John H. Winge
Hans Winge , in US exile John H. Winge , born as Hans Ornstein (born December 26, 1903 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ; † April 13, 1968 there ), was an Austro-American theater director , film journalist and film critic .
Life
Hans Ornstein attended lectures on literary and theater history at the University of Vienna in the early 1920s . In 1922 he went to Munich to gain practical experience as a directing trainee at the Schaubühne and the Kammerspiele. At the end of the same year, Ornstein was able to direct the theater for the first time in Bayreuth , after which he followed a call as a theater director in Breslau in Lower Silesia . In 1925 Ornstein moved to Berlin. There he staged as Hans Winge until the Nazis seized power at the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and the Kleiner Schauspielhaus. Because of his Jewish faith, Winge had to leave Hitler's Germany again in 1933 and then returned to Vienna.
There he found employment as a film critic for the Neue Freie Presse from 1934 to 1938 . As a result of the annexation of Austria , Hans Winge had to flee again. He went first to London in 1938 and then to the United States in December of the same year. In Hollywood, Hans Winge, who was now called John (H.) Winge, was hired as a film editor by the MGM film production company. Universal Studios later brought him in. In addition, Winge also gave film-specific lectures at universities (around the beginning of 1941 at the University of North Carolina ). He was naturalized in California on November 10, 1944.
In 1949, John / Hans Winge decided to return to Europe. In East Berlin he joined the entourage of Bertolt Brecht that same year , of which he worked. Winge also resumed his journalistic activities, wrote several films on film theory (essays in Sight & Sound ) and worked as a correspondent for Viennese and European newspapers. From 1951 to 1955 Winge worked in the casting office of the newly founded “Wien-Film am Rosenhügel”, which was under Soviet control. In 1959 he was involved in founding the Vienna Film Club. From 1961 until his death, Winge taught film history , film analysis and film criticism at the Vienna Music Academy , since 1966 with the title of university professor.
literature
- Alexander Rausch : Winge (own Ornstein), Hans (John H.). In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
- Kay Less : "In life, more is taken from you than given ...". Lexicon of filmmakers who emigrated from Germany and Austria between 1933 and 1945. A general overview. ACABUS Verlag, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8 , p. 614.
- Maria Reumann: The film critic Hans Winge, diploma thesis, Vienna 1991.
- Rudolf Ulrich (ed.): Austrians in Hollywood. Vienna 2004.
- Christian Cargnelli (ed.): Departure into the unknown. Lexicon, tributes, testimonials. Vienna 1993, p. 157.
Individual proof
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winge, John H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Winge, Hans; Ornstein, Hans (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austro-American theater director, film publicist and film critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1968 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |