Claus Peter Witt

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Claus Peter Witt (born March 24, 1932 in Berlin ; † May 8, 2017 in Hamburg ) was a German television director , screenwriter , actor and dramaturge .

biography

After dropping out of law studies, Claus Peter Witt attended drama school and began his artistic career in 1952 as an actor and assistant director under Gustav Rudolf Sellner at the Landestheater Darmstadt . In 1955 he moved to Wiesbaden as a dramaturge and director , and in 1957 to the City Theater of Konstanz . In 1960, Witt became director and chief dramaturge in Braunschweig .

In 1961 he went to the television department of NDR as assistant director and dramaturge under Egon Monk . His first television production followed in 1966, Koll by Hermann Moers . From 1966 he was a freelance director in Hamburg . One of his first larger works, The Gentlemen Ask for Cashier , came about through the death of the intended director John Olden . In 1983 he became program manager in the film and television division at Gruner + Jahr . From 1990 to 2002 Witt was the director of Lindenstrasse .

Claus Peter Witt was married to the actress Eva Zlonitzky . He was buried on June 9, 2017 in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg.

Awards

Witt received the Golden Camera for directing Die Gentlemen bitten zum Cashier .

Filmography (selection)

Director

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b TV director Claus Peter Witt has died. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . Zeitungsgruppe Hamburg GmbH, May 19, 2017, accessed on May 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ according to the theater archive Kay Less .
  3. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Claus Peter Witt
personal data
SURNAME Witt, Claus Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German television director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 2017
Place of death Hamburg , Germany