Dieter Pochlatko
Dieter Pochlatko (born June 6, 1943 in Graz , Austria ) is an Austrian film producer , cameraman and entrepreneur .
He has been a partner since 1969 and since 1978 managing director of the Austrian film production company Epo-Film , which his father Erich Pochlatko founded in 1954.
Leykam Medien AG held 51% of EPO-Film for five years, while Pochlatko retained 49% of the stake. In 2012 he bought this stake back for € 1.5 million.
Live and act
Dieter Pochlatko is the son of Irmgard and Erich Pochlatko, the founder of the production company "EPO-Film". Part of his family is also active in the film industry, such as B. his older brother Peter Pochlatko, known as a film producer. Other ancestors are Walter Pochlatko (sculptor), Werner Pochlatko (actor) and Herbert Pochlatko (author). Pochlatko is married and has three sons.
Dieter Pochlatko graduated from Graz in 1964. Then he started studying German and Romance languages at the University of Graz . In 1966 he was national champion in motorcycle enduro sport. A year later he joined the production company EPO-Film as a cameraman. After the death of his father, Pochlatko had to break off his studies in order to take over his role as managing director in the family business. He inherited the family business in Graz in 1969, and a year later he was granted the film production license .
In the course of time, Pochlatko experienced a great development in his professional area. From 1975 to 2003 he was the head of the Audiovision and Film Industry Section in the Styrian Chamber of Commerce .
In 1977 he also took over the Rechbauerkino cultural center in Graz, which at that time was developing into one of the most important cultural institutions in Austria. Pochlatko was a member of the jury for the Styrian Film Prize from 1977–2001 .
From 1978 to 1982 Pochlatko was managing director of the Audiovisual Center (AVZ) of the federal state of Styria. From 1984 to 2004 he also took over the post of chairman of the professional group for documentary films in the professional association of the audiovisual and film industry in the Styrian Chamber of Commerce.
From 1978 to 1988, Pochlatko was also head of the film department at the Technical College in Graz. He is known for his teaching activities in media courses at the University of Graz and at the University for Continuing Education in Krems . He has also given guest lectures at La Fémis in Paris .
From 1987 to 2003 he was a member of the jury for the Austrian State Prize in relation to advertising and business films , and from 1990 to 2002 he was also a member of the jury of the International Mountain Film Festival in Graz.
In 1990 Pochlatko expanded the business that had been set up in Vienna in 1978 in addition to his business in Graz to become the company's main office. Today the company is majority owned by his son Jakob Pochlatko .
Memberships
Pochlatko was a member of various committees:
- 1991–1998: President of the Association of Austrian Film and Video Producers
- 1992–2005: Head of the Audiovision and Film Industry Section - Styrian Chamber of Commerce
- Board member of the Audiovisual Media Collection Society in Vienna (VAM)
- Member of the Austrian Film Commission (AFC)
- 1996–2003: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Austrian Film Institute as an expert
- 1998–2003: Advisory Board at the Diagonale Film Festival in Graz
- 2009: Member of the jury for the Austrian State Prize for Advertising and Business Films.
Filmography (selection)
- 1990: meat grinder
- 1994: Fear of heights
- 1994: Joint venture
- 1994: In the shadow of the Führer
- 1994: an ideal candidate
- 1996: The Bockerer II - Austria is free
- 1997: Laura (TV movie)
- 1997: Bernhardiner & Katz (TV movie)
- 1999: Born in Absurdistan
- 2000: The Bockerer III - The Andau Bridge
- 2000: The Tattoo - Deadly Signs (TV movie)
- 2000: Try a Younger (TV Movie)
- 2000: Take it easy (TV movie)
- 2001: Swimmer in the Desert (Documentary)
- 2002: My sister Maria (documentary, co-producer)
- 2002: Bellaria - As long as we live! (Documentary, co-producer)
- 2002: The Slunj Waterfalls (TV film based on the novel by Heimito von Doderer )
- 2002: Rocco
- 2003: Schwabenkinder (TV movie)
- 2003: The Bockerer IV - Prague Spring
- 2004: Blackout Journey
- 2004: fatal detour
- 2005: Tatort - The Sleeping Beauty
- 2005: Margarete Steiff (TV movie)
- 2006: Klimt
- 2006: Today my husband is getting married
- 2006: The Slap (TV Movie)
- 2007: The beheaded rooster
- 2007: crime scene - a family matter
- 2007: Franz Fuchs - A Patriot (TV movie)
- 2008: The Time Called Life (TV movie)
- 2008: Mister Karl: Karlheinz Böhm - Anger and Love (documentary)
- 2008: Advanced Love (TV Movie)
- 2009: black flowers
- 2009: Death from the Deep (TV movie)
- 2009: Beloved Johann Beloved Anna (TV movie)
- 2010: Oh Shit! (TV movie)
- 2010: Heimat for Sale (TV movie)
- 2010: The Test of Courage (TV movie)
- 2011: Maybe in another life
- 2011: breathing
- 2011: Tabu - The soul is strange on earth (Co-Producer)
- 2011: Tatort - wages for work
- 2011: The Dancer - Live Your Dream (Co-Producer)
- 2011: The Girl on the Seabed (TV film, co-producer)
- 2012: Clarissa's Secret (TV movie, co-producer)
- 2012: The Desert Doctor (TV film, co-producer)
- 2013: Polt (based on the fictional character by Alfred Komarek )
- 2014: The free swimmer
- 2015: Superworld
- 2015: Käthe Kruse (TV film, co-producer)
- 2015: Luis Trenker - The Thin Line of Truth (TV film, co-producer)
- 2015: Jack
- 2015: Inspector Jury: Murder in the Fog (TV film, co-producer)
- 2016: Since you've been here (TV film, co-producer)
- 2016: Bergfried (TV movie)
- 2016: Country thriller - Dragon Maiden
- 2017: City Comedy - The White Lie
- 2017: Crime scene: Virus
- 2017: They called him Spencer
- 2017: We kill Stella
- 2018: Old, but Polt
- 2018: The tobacconist
- 2018: The miracle of Wörgl
- 2018: The Pass (TV series)
- 2019: Country thriller - The dark paradise
- 2019: crime scene: happiness alone
- 2019: Nobadi
- 2019: Deadline - Nemez and Sneijder investigate
Awards
Dieter Pochlatko received various awards for his work:
- 1980: Award of the art medal by the city of Graz
- 1997: Romy for the best TV series producer. An ideal candidate
- 2004: Cine Styria Film Prize of the State of Styria
- 2006: Grand Josef Krainer Prize
- 2006: Great Decoration of Honor of the State of Styria
- 2008: Awarded the professional title of Commercial Councilor
- 2011 : Romy for best producer for the movie Maybe in Another Life
- 2012: Diagonale , Prize of the collecting society for audiovisual media (VAM) for “Innovative production performance”
- 2012: Austrian Film Prize 2012 for Breathing in the Best Feature Film category, together with Nikolaus Wisiak and Karl Markovics
Web links
- Dieter Pochlatko in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e epofilm.com , accessed November 25, 2013.
- ↑ Dieter Pochlatko is again the sole owner of EPO-Film , kleinezeitung.at, April 7, 2012, accessed on August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Cine Styria Film Prize of the State of Styria ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Kulturförderungsbericht 2004, Das Land Steiermark, p. 50, accessed on December 9, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.steirisches-gedenkwerk.at/preistr/2006.html
- ^ Austrian Film Prize 2012 oesterreichische-filmakademie.at, accessed on December 9, 2013.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pochlatko, Dieter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian film producer, cameraman and entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1943 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz , Austria |