodes of 25 min each)
  • 1996: DAVID - the gay television magazine (6 issues of 30 min each)
  • 1997: Monday Stories (gay drama series with 30 episodes of 30 min each)
  • 1998: From man to man (1st gay erotic soap in Germany with 12 episodes of 30 min each)
  • 1999–2005: Berlin Bohème (drama series in an artistic setting with 53 episodes of 24 min each)
  • 2008: Sunday men (gay erotic soap with 20 episodes of 30 min each)

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personal data
SURNAME White, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German filmmaker, writer, director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th January 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolfenbüttel