Donatello Dubini
Donatello Dubini (born July 19, 1955 in Zurich ; † March 26, 2011 in Cologne ) was a Swiss director and documentary filmmaker . He made his films in close collaboration with his brother Fosco Dubini .
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From 1975 to 1977 he studied at the Film Academy in Vienna, and from 1979 film studies at the University of Cologne . He wrote his master's thesis on the documentary filmmaker Richard Dindo .
He made his first documentary film Gösgen - A film about the popular movement against nuclear power plants about the Gösgen nuclear power plant in 1978 together with his brother. This was followed by documentaries about the missing Italian physicist Ettore Majorana , the nuclear spy Klaus Fuchs and the Bavarian fairytale king Ludwig II.
With later works, the Dubini brothers turned increasingly to film and art topics. This is how documentaries were made about the actress Jean Seberg , the writer Thomas Pynchon and the actress Hedy Lamarr .
In 2001, both filmed Annemarie Schwarzenbach's travel diary under the title Die Reise nach Kafiristan .
Shortly before his death, he presented his last film, The Big Legacy , which was dedicated to the personal history of the Dubini family, at the 46th Solothurn Film Festival .
Dubini was a founding member of the Kölner Filmhaus and a member of the filmmaker and distribution initiative “Der Andere Blick”.
Filmography (selection)
- 1978: Gösgen - A film about the popular movement against nuclear power plants
- 1986: The disappearance of Ettore Majorana
- 1990: Klaus Fuchs - nuclear spy
- 1993: Ludwig 1881
- 1995: Jean Seberg: American Actress
- 2001: Thomas Pynchon: A Journey Into the Mind of P.
- 2001: The trip to Kafiristan
- 2005: Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star
- 2011: The great inheritance
Awards
- 1987: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists
- 1990: Bavarian Film Prize , together with his brother Fosco Dubini
Web links
- Donatello Dubini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Filmhaus mourns Donatello Dubini ( memento from July 20, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), Kölner Filmhaus, accessed on August 26, 2011.
- ↑ Film-dienst 08/2011, page 23
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dubini, Donatello |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss director and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 19, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 2011 |
| Place of death | Cologne |