Heinz Engelmann (animation filmmaker)
Heinz Engelmann (born November 30, 1909 in Breslau ; † 1989 ), artist name He Hellerau , was a German commercial artist , caricaturist and animation filmmaker .
Born in 1909 in Breslau and raised in Hellerau near Dresden , he received artistic training in a studio for advertising and commercial graphics . Early on, he introduced elements of caricature to his commissioned work. In the early 1930s he traveled through Belgium with the Sarrasani Circus , for which he designed the advertising posters, and worked in Amsterdam for the theater and cinema magazine City .
Back in Germany, after stints in Berlin and Dresden , he settled again in Hellerau and adopted the stage name H (eins) e (ngelmann) Hellerau . There he came into contact with film projects for the first time at Boehner-Film . He developed his own storyboards for, among other things, a Störtebecker cartoon for the UFA , which was rejected there.
It was not until the 1950s that he was again active in animation production for the private Kobold film collective . As a result, he became one of the first employees of the state DEFA studio for animation, where he was promoted to chief illustrator. Several animated films were made under his direction, including a film with the character Wattfraß, which he created .
Engelmann, who was often called a choleric by contemporaries , died in 1989.
Exhibitions
- 2009/10: "He Hellerau - With swing from graphics to film" , German Institute for Animated Film in the Technical Collections Dresden .
Web links
- Short biography for the exhibition opening
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxon biography
- ↑ kunst-und-kultur.de , accessed on December 17, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Engelmann, Heinz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hellerau, Hey |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German commercial artist, caricaturist and animation filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 30, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1989 |