Hans Beller

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Hans Beller (born December 25, 1947 in Stuttgart ) is a German author , film director and lecturer at several film and art schools. He is also a training partner and coach for television professionals for the ARD.ZDF media academy, as well as BR, SWR, WDR, ZDF and others.

life and work

His books and essays on the subject of film perception and film montage , in particular the “Handbook of Filmmontage - Practice and Principles of Film Editing”, are standard literature for filmmakers.

After studying at the University of Television and Film Munich from 1968 to 1971, he completed a degree in psychology, which he completed with a thesis on film perception. In addition to his work as a director and author (especially in the documentary area), he increasingly deepened his film studies from 1981.

Teaching assignments (selection)

  • 1991–1997: Professor of film and cultural history, aesthetics and semiotics at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences in the scenography course.
  • 1991–1998: Lecturer at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy for film history and media theory.
  • 1998–2001: Professor of Film at the State University for Design in Karlsruhe.
  • 2001–2006: Professor for television practice at the Art Academy for Media Cologne.
  • Since October 2006: Professor at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy with teaching assignments in film history, analysis and editing.
  • In addition, he often works as a guest lecturer at other film and media schools.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1971: Far Out - The end of a movement
  • 1982/83: The dream manufacturer Carl Laemmle (2 parts)
  • 1984: Battered Celluloid - The Fate of the Cinema Classic: Nothing New in the West
  • 1985/86: Shaky past - From old German amateur films (5 parts)
  • 1986: Paul Leni - Films built with love
  • 1989: Henri Cartier-Bresson - The decisive moment
  • 1991: Loriot - TV on the sofa (2 parts)
  • 1995: The German as a Hun - Hollywood's enemy in World War I.
  • 1997: Marshall Plan in Action - Films for Europe
  • 1999: Pictures of the Century - Century of Pictures

Works (selection)

  • The filmed past - notes on documentary work with archive films. Film yearbook 1984/85 Munich 1984.
  • Nothing new in the west - against the war. Fischer's film history vol. 2. Ed. W. Faulstich / H. Korte, Frankfurt / M. 1991.
  • The Morals of the Fine People - Foolish Women. Fischer's film history vol. 1. Ed. W. Faulstich / H. Korte, Frankfurt / M. 1994.
  • Handbook of film editing - practice and principles of film editing. - Munich 1993, 3rd edition 1999.
  • The Germans as Huns - enemy image production in Hollywood. Our century in film and television. Contributions to contemporary film and television documents, Munich 1995.
  • Onscreen / offscreen borders, transitions and changes in the cinematic space. Edited by Hans Beller et al., Stuttgart 2000
  • Chapter film montage. In: making films. Technology, design, art. Frankfurt a. M. 2005. Publishing house two thousand and one

Essays on the Internet

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Beller short biography. Film Music Days Saxony-Anhalt , 2009, accessed on June 12, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Hans Beller short biography. Filmplus film festival , 2005, accessed on June 12, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Beller, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, film director and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH December 25, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart