Heinz Dieter Koehler

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Heinz Dieter Köhler (born February 22, 1926 in Cologne ; † March 26, 2019 in Gummersbach ) was a German theater and radio play director .

Life

After studying ethnology , sociology and theater studies at the University of Cologne , Heinz Dieter Köhler worked from 1953 as an assistant director at what was then Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. He learned his trade from well-known directors such as Ludwig Cremer , Raoul Wolfgang Schnell and Wilhelm Semmelroth . In 1959 Köhler got a permanent position at Westdeutscher Rundfunk and was responsible for a large number of productions until his retirement in 1991. One of his best-known works is the 1980 radio play version of JRR Tolkien's novel The Little Hobbit with well-known speakers such as Martin Benrath , Horst Bollmann , Bernhard Minetti and Jürgen von Manger .

From 1969 to 1976, Köhler was also head of the Rhenish editorial department at WDR and, in addition to his work as a radio play director, occasionally staged at theaters in Aachen and Dortmund as well as at the Mayen Castle Festival .

Heinz Dieter Köhler lived in Königswinter and died in Gummersbach at the end of March 2019. He was buried on April 18, 2019 in the cemetery in Troisdorf-Bergheim .

Radio plays

Awards

  • 1978: Radio play of the month April for Geh aus mein Herz by Karl Otto Mühl
  • 1984: Radio play of the month for August for Butterfly Dream by Wang Meng
  • 1989: Radio play of the month September and radio play of the year for renovation by Václav Havel

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c portrait at ardapedia , accessed on October 13, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Koehler, Heinz Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German radio play and theater director
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH March 26, 2019
Place of death Gummersbach