Hanns Wilhelm Lavies
Hanns Wilhelm Lavies (born May 9, 1908 in Treysa , Hesse , † 2000 in Bad Wörishofen ) was a German journalist and film scholar .
Life
After studying theater and newspaper studies and literature and art history at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin (1929–1933) and briefly working in the book trade , Hanns Wilhelm Lavies began collecting material for the first complete bibliography of German-language film literature. The research led him to the large libraries and archives in Berlin, Leipzig, Bern and Vienna. Since Lavies initially refused to delete the works of politically unpopular authors from the catalog, the catalog did not appear until 1940, with comments from the film historian Hans Traub and as a publication of the Ufa teaching show , for which Lavies had worked as a freelancer since 1937.
After the end of the Second World War , Hanns Wilhelm Lavies initially found a task in viewing and organizing the photo collection of the art history seminar of the Philipps University of Marburg . Since the Reichsfilmarchiv established in 1935 had been lost during the war, Lavies founded an archive for film studies in 1947 , which he tried in vain to incorporate into the photo collection of the Art History Institute at Marburg University . Lavies went to great lengths to collect the film materials in all parts of Germany with the support of the American occupation authorities.
Through the mediation of Curt Oertel , he finally managed to locate the archive in Wiesbaden in 1948 , where the SPIO , the FSK and various branch associations of the film industry also settled, all of which were in demand for specialist information and film historical expertise and were supposed to finance the archive in return. In 1949 the archive moved to Biebrich Castle and was renamed the German Institute for Film Studies (DIF) on April 13, 1949 . In 1952 Lavies, who continued to head the institute, founded the German Film Archive , which formed a separate department of the institute. Due to internal disputes over property claims, the film archive was spun off again on May 29, 1956. Lavies initially managed both institutions, but was replaced as director of the film institute by Max Lippmann at the end of 1958 . In 1990 he received the gold film tape for many years of outstanding work in German film.
Works
- German film literature. A bibliography of books and magazines on the film industry. Arranged by Hans Traub and Hanns Wilhelm Lavies. Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1940.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lavies, Hanns Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalism and film scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Treysa , Hesse |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2000 |
| Place of death | Bad Woerishofen |