Hans-Jürgen Kiebach

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Hans-Jürgen Kiebach (born August 28, 1930 in Berlin ; † May 19, 1995 there ) was a German film architect and Oscar winner.

Live and act

Immediately after graduating from school in January 1949, Kiebach started filming, where the architect Gabriel Pellon made him his assistant. In 1951 Kiebach became Pellon's second architect, at whose side he worked as a co-architect until 1956. From 1959 to 1961, Kiebach formed a team with his experienced colleague Otto Erdmann , and from 1962 to 1966 with the art teacher and painter Ernst Schomer .

In the 1950s and 1960s, Kiebach created low-quality entertainment films: war strips, horror thrillers, melodramas, comedies and two less important Karl May adaptations. Since the mid-1960s, Kiebach has also been used for numerous international films, some of which were shot in Germany and some as co-productions. In 1971 he built the exterior decorations for Bob Fosse's world-class Cabaret , an achievement that won an Oscar.

Since then, Kiebach has been engaged for several key German and foreign productions, including Volker Schlöndorff's Der Fangschuß , Heidi Genées Grete Minde , Menahem Golan's The Magician , John G. Avildsen's Die Formel and Jacques Rouffio's The Walker of Sans-Souci . After his decorations for Otto Waalkes ' first trip to the cinema, Otto - The Film , the ailing Kiebach hardly received any more orders.

Hans-Jürgen Kiebach has also designed numerous buildings for TV films with a historical background, including the multi-part films Tadellöser & Wolff , Ein Kapitel für sich und August der Starke as well as the series Die Laurents , Café Wernicke and Ein Mann wants nach oben .

Filmography (cinema)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 375.

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personal data
SURNAME Kiebach, Hans-Jürgen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kiebach, Jürgen; Kiebach, Hans Jürgen; Kiebach, HJ
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film architect
DATE OF BIRTH August 28, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1995
Place of death Berlin