Haro Senft

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Haro Senft (born September 27, 1928 in Budweis , Czechoslovakia ; † February 4, 2016 in Munich ) was a German film director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

The son of the bank director Jaroslaus Senft and his wife Hermine, née Reitspieß, attended a high school in Prague. From September 1943 to April 1945 he was an air force helper, from May 1945 to May 1946 interned as a civilian. From 1949 he studied at the Academy for Stage, Film and Funk in Wiesbaden. In addition, he worked as a volunteer and assistant in feature film productions.

In 1954 he founded his own film production company Bohême Film in Wiesbaden and, in 1956, the Haro Senft film production company in Munich. In addition to the active production of films, Senft was also involved in film-political initiatives. In 1958 he co-founded the film form - the third program , in 1959 the DOC 59 . In 1962 he became the initiator and co-author of the Oberhausen Manifesto and spokesman and board member of the Oberhausen Group . From 1961 to 1963 he worked as a guest lecturer at the Ulm School of Design and was a co-founder of the Young German Film Foundation (from 1965 the Board of Trustees for Young German Film ).

Senft has received numerous national and international awards and prizes for short, documentary and feature films. His documentary Kahl was nominated for an Oscar in 1962 as the first German short film . In 1964 the filmmaker received the German Film Prize for the short film Auto Auto . From the beginning of the 1970s, he became increasingly involved in German children's films . For example, he received first prize for the film A Day with the Wind at the 8th International Children's Film Festival in Giffoni Valle Piana in Italy.

His participation in various film industry committees also included founding and becoming a member of the working group for new German feature film producers, of which he had been an honorary member since 2002. In addition, until 1998 he was a member of the board of trustees of the German Children's Film Association. His daughter Marion (* 1948) comes from his first marriage.

Filmography

  • 1954: XY (short film; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1957: Die Brücke ( episode film Maya ; director, screenplay)
  • 1957: Autobahn (short film; production manager)
  • 1958: People in Espresso (short television documentary; production manager)
  • 1958: why are they against us? (Production Manager)
  • 1959: From 6 to 6 (short film; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1959: Patience (short film; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1961: Kahl (VT: Atomkraftwerk Kahl , documentary short film; director, co-screenplay)
  • 1961: slogans and signals (short film; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1962: posters slogans signals (short film; direction, co-screenplay, production)
  • 1964: Auto Auto (short film; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1966: An occasion to speak / The Prague School (documentary, director, screenplay)
  • 1967: The gentle run (director, co-screenplay, production)
  • 1970: Purgatory (director, screenplay, production)
  • 1970: Supertramp Portrait 1970 (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1972: Any day (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1972: Rappelkiste (TV series; director, script for several episodes)
  • 1973: Mondtag (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1974: Behind the Fence (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1974: My little sister (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1974: A Weekend (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1974: A Boy and a Girl (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1974: Sonnentage (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1974: Heike and Annette (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1975: Mensch ärgere dich nicht (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1975: Stars in the City (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1978: A Day with the Wind (Director, Screenplay, Production)
  • 1979: Ask me something easier (direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1984: Inside the Whale (co-production)
  • 1983: Hagal Yoga (video; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1985: International Ethnic Percussion Project (video; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1985: When the cock crows (short film; director, screenplay, production)
  • 1986: Jakob behind the blue door (director, screenplay, production)
  • 1987: Alles ok (short film; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1989: Farewell to Strangers (co-production)
  • 1990: Spielstraße German (video; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1991: Sometime something begins (video; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1991: A weasel sat on a pebble (video; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1991: Keto von Waberer (video; direction, screenplay, production)
  • 1997: As life plays (video; direction, screenplay, production)

Publications (selection)

  • Frauke Hanck: Young man has a career. In: The world. October 29, 1966 (interview).
  • Haro Senft: Film - a program against the dream factory. In: Ulrich Greiwe (Ed.): Challenge for the future. Desch, Munich 1970.
  • Theda Muffler-Kluth, Elke Ried: Advancing into the reality of children's lives. In: Medium. October 1978, pp. 24-28 (interview).
  • Rainer Lewandowski: The Oberhausener. Reconstruction of a group 1962–1982. Director, Diekholzen 1982.
  • Wolfgang Schneider (Ed.): Departure for the new Federal German children's film. Eulenhof, Hardebek 1982, ISBN 3-88710-018-2 , pp. 132-138 (contribution by Theda Kluth).
  • Haro Senft: Upbringing is an act of love. In: Hans Günther Pflaum (Ed.): Jahrbuch Film 82/83. Reports / reviews / data. Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich / Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-446-13630-4 , pp. 128-135.
  • Günter Jurczyk: Taking children seriously. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. June 20, 1983 (interview).
  • Danielle Krüger: Promotion as an act of mercy. In: Spectrum Film. October 1986, pp. 16-17 (interview).
  • Michaela S. Ast: Bird-free in the magic tree - From the life of the film rebel Haro Senft. Karl Stutz Verlag Passau 2013, ISBN 3-88849-069-3 .

Awards

  • 1961: Turin Industrial Film Festival: Second prize for the Kahl nuclear power plant
  • 1961: Bergamo International Film Festival: Gran Premio for the Kahl nuclear power plant
  • 1961: Industriefilmfestival Berlin: First prize for Kahl
  • 1961: New York Industrial Film Festival: First Prize for Kahl
  • 1961: Oscar nomination (short film) for Kahl
  • 1964: Silver film tape for Auto Auto
  • 1964: Film Festival Mannheim : Prize for Auto Auto
  • 1978: 8th International Children's Film Festival in Giffoni: Premio Giffone (Best Foreign Film) for A Day with the Wind
  • 1982: Gold film tape as a signatory of the Oberhausen Manifesto
  • 1987: Children's and Youth Film Festival Hildesheim: Main prize for Jacob behind the blue door
  • 2012: Berlinale Camera

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German filmmaker Haro Senft has died. In: derstandard.at. February 8, 2016, accessed February 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Official press release. In: berlinale.de. January 18, 2012, archived from the original on January 29, 2012 ; accessed on February 8, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Senft, Haro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer, film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Budweis , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2016
Place of death Munich