Heinz Badeitz
Heinz Georg Badewitz (born May 26, 1941 in Hof ; † March 10, 2016 in Graz , Austria ) was a German filmmaker and festival director of the Hof International Film Festival .
Life
Heinz Baditz, born and raised in Hof in Upper Franconia, initially trained as a technical draftsman. In 1963 he moved to Munich, where he studied cinematography at the German Institute for Film and Television following an internship in the copy factory of Bavaria Atelier GmbH . From 1965 collected Badewitz first professional experience as a camera assistant and animated film - cameraman . He also started making short films. Since the early 1970s, he has worked as an assistant director, as a recording or production manager in numerous German feature film productions. He was also successful in promoting the awareness of New German Cinema at the Cannes International Film Festival .
Together with Uwe Brandner , he founded the Hof International Film Festival in 1967 . From then on he took over their management. From 1977 to 2010 he curated the German Cinema series as part of the Berlinale .
Baditz died in March 2016 at the age of 74 while visiting the Diagonale in Graz.
Awards
- 1981: Golden Ring of Honor of the City of Hof
- 1990: Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Economy
- 1991: Bavarian Film Prize : Special Prize
- 1997: Friedrich Baur Prize
- 1998: German Film Award : Honorary award for outstanding services to German film
- 1998: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2001: Berlinale Camera
- 2009: Honorary citizen of the city of Hof
- 2010: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2010: Honorary Award of the Association of German Film Critics
- 2010: Bavarian Culture Prize
- 2014: FIRST STEPS ' honorary award
Web links
- Heinz Badewitz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Heinz Badewitz at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ^ The first years were the craziest , Frankenpost from October 28, 2010
- ↑ Heinz Badewitz is dead | A life for the festival city Hof ( Memento from September 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Bayerischer Rundfunk from March 13, 2016
- ↑ Berlinale press release of March 14, 2016
- ↑ Filmtage director Heinz Badewitz has died
- ^ Website of the city of Hof with the winners of the Golden Ring of Honor
- ↑ Laudation FIRST STEPS honorary award ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. by Alfred Holighaus
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Badeitz, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baden, Heinz Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German filmmaker and festival director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | court |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 10, 2016 |
| Place of death | Graz |