Bernd Grumpy

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Brummbaer , also Brummbär or Bernd Brummbär , actually Bernhard Matzerath (* August 18, 1945 - January 16, 2016 in Los Angeles ) was a German digital designer who worked as an art director , illustrator and 3D designer. He produced various German television films, directed and appeared as an actor. Most recently, he turned his interest to computer graphics . He made some short films on the computer and was involved in special effects for films.

Life

In the 1960s he painted and published the underground magazine Germania . With a small group of employees he developed light shows for various pop groups such as Amon Düül , Frank Zappa , The Fugs and Tangerine Dream . He was one of the computer animators who created the special effects for the Tristar film Johnny Mnemonic . In 1995 he also opened the "Electronic Theater," SIGGRAPH . He is one of the pioneers of digital animation , characterized by his psychedelic , dissociative and hallucinogenic style.

In autumn 2003 he got cancer . During his illness he wrote a semi-biographical story entitled DER GAMMLER , published by Werner Pieper's “Der Grüne Zweig”. The book describes his psychedelic experiences with the cough suppressant Romilar in 1964. He underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy and, after five years of relapse-free disease, was considered to be cured of his cancer. In 2007 he was diagnosed with bladder cancer. After two surgeries, he was free of cancer.

Career

Between 1964 and 1967 Brummbaer hitchhiked through Europe as a plaster painter. In 1967 he had his first exhibition of his chalk drawings in the Art's Lab in London . In 1968 he moved to Frankfurt am Main , where he designed psychedelic posters. Brummbaer soon had an extensive collection in Europe even more rare underground comics or comix . He translated Robert Crumbs first book (Robert Crumbs) Head-Comix and published it in the March publishing house . The success of this book encouraged him to start his own publishing series with underground comics and some classic comic strips, the "Brumm-Comix" at Melzer Verlag . From the profits he financed the underground magazine "Germania". During this time he was involved in the squatter scene and campaigned for the legalization of marijuana and other so-called " soft drugs ".

1972–1973 he worked with Wolf Wondratschek and Georg Deuter on the radio play Machine No. 9 .

Filmography

Director

  • CyberWorld (2000) (IMAX)
  • The Last Trip to Harrisburg (1984) (aka "The Last Trip to Harrisburg") with R. W. Fassbinder, Udo Kier, Ed Lachman

Furnishing

  • Klaus Lemke: Idols (1975) (TV)
  • The Sweethearts, (1977) (TV)
  • Motocross (1977) (TV)
  • The Very Last, (1979) (TV)
  • Arabian Nights (1979) ("Arabian Nights")
  • Dark Seed (1992) (VG)

actor

  • The Very Last One (1979) (TV)
  • The Sweethearts, (1977) (TV)
  • Why the sky isn't an airplane

Others

  • Illustrator: Playboy , Penthouse , Transatlantic
  • Painter: Solo exhibition at the Klinzer Gallery, Munich, Magical Realism
  • Animator: Bavarian television "XX, Clip-Cafe": Production design, openers, bumpers and stage sets for youth-oriented programs

Computer graphics

In 1986 Brummbaer was invited by the International Synergy Institute in Los Angeles to work as “Artist in Residence” with their Fairlight CVI computer. During this time several ¾ ″ videos were created: "New Worlds", "Orient Ma Mind An Touch Ma Hal", "Pretty Please". Another reason to live in LA was his friendship with Timothy Leary , John Lilly and his wife Tony. He has been promoting digital design since the introduction of the personal computer. He developed graphics for games and special effects for films. In 1988 he was involved in Futique Inc.'s "Cyberpunk Interscreen / The Mind Movie" in collaboration with Timothy Leary. He made book covers, CD covers and magazine covers exclusively with the computer and rejected traditional graphic media.

From 1991 to 1993 Brummbaer worked as art director for the game Darkseed in collaboration with H. R. Giger . He designed the computer graphics for the film Critters 4 . The " Digital Be-In " in San Francisco and the Zero-One Gallery, Los Angeles, showed a first exhibition of his electronic images, hosted by Timothy Leary. Timothy Leary's last book “Chaos and Cyberculture” contains illustrations by Brummbaer.

Sony Pictures Imageworks

  • 1994 Johnny Mnemonic (Opener / Cyberspace)
  • 1995 LA SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater (Opener) "The Craft" (butterflies)
  • 1996 Odyssey into the Mind's Eye (Opener for "Mind's Eye"), "Computer Animation Classics" (Opener for "Mind's Eye Classics"), "Dark Skies" (TV Series pilot), "Jonny Quest" (cartoon)
  • 1997 LA SIGGRAPH "Electronic Theater" (Opener), SDDS logo (Cinematic Opener), "En Vogue" MTV video

Computer generated films

  • 1998 2 1/2 minutes IMAX / 3D CyberWorld (2000)
  • 1999 Bill Gates ' Basement (short film animation)
  • 2000–2001 “Thru the Moebius Strip” with Jean Girard Moebius - 3-minute trailer
  • 2001–2002 Researching “Non-Photo-Real Renderers” Toto's Dream - short film
  • 2003 The Story of Computer Graphics (Dir. Frank Foster, title / credits)

Games

Brummbaer has worked on various games, including SimCity (1989), Wolfpack (1990), Robo Sport (1991), Comanche (1992), Q * bert (1992), Shrek 2 (2004), True Crime: New York City (2005 ) and Kung Fu Panda (2007).

Awards

  • Imagina - Monte 'Carlo - Content graphics (1997)
  • International Monitor Award - Openers / Closers (1998)
  • "Bill Gates Basement" - Siggraph Animation Theater (1999)

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Grumbler, Bernd
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brummbaer, Bernd; Growl; Matzerath, Bernhard (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German digital designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1945
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 2016
Place of death los Angeles