Bodo Scriba

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Bodo Scriba (born August 12, 1939 in Hamburg ) is a German lawyer , film producer and entrepreneur .

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Bodo Scriba completed a law degree at the Universities of Freiburg and Hamburg with the first state examination. He then received his doctorate and passed the second state examination at the University of Hamburg in 1971. From 1971 to 1974 he worked as an assistant to the management at Erik Blumenfeld and his company. He then joined the Munich film wholesaler Leo Kirch in 1974 and was considered his “right, more left-wing liberal hand” before he left Kirch's company in 1985. During these years, Scriba helped, as managing director of Kirchs Filmhandelshaus, among other things, to expand the extremely lucrative business of trading in television broadcasting rights from sources in Europe and the USA. During the same period he was also involved in productions for the Kirch Group and the development of new business areas (video, rental, pay TV and SAT 1).

After leaving Kirch, Scriba was the first to take a 25% stake in the rental of Tobis von Horst Wendlandt and, in autumn 1986, took over television distribution for Disney in German-speaking countries in his URANIA film. His ALCOR film produced the multi-part "Hemingway" with Dany Wilson (USA), directed by B. Sinkel and Stacey Keach in the title role. In later years the co-productions of filmography followed, such as "Homo Faber" by V. Schlöndorff and "Germinal" based on Zola's novel.

In autumn 1987 Scriba and the musical entrepreneur Rolf Deyle founded Scriba & Deyhle OHG (S&D) as a holding company for the founding of Scriba in film and television. This also included CAPITOL-Film, which was set up a little later with Axel Springer Verlag, for the trade in television rights. The almost exclusive delivery of SAT 1 by the Kirch Group was probably the reason for the publisher to take this step. Within a short period of time, a considerable stock was built up, which made it possible to conclude over 164 films with ARD.

In 1989 S&D and the cinema operator Hans-Joachim Flebbe founded the Cinemaxx company. It combined the knowledge of the building contractor (Deyhle) with the film and cinema experience of Flebbe and Scriba. The multiplexes arose in Hanover, Essen, Hamburg and Munich, which revolutionized the ailing cinema landscape.

In 1990 Scriba moved with all of its companies from Munich to Hamburg. The change of location was indicated with the proximity to the partners Springer and Flebbe. There a new partnership was established with Willi Bär (former editor-in-chief of CINEMA, the largest film magazine in Europe) at Connexion for production and trade in the film sector. The first joint production was W. Petersen's film "Shattered" (Death in the Mirror), which was awarded by Tobis in Germany.

A year later, however, Scriba's real entry into film production took place in the United States. Scriba founded NEW REGENCY with Arnon Milchan ("Pretty Woman", "Once upon a time in America"), in which he took over 25% of the shares, as well as the film rights for the German-speaking area and Eastern Europe. Warner Bros. carried out the worldwide rental and video distribution. From this collaboration, in which Canal + was initially involved, 31 films were made by 1997. Not everyone was a success or notable in size. But the list of achievements includes titles like “JFK”, “Sommersby”, “Made in America”, “Falling Down”, “Free Willy”, “Heat”, “Copycat”, “Natural Born Killers”, “A Time to Kill ”,“ LA Confidential ”,“ Under Siege ”,“ The Client ”. Bodo Scriba is also the owner (100%) of Alcor Films, in whose name various international productions have been realized.

Scriba sold its shares in the New Regency and sold in 1995 through Milchan to the Australian major publisher Packer for $ 75 million, but remained a co-producer for its territories. However, when Milchan wanted to change studios to continue with Murdoch's Fox, Scriba ended his collaboration with Milchan in 1997. A short episode for 4 films, including "Rainmaker", by FF Coppola, the collaboration with Michael Douglas remained on the Swiss companies Mont Blanc and Bernina, in whose films the Kirch group was also involved.

Scriba and Deyhle had already separated at the end of 1992, after Scriba had previously acquired the Springer shares in the Capitol after violent disputes between Kirch and Peter Tamm, which ended with the recall of Tamm. With the real division of Scriba / Deyhle, the shares in Connexion and Capella in LA were assigned to Deyhle, the stake in Cinemaxx was transferred equally to Scriba and Deyhle, and Scriba took over the other companies.

In spite of the alleged Kirch / Oeller bribery affair, which Deyhle started in 1990, Kirch and Scriba made two large television license deals in 1992 and 1995 for more than 1,300 feature films worth a good DM 500 million. After the end of production activities in America, dedicated themselves Scriba the exploitation of his still extensive television rights with degrees with the ARD and other licensees and new activities as a lawyer.

His rental activities in Russia came to an unpleasant end after Fox took over the position of Gemini in 2006. Scriba was held responsible for irregularities in the management it took over from Fox and was sued for $ 3 million in Los Angeles A. Fox also brought an action in Hamburg with the same accusation (AZ 307 O 389/09). After this lawsuit was finally dismissed in Hamburg in 2009, Fox stopped its legal efforts in Los Angeles. Evidence (deposition) had probably convinced them of the baselessness of their allegations.

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  2. ↑ Stefan Stahl: Leo Kirch: The gentle patriarch . In: Augsburger Allgemeine . ( augsburger-allgemeine.de [accessed on October 22, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Thomas Clark: The Film Godfather. The case of Leo Kirch . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-455-09382-5 ( amazon.de [accessed on October 22, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Ariane Barth: Here is something from Wild West. In: Der Spiegel. 24, 1993, pp. 124-139.
  5. ↑ Dr. Bodo Scriba, 46, managing director of Beta: kress.de. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
  6. ↑ a b Rebecca Lieb: German partners part . In: Variety . January 12, 1993 ( variety.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Hemingway in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  8. ↑ Elaine Dutka, Alan Citron: COLUMN ONE: A Mogul's Bankroll - and Past: Arnon Milchan has emerged as one of Hollywood's most powerful producers. His background is unusual: agribusiness and ammunitions. In: Los Angeles Times . February 28, 1992, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  9. ↑ Peter Bart: Milchan builds bridges and ponders power . In: Variety . March 13, 1995 ( variety.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  10. ↑ Marc Eliot: Michael Douglas: The Biography . Langen-Müller, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7844-8187-6 ( google.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  11. ^ The art of the Hollywood deal . In: EW.com . September 29, 1995 ( ew.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  12. ↑ Articles about Bodo Scriba - latimes. Retrieved October 22, 2017 (English).
  13. ↑ James Bates: Company Town: Producers Douglas, Reuther Find German Tycoon to Back Films: Movies: The injection of money will help the pair meet an ambitious production deal with Paramount. In: Los Angeles Times . September 20, 1994, ISSN  0458-3035 ( latimes.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  14. ↑ Dietmar H. Lamparter: Film Industry: Powerful producers want to roll up the German cinema scene with huge movie theaters: War of the Palaces . In: The time . May 1, 1992, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  15. ^ Jürgen Heinrich: Medienökonomie: Volume 2: Radio and television . Springer-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-322-92510-7 ( google.com [accessed October 22, 2017]).
  16. ^ Fox Goes After German Lawyer, Claims Fraud in Distribution. Retrieved October 2, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Scriba, Bodo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, film producer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg , Germany