Hanns Eckelkamp
Hanns Eckelkamp (born February 28, 1927 in Münster , † August 5, 2021 in Berlin ) was a German film salesman, cinema chain owner, distribution rights dealer, co-producer and film producer .
Life
In 1945 Eckelkamp graduated from high school Paulinum in Münster. In 1946 he opened the first cinema in his parents' pub, the Gertrudenhof. From 1948 to 1955 he took over other cinemas in Duisburg and Münster, including the European Palace in Duisburg.
From 1963, for the first time with The Endless Night , he took part in the production of films. Soon afterwards, in 1965, he founded the Atlas International company under the Atlas Group. After the bankruptcy in 1966, the company was split up into Eckelkamp Filmverleih, Atlas Schmalfilm, Atlas Filmkunst and Atlas International. With the company Atlas Maritim in 1976 he built up the supply of films for German merchant ships. With Atlas Air GmbH he supplied Lufthansa with films from 1980 . In 1996 he handed the company over to Kinowelt .
Eckelkamp was married and had six children. From 2000 he was a member of the German Film Academy and from 2006 a member of the European Film Academy . He lived in Berlin, where he died in August 2021 at the age of 94.
Filmography
- 1963: The Endless Night (co-producer), director: Will Tremper
- 1964: Police station Davidswache (producer), director: Jürgen Roland
- 1965: Diamanten-Billard (Un milliard dans un billard) (producer), director: Nicolas Gessner
- 1966: Jimmy Orpheus (producer), director: Roland Klick
- 1967: Die Blond von Peking (producer), directed by Nicolas Gessner
- 1970: Das Loch zur Welt (producer), director: Rainer Ott
- 1976: Satansbraten (co-producer), director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1979: The marriage of Maria Braun (co-producer), director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1979: Arabische Nights (co-producer), director: Klaus Lemke
- 1980: Theo against the rest of the world (co-producer), director: Peter F. Bringmann
- 1981: Wie die Weltmeister (co-producer), director: Klaus Lemke
- 1981: Lola (co-producer), director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- 1982: Love Council (co-producer), director: Werner Schroeter
- 1983: Schwarzfahrer Director: (Co-Producer), Director: Manfred Stelzer
- 1983: The unbelievable and sad story of the innocent Eréndira and her heartless grandmother (co-producer), directed by Ruy Guerra
- 1984: A man like EVA (co-producer), directed by Radu Gabrea
- 1985: The Bull and the Girl (producer), directed by Peter Keglevic
- 1987: Magic Sticks (producer), directed by Peter Keglevic
- 1988: Der Sommer des Falken (producer), directed by Arend Agthe
- 1989: RobbyKallePaul (co-producer), directed by Dani Levy
Awards
- 1965: Silver film tape for the Davidswache police station (production)
- 1995: Helmut Käutner Prize
Web links
- Hanns Eckelkamp in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- biography
- He started with Kino in der Kneipe, WDR 5
- WDR Wissen: The Atlas Filmverleih
Individual evidence
- ^ Film producer Hanns Eckelkamp has died. In: sueddeutsche.de . August 11, 2021, accessed August 11, 2021 .
- ^ Producer legend Hanns Eckelkamp dies , deutschlandfunkkultur.de, published and accessed on August 11, 2021.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eckelkamp, Hanns |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German film salesman, cinema chain owner, distribution right dealer, co-producer and producer |
| BIRTH DATE | February 28, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 2021 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Berlin |