Gerhard Behrendt
Gerhard Behrendt (born April 3, 1929 in Caputh near Potsdam , † September 26, 2006 in Berlin ) was a German director , puppet designer and inventor of the sandman of the German television station Berlin.
Life
In 1943 he began an apprenticeship as a theater painter at the Prussian State Theater in Berlin , which he continued after the end of the war in the painter's hall of the German State Opera Berlin . During this time he was also active as an actor and cabaret artist. In 1946 he worked in the studio of the film architect Walter Röhrig and as a caricaturist . In 1948 he was a theater painter at the Hans Otto Theater in Potsdam. After he passed the exam a year later and was approved as a set designer by the Brandenburg state government , he outfitted at this theater, among other things, The Servant of Two Lords and Don Carlos .
After working as a puppet designer and animator at DEFA -Studio Babelsberg (1953) and at DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme in Dresden (1955), he joined German television in 1956, where he became a director and puppet designer for satirical cartoon and puppet films . In 1958 he was entrusted with founding the puppet studio.
In 1959, within 14 days, he created the figure that has made him famous to this day - the little sandman. At the same time he was the author , director, production designer and animator for the programs Our Sandman. Over the years, he created more figures: Professor head, Paul and Stine (Berlin brats), the primeval creature, the title character of the series Abendgruß thud and the fair males of the Leipziger Messe . In 1977 the Polski courier awarded him the Order of the Smile at the suggestion of Polish children , the most original honor for him. Gerhard Behrendt was up to the management of television of the GDR and the DFF in his animation studio and then retired as a freelance director and puppet designer worked.
On February 9, 2005 he received the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. It was presented to him in April 2005 by Klaus Wowereit . He is one of the few people who have been awarded both the Federal Cross of Merit and the GDR National Prize.
The Marzahn-Hellersdorf District Assembly decided in September 2019 to honor Gerhard Behrendt by naming a street, a path or a square in Marzahn-Hellersdorf.
Behrendt died after a long and serious illness at the age of 77.
literature
- Volker Petzold: The sandman. Everything about our TV star . Edel-Edition, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-941378-06-3 .
- Volker Petzold: The great east-west sandman lexicon . Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-86650-475-2 .
- Ingrid Kirschey-Feix : Behrendt, Gerhard . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 1. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Video
- Gerhard Behrendt (director): Where does the Sandman live? With an adventure from Plumps, episode 3. In: Our little sandman, episode 1–3 . Karussell-Musik-und-Video-GmbH / Pocket-Money-Video, Hamburg 1995 ( VHS video cassette, 50 minutes).
- Gerhard Behrendt (director): Our little sandman . Dream box. Sony Music Entertainment , Munich 2008 (174 minutes, 3 DVDs ). and numerous other DVD episodes
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerhard Behrendt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gerhard Behrendt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Broadcasting Berlin-Brandenburg | Sandman - Official Sandman page
- Gerhard Behrendt on the website of the Filmmuseum Potsdam
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
- ^ Federal Cross of Merit for Sandman Father Gerhard Behrendt ( Memento from September 9, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Honor for Gerhard Behrendt, inventor of the sandman
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behrendt, Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director, puppet maker and inventor of the sandman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Potsdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 26, 2006 |
| Place of death | Berlin |