Gideon Bachmann
Gideon Bachmann (born February 18, 1927 in Heilbronn ; † November 24, 2016 in Karlsruhe ), bourgeois Hans Werner Bachmann , was a film critic , photographer , filmmaker and radio commentator of Jewish origin.
Gideon Bachmann was born in the house at Bahnhofstrasse 27 in Heilbronn , after which the family emigrated to Palestine . From there he went to the USA , later to Italy and England. From 1996 he lived again in Germany, where he worked for the ZKM , among other things . In America, he co-founded the movement "Underground Cinema" after he and Jonas Mekas and Shirley Clarke by Hans Richter led the Film Academy of the New York City College had graduated.
Filmography
- Underground New York , 1967
- 48 hours to Acapulco , 1967, as a performer
- Jonas , 1967/68
- Protest - what for? , 1968, as a director
- Ciao Federico! , 1970
- A camera is not a Molotov cocktail! , 1977, as a director
- Peppermint Frieden , 1982/83, as a performer
- My Voyage to Italy , 2001, as a still photographer
Documentary about Bachmann
- Trial and Error , director: Marie Falke, Germany, 2019, 57 minutes
Prices
- Silver Lion, Venice International Film Festival
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article in the Heilbronn voice by Helmut Buchholz from September 7, 2004: After 57 years back in Heilbronn
- ↑ Hans Franke: History and Fate of the Jews in Heilbronn , Heilbronn 1963, p. 371
- ↑ https://www.epd-film.de/meldung/2016/weltbuerger-des-films-nachruf-auf-gideon-bachmann
- ↑ http://zkm.de/person/gideon-bachmann
- ↑ production page
- ^ Karlsruhe Documentary Film Festival
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bachmann, Gideon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bachmann, Hans Werner (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film critic, photographer, filmmaker and radio commentator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heilbronn |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2016 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |