Gerald Lehner (journalist)
Gerald Lehner (born November 12, 1963 in Bad Gastein ) is an Austrian journalist , author , filmmaker and photographer .
Gerald Lehner studied political science , communication and education in Salzburg after completing his training as a mechanical engineer . He is the biographer of the Austro-American philosopher Leopold Kohr . Since 1986 Lehner has been working full-time as a radio and television reporter and since 2002 as an editor at Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). He writes contemporary history travel guides as well as articles for international newspapers and magazines, including profil , Der Standard , Die Zeit and Der Spiegel . In reports he reports from Kurdistan , the Himalayas , North America, West Africa, New Zealand, Greenland and the Arctic of Siberia. He is a screenwriter and filmmaker and delivers lengthy productions for television. Teacher was a consultant and actor in the British television film Climbing for the Fatherland about mountaineering and hero cult under National Socialism (directed by Kevin Sim, Audrey Salkeld), with Reinhold Messner , Joe Simpson , Heinz Zak and Heinrich Harrer , among others .
- Nominations at film festivals
Trento Film Festival (Italy) for the TV film How Skiing has come to America . Also: Avignon (France), New York City, Port Townsend / Seattle (Washington State), Eugene (Oregon) and Anchorage (Alaska) - for the documentary Jazz on a winters day (2007) - together with the Austrian filmmaker Sven Jansel.
Lehner previously realized his passion as a mountaineer - in addition to working as a technician and teacher - in Nepal for development aid projects of the Austrian government. He is a volunteer mountain rescue man and deputy specialist for public relations in the Federal Association of the Austrian Mountain Rescue Service and the Tyrolean Mountain Rescue Service.
Publications
- The biography of the philosopher and economist Leopold Kohr . Winner of the Alternative Nobel Prize . Deuticke, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-216-30107-9 .
- Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer and Leopold Kohr. With the Washington Post against the Nazis. In: Documentation archive of the Austrian resistance . 1995 yearbook.
- Between Hitler and the Himalayas . Heinrich Harrer's memory gaps . Czernin, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7076-0216-8 . ( Review by Horst Christoph in the news magazine "profil")
- The human measure. A utopia? Conversations with Leopold Kohr about his life. Edition Tandem, Salzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-902932-01-3 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerald Lehner in the catalog of the German National Library
- About Lehner's biographical research on the resistance fighter, UN co-founder, political scientist and diplomat Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer
- Biographical research on the resistance fighter and philosopher Leopold Kohr
- Biographical research on the ski pioneer and Hollywood director Otto Lang
- Essay about Egon Ranshofen-Wertheimer and Leopold Kohr
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehner, Gerald |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bad Gastein |