Hans Joachim Mendig

Hans Joachim Mendig (* 1953 in Bonn ) is a German producer of television series and feature films . One of the most famous series for which he was responsible is the crime series Ein Fall für Zwei . From 1999 to 2009 he was a board member and chairman of the board of OdeonFilm AG . From 2016 to 2019 he was the founding managing director of HessenFilm und Medien GmbH and was responsible for Hessian film funding .

Career

Hans Joachim Mendig graduated with a diploma in business administration. After an advertising agency trainee, he worked for various television broadcasters, including Hessischer Rundfunk, as program manager and editor-in-chief for films and entertainment programs. Later he was the producer and managing director of the Monaco Film Group for television films, series and series such as The Commissioner , A Case for Two , The Criminalist and The Public Prosecutor . From 1999 to 2009 he was a member of the board of directors of Odeon Film AG (from 2002 chairman of the board). As a member of the board, he was also responsible for the production of various cinema films, especially for the realization of Erich Kästner's film rights.

From 1991 to 2002 he was a lecturer at the Film and Television Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg and at the RheinMain University of Applied Sciences . Mendig continued his academic career at the University of Applied Sciences h_da , Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences , which awarded him an honorary professorship for film and media in 2019.

In 2010 Mendig founded Zelos Media GmbH, of which he was managing director. Zelos Media dealt with media productions and business consulting.

From 2015 to 2019, as managing director of the new HessenFilm und Medien GmbH, he was responsible for film funding for the state of Hesse .

Honorary positions

From 2015 to 2020 Mendig was a member of the committee of the German Film Institute "Filmbildung-Jetzt".

Since 2020 he has been a member of the board of trustees "Citizen and District Prize", which is awarded by the "Citizens for Frankfurt BFF" party represented in the Frankfurt City Council.

Controversy

On July 24, 2019, Mendig met Jörg Meuthen, a member of the European Parliament and federal chairman of Alternative for Germany, in Frankfurt am Main at an invitation from PR consultant Moritz Hunzinger . On the same day, Meuthen posted a photo of this encounter with the comment: “Very lively and constructive political exchange of ideas”.

Two months later, an article appeared in the Frankfurt city magazine Journal Frankfurt with the said photo. It was only this publication that generated wide attention and aroused criticism, especially from the Hessian, but also the German film industry. The meeting was also disapproved of by politicians, particularly the SPD and Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen.

Due to the public controversy, the Supervisory Board of HessenFilm und Medien GmbH , chaired by the Hessian Minister for Science and Art, Angela Dorn (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), ended Mendig's business activities in September 2019.

Filmography (excerpt)

Editor of

• Three ladies from the grill
• Meeting point at the airport
• Castle Hohenstein
• Pike and sharks
• Murder she wrote (dubbing)
• Show specials

Producer of

• A case for two
• The commissioner
• The nest
• The country doctor
• The criminalist
• The prosecutor
• various television films for ARD / ZDF / Sat1 / RTL / Pro7

CEO responsible for

• Emil and the Detectives (2001)
• The double lottery (animation)
• the last witness
• Wolff's territory
• The flying classroom (2003)
• Leo and Claire

Screenwriter of

• One case for two (multiple episodes)

Award

• German television awards 2001/2005/2009
• Bavarian television award
• Telestar
• Award of Master Corporate Media 2010 "Wisag-Imagfilm"
• Dragomanov Medal for European Communication from the Dragomanov National Pedagogical University, Kiev (May 24, 2013)

Web links

• Hans Joachim Mendig in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Hans Joachim Mendig at filmportal.de
• WISAG image film
• Website HJM Management

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1. ↑ http://www.medienforum-archiv.de/medienforum/mf2006de.nsf/index/CMSC276EC8F4AAF5DB8C125714E0036559D?OpenDocument  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
2. ↑ University communication : Hans Joachim Mendig is the new honorary professor for film and media at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. Retrieved January 23, 2019 . 
3. ↑ HessenFilm's supervisory board ends cooperation with Hans Joachim Mendig | Information portal Hessen. Retrieved September 24, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Hans Joachim Mendig managing director of the new HessenFilm und Medien GmbH. Press release. Hessian Ministry for Science and Art, July 23, 2015, accessed on July 27, 2015 . 
5. ↑ Jörg Meuthen: “Very lively and constructive political exchange of ideas today in Frankfurt with Prof. Dr. Moritz Hunzinger and Prof. Dr. Hans Joachim Mendig ”. In: Instagram. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Ronja Merkel: A flirt with the AfD - Ménage-a-trois: AfD, Hessenfilm, PR man. In: Journal Frankfurt. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Carola Padtberg: "Political exchange of ideas": meeting with AfD boss - protest against the head of Hessian film funding. In: Spiegel Online. September 13, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Ronja Merkel: Clarification in the Mendig case required - questionable meeting with AfD. In: Journal Frankfurt. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Christian Riethmüller: Film Funder meets Meuthen: Questionable Coffee Round. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. September 12, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Hanning Voigts: Managing Director of Hessian Film Funding meets with AfD boss Jörg Meuthen. In: Frankfurter Rundschau. September 13, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Cinema Moralia - Episode 203: SPECIAL: artechock. Retrieved September 13, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Hanning Voigts: Frankfurt: Because of AfD meetings: Hans Joachim Mendig is required to resign . In: fr.de . September 17, 2019. Retrieved on March 4, 2020: "More than 150 filmmakers have joined a declaration initiated by the film critic Rüdiger Suchsland , in which Mendig is asked to resign."
13. ↑ Press office of the Hessian Ministry for Science and Art: HessenFilm's supervisory board ends cooperation with Hans Joachim Mendig. September 24, 2019, accessed September 24, 2019 .