Helmut Oeller
Helmut Oeller (born October 19, 1922 in Würzburg ; † January 24, 2016 in Munich ) was a German television director .
Life
Helmut Oeller studied German and received his doctorate in 1951 from the University of Würzburg with a dissertation on Joseph von Eichendorff . He started working for Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR) in 1953 as assistant to the television director Clemens Münster . In 1960 he became head of the main television production department, and a year later he became the television representative of artistic director Christian Wallenreiter . In 1964 Oeller became director of the study program he had developed, and he was also the originator of the idea for the Prix Jeunesse children's and youth television competition . In 1967 the Telekolleg went on air. Oeller was television director of Bayerischer Rundfunk between 1971 and 1987 and was responsible for the entire BR television program both within ARD and for the regional program in the first and the so-called “study program” in the third network, which was expanded into a full program from 1978 onwards.
With the mandate of the BR, Oeller was one of the founders of the University of Television and Film in Munich. Oeller taught there as a part-time professor from 1967 and headed the documentary film and television journalism department ; in 1984 he became president of the university and was this until 1996.
Oeller was a member of the ARD / ZDF media commission and held supervisory board mandates at Telepool GmbH and Bayerische Rundfunkwerbung GmbH .
In 1988, Oeller was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit.
Controversy
Oeller represented the political position of the CSU within the working group of the public broadcasters of the Federal Republic of Germany (ARD) and repeatedly decoupled the BR's transmission network from the ARD program, so on May 22, 1986, the satirical program windshield wipers by and with Dieter Hildebrandt is not broadcast in Bavaria.
Awards
- 1971: Bavarian Order of Merit
- 1983: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
- 1985: Bavarian Constitutional Medal in silver
- 1987: Commander's Cross of the Papal Order of Knights of Saint Gregory the Great
- 1988: Large Federal Cross of Merit
literature
- Helmut Oeller in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)
Web links
- Literature by and about Helmut Oeller in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helmut Oeller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Former television director Helmut Oeller dies at Bayerischer Rundfunk
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ex-BR television director Helmut Oeller is dead , in: Münchner Merkur , January 25, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oeller, Helmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German television director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 24, 2016 |
| Place of death | Munich |