Christoph Weber (director)

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Christoph Weber at the Grimme Prize 2015

Christoph Weber (born June 7, 1967 in Linnich ) is a German director , author and documentary filmmaker .

Life

After studying theater, film and television studies in Cologne, Weber worked as a television journalist for public broadcasters in Germany. In 1995 he switched to marketing at ZDF. Since 2001 he has been creating documentaries as a freelance writer, director and producer. He also works as a coach at ARD.ZDF media academy .

During his career Weber won national and international awards, including the Grimme Prize in 2015. In the same year he received the Regino Prize for outstanding judicial reporting . Through his films, he has earned a reputation as an investigative documentary filmmaker who questions historical myths through his work and can often unmask them as legends.

His best-known films include Hitler's 9/11 , The Failure of Post War Justice , Flying Is Siegen, and The Nazi Games .

Filmography

  • 2016: The Nazi Games - Berlin 1936
  • 2014: File D: The Failure of the Post-War Justice System
  • 2013: Our economic miracle - the real story
  • 2013: Charlemagne (co-author)
  • 2011: The great petrol fraud
  • 2010: To fly means to win - The suppressed history of Deutsche Lufthansa
  • 2007: Operation Wunderland (3-part series)
  • 2006: Black Starlets - How To Survive A Broken Dream
  • 2006: Hitler's 9/11 - Target USA
  • 2005: The last contingent - Hitler's death pilots   
  • 2002: The World Elf - eleven children and their love for football

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Short biography ( Memento of the original from August 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at taglichtmedia.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.taglichtmedia.de
  2. ↑ Grimme Institute: Grimme Prize | 2015. In: www.grimme-institut.de. Retrieved August 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Hubert Spiegel: TV review: Lufthansa in the Third Reich: Always at the service of the leader . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . July 21, 2010, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 13, 2016]).
  4. ^ The Nazi Games - Berlin 1936 | PBS Programs | PBS. In: The Nazi Games - Berlin 1936 | PBS Programs | PBS. Retrieved August 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Weber, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, author and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Linnich