Dieter O. Holzinger

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Dieter O. Holzinger (born October 16, 1941 in Villach , Carinthia ; † August 31, 2006 in Husum , Schleswig-Holstein ) was an Austrian author , film , television and theater director .

Life

After completing his Matura, Holzinger studied theater studies in Vienna and attended an acting school . This was followed by productions, also of his own plays, at Viennese cellar theaters. From 1964 to 1969 he worked as an assistant director at the Austrian Telefilm under the artistic direction of Jörg Mauthe .

In 1965, as the director in charge, he shot his first production for television with the series The Austrian Portrait , in which 40 episodes were presented in public figures. This was followed in 1969 by the Kleines-Mediterran-Feuilleton series with Mathias Wiemann , as well as the semi-documentaries with feature film dealership Vienna 1913 - Station of History (1974) and Congress of Vienna (1980), each in collaboration with Milo Dor . In later years Holzinger devoted himself increasingly to didactic-pedagogical film. In total, he was the designer of more than 300 television and short films in the education and culture segment.

Dieter O. Holzinger has also published various books and plays as an author .

In 1987, Holzinger founded the Altenburg Abbey Summer Games and was its director until 2004 . During this time he directed numerous world premieres and new productions there.

In 1979 Dieter O. Holzinger received the Golden Medal of Merit of the Republic of Austria , in 1985 the Silver Medal of Honor of the Republic of Austria. In 1999 he was awarded the title of Professor. From 2004 he was a member of the Lower Austrian Cultural Senate. For his films he received awards not only in Austria, but also in Berlin in 1980, in Frankfurt and Japan in 1985. In 2008 he was posthumously awarded the Rollett Culture Prize of the City of Baden. Dieter O. Holzinger died on August 31, 2006 in Husum on a trip through Schleswig-Holstein after a trip to the island of Sylt .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1965: The Austrian Portrait (TV series, 40 episodes)
  • 1969: Small Mediterranean feuilleton (TV series, 13 episodes)
  • 1970–1972: Stories from Austria (TV series, eight episodes)
  • 1974: Vienna 1913 - the station of history
  • 1976: Game - Building Block of Life (TV series, seven episodes)
  • 1979: Book - Partner of the Child (TV series, eight episodes)
  • 1980: Congress of Vienna
  • 1983: Hans Christian Andersen
  • 1987–1988: Contemporary Nutrition (TV series, four episodes)
  • 1987–1989: Bavaria and Austria (TV series, three episodes)
  • 1991–2005: Literature and its time (media series of the Federal Ministry of Culture , 13 episodes)
  • 1992: Altenburg Abbey - cultural treasure in the Waldviertel
  • 1992: National Trust - England's greatest treasure
  • 1999: 10 years of the UN Convention - Rights of the Child

Works (selection)

  • 1985: The unpredictable charm of a cheese dairy, narrative, Bläschke Verlag, St. Michael, ISBN 3-7053-2367-9
  • 1999: Of fools, dreamers and other geniuses, plays, Löcker Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 3-85409-310-1
  • 2001: A festival for Nathan, Löcker Verlag, Vienna, ISBN 3-85409-359-4
  • 2005: Arthur Schnitzler & Baden near Vienna, Kral Verlag, Berndorf, ISBN 3-902447-10-9
  • 2006: Franz Grillparzer - The Magic Flute second part and other satires, Kral Verlag, Berndorf, ISBN 3-902447-15-X
  • 2007: 200 years and a family - Adler-Eisenschitz, Kral Verlag, Berndorf, ISBN 3-902447-29-X

literature

  • Herbert Holba, Günter Knorr, Peter Spiegel: Reclams German Film Lexicon . Philipp Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-15-010330-4 , p. 166

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film Archive Austria ( Memento from July 8, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) on filmarchiv.at; accessed on July 28, 2020
  2. ↑ a b ORF Carinthia on orf.at; Retrieved February 9, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Dieter Holzinger died on derStandard.at ; Retrieved September 1, 2012
  4. ↑ List of the bearers of the Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (PDF; 6.6 MB); Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  5. ^ Lower Austrian Senate for Culture on the homepage of Lower Austria; Retrieved February 8, 2011
  6. ↑ baden.at - Information from the township Baden, issue 02/2008, page 13
  7. ↑ Media booklet for the video cassette on bildungsmedien.tv, accessed at The document can be binary z. B. Download with curl and then open it as a pdf.
personal data
SURNAME Holzinger, Dieter O.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author, film director, television director and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Villach , Carinthia, Austria
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 2006
Place of death Husum , Schleswig-Holstein, Germany