Frank Künster
Frank Künster (born November 14, 1966 in Lahr ) is a German bouncer, club owner, film producer and actor.
Life
Frank Künster was born in 1966 in Lahr / Black Forest in Baden-Württemberg. He grew up in Herzhausen. He graduated from high school in 1988 at the Institut Schloss Wittgenstein in Bad Laasphe . He then completed basic military service in Neustadt-Hessen.
In November 1989 he moved to Berlin. He initially studied business administration at the Free University of Berlin , but soon dropped out to work in Berlin's nightlife. In 1994 he started as a bouncer and part of the management team at the Berlin club Delicious Donuts in Mitte. In 1997 he became a managing partner there.
In 2003 Künster published the documentary Let it Rock with Igor Paasch for the Berlinale in the category “Perspektive Deutsches Kino” . The film focuses on subcultural living conditions in Berlin during the decade after the fall of the Wall. The film opened the first Berlin-Dubai cultural festival in 2010, organized by the local Goethe-Institut German Language Center.
Künster worked under Igor Paasch in the co-production of the film Willkommen Berlin , which was released for the Achtung Festival. In October 2014 he was involved in the making of the film Simplify your soul in the role of executive producer in collaboration with Markus Boestfleisch .
Künster worked as the doorman of the "King Size Bar" on Friedrichstrasse, which has existed since 2010 . After the bar was closed in 2015, Künster reopened the bar in 2016 as the sole manager. Due to renovation work on the building, the King Size had to finally close in July 2017. With Anna Müller he published the book Useless Rabble in Herzstück Verlag . In it, 20 authors describe their memories and history with the club.
In 2017 Künster played the role of a bouncer in the movie Blind & Ugly by Tom Lass . Also in 2017 he played the role of Father Wilczek in the German TV series Babylon Berlin by Tom Tykwer .
Movies
- Let it Rock, 2014
- Let it rock! - Berlin Mitte in the 90s
- An interview documentary about Berlin-Mitte from 2003: Let It Rock!
- You should have a look at this: A Berlin-Mitte documentary from 2003
- A film emerges from the middle ...
- LET IT ROCK! middle revisited
- Simplify your soul
Web links
- Frank Künster in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Frank Künster, the excess supervisor , Die Welt, March 26, 2016
- Interview: doorman legend Frank Künster , L'OFFICIEL magazine , March 30, 2016
- The Infiltrator , Die ZEIT on June 13, 2001
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Artist, Frank |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German club owner, film producer, actor, bouncer and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lahr , Black Forest |