Harald Beckmann

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Harald Beckmann (born December 31, 1956 ) is a German cameraman and filmmaker.

Life

He grew up in Schleswig-Holstein and spent his youth in Neustadt / Holstein and Lübeck- Travemünde until 1975 . Inspired by the subculture of West Berlin, he moved to Berlin in 1977 . In 1982 he passed the Abitur on the second educational path . Various courses of study followed. He also drove a taxi . Harald Beckmann regards this work as "great research" in terms of human knowledge and the basis for his later cinematic work. This was followed in 1985 by an internship at the Berlin film production company "Quarz-Film", then a camera assistant for numerous productions for the " Sendung mit der Maus" program .

From 1987 he worked as a camera assistant at the Berlin film production company Kangaroo Film . The collaboration with the filmmakers and Grimm Prize winners Detlef Gumm and Hans Georg Ullrich shaped his artistic career. From 1992 he worked as a cameraman for numerous full-length documentaries . Outstanding is his work as a cameraman on the renowned long-term documentary Berlin-Ecke Bundesplatz (Berlinale 2009) until 2002. At the same time, he shot numerous full-length documentaries of his own as a director and cameraman with Michael Marton, and as a freelance cameraman for ZDF , for which he made numerous documentaries turned.

Harald Beckmann is the owner of the film production company HaBe-Film and lives and works in Berlin.

Filmography

  • 1991: Poland is not lost yet, camera assistant, director Michael Marton
  • 1992: Wolga Dreams - Volga Foams, camera / direction with Michael Marton
  • 1993–1995: Das Fremde, camera and Berlin - corner of Bundesplatz, directed by D. Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich
  • 1995: Drei über'n Großer Teich, camera / director with Michael Marton, 60 min., WDR
  • 1995: Photos for eternity, camera
  • 1995 Berlin - corner of Bundesplatz, camera, director D. Gumm, H.-G. Ullrich
  • 1996: An Angel from Moscow, camera / direction with Michael Marton, 45 min.
  • 1997: Got away again, camera, directing D. Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich;
  • 1997–1998: Trek to the east
  • 1998 Berlin - corner of Bundesplatz, camera, directing D. Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich
  • 1998: One for all camera and joint direction with Michael Marton, WDR
  • 1999: The love letter writer, camera and joint direction with Michael Marton, 45 min., WDR / BR
  • 1999 Berlin - corner of Bundesplatz, camera, directing D. Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich
  • 1999: Spaghetti and Whiskey, camera, directing D. Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich
  • 2000: 37 degrees - radical fathers, camera, director Ute Schneider
  • 2004: ZDF - The report: Now I'm at the bottom, camera, director Mathis Feldhoff, Ulf Röller
  • 2005: Whistled - Robert Hoyzer and the soccer betting scandal, camera, 30min, directed by Jochen Bouhs, Oliver Schmidt, Jan Möller, ZDF
  • 2005: Doner kebab, headscarf, forced marriage, camera, 30 min., Directed by Gabriele Jenk, ZDF
  • 2005: In der Schuldfalle, camera, 30 min., Directed by A. Postel, “Die Reportage” - ZDF
  • 2005: An emergency for the Bundeswehr, camera, 45 min., Directed by Feldhoff / Huppert, ZDF / PHOENIX
  • 2006: Fear plays along, camera, 30 min., Director Feldhoff / Röller, ZDF / 3SAT
  • 2006: Attack on the soul, camera, 45 min., Directed by Feldhoff / Huppert, ZDF
  • 2006: Healer on four paws, camera, 30 min., Director Udo Frank, ZDF
  • 2007: Behind closed doors, camera, 30 min., Directed by M. Feldhoff, ZDF
  • 2007: Forced marriage prevented, camera, 30 min., Directed by G. Jenk, ARD / HR
  • 2007 shooting trip to North Korea with Andreas Huppert, ZDF / Phoenix; various formats
  • 2008: Forward direction west, camera, 30 min., Directors M. Feldhoff, D. Ferber, C. Schiemenz, ZDF
  • 2009: BERLINALE: Berlin - corner Bundesplatz, camera, 5 films of 90 min., Directed by D.Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich WDR / rbb / 3sat
  • 2010: The Afghanistan Lie, camera, 45 min., Directed by M. Feldhoff, U. Gack, A. Huppert, ZDF, award "Goldener Igel 2010"
  • 2010: Gauck oder Wulff?, Camera, 30 min., Directed by C. Richter, U. Röller, ZDF
  • 2010: The war remains, camera, 45 min., Directed by M. Feldhoff, U. Gack, A. Huppert, ZDF, nominated “Golden Nymph 2011”, Monte Carlo
  • 2011: In search of the American dream, camera, 45 min., Directed by U. Röller, Alice Kelley, ZDF
  • 2012: Silence doesn't help…, production, camera, 25 min., Director G. Jenk, KI.KA
  • 2012: Treblinka, camera, 90 min., Directed by A. Tomlinson, PBS
  • 2013: BERLINALE: Berlin - corner of Bundesplatz, camera, 4 films of 90 min., Directed by D .Gumm and H.-G. Ullrich, WDR / rbb / 3sat
  • 2013: 37 degrees: My son, the murderer, production, camera, 30 min., Directed by G. Jenk, ZDF
  • 2013: ZDFzeit: Macht Mensch Merkel, camera, 45 min., Directed by B. Schausten, M. Feldhoff, ZDF
  • 2017: ZDF ZOOM: Marriage Without Love - Forced Marriage in Germany, Production, Camera, 30 Min. Director G.Jenk, ZDF

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personal data
SURNAME Beckmann, Harald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cameraman and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH December 31, 1956