Herbert Ostwald

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Herbert Ostwald (* 1960 in Berlin ) is a German journalist , director and documentary filmmaker . He is considered one of the most renowned German representatives of this genre.

Life

Herbert Ostwald attended the Askanische Oberschule in Berlin-Tempelhof from 1972 to 1978 , where he also passed his Abitur. From 1979 to 1987 he studied at the Free University of Berlin with a degree in biology .

He has worked as a journalist since 1987, initially until 1995 as a reporter for the Sender Freies Berlin (SFB) radio. At the same time he also wrote articles for daily newspapers and magazines. 1993/1994 he was brief editor for politics, universities and science at the daily newspaper Neue Zeit until it was discontinued after the last edition on July 5, 1994.

Ostwald has been working primarily for television since 1995. He began with the series Ostwalds Tierleben , which he moderated and ran from 1995 to 1998 on DW-TV , Deutsche Welle's German international television station . At the same time, he trained as a documentary filmmaker at the Wildlife Filmmaking School in Sundsvall in 1997 and at the Discovery Campus Masterschool in Munich in 2002 . He has shot numerous nature and environmental documentaries since 1995, some of which he also produced himself with his company wild.doc Filmproduktion , initially for the WDR series Abenteuer Erde , later also for ZDF and ARTE . He works regularly with the cameramen Roland Gockel and Erik Sick. In 2003 he also contributed a series of short articles for Die Sendung mit der Maus , later also for the TV series W for Knowledge . As a writer and director, Ostwald works regularly with renowned production companies, e. B. Längengrad Filmproduktion GmbH in Cologne, Marco-Polo-Film AG in Heidelberg, Taglicht Media GmbH in Cologne, TAG / TRAUM GmbH in Cologne, Gruppe 5 Filmproduktion GmbH in Cologne, Light and Shadow Filmproduktion GmbH in Münster and terra mater in Vienna.

In 2001, the documentary My Dear Beaver made him internationally known . One of his most elaborate productions is the full-length oak documentary for ZDF and Arte Der Baum der Trees - Mysterious Journey into the World of Oaks (2004), which was partly shot in the Reinhardswald and worked with several cameramen for the Ostwald, including Andreas Kieling . Ostwald directed the ARD documentary "Bruno, the bear without a passport" (2012), which was moderated by the actor Hannes Jaenicke.

Herbert Ostwald also became known for his documentaries about Kenya , in whose capital Nairobi he also lived from 2002 to 2008. In 2005, in Nacktmulle - Africa's Wild Wightens , he documented the way of life of these East African sand graves for the first time and at the same time the research work of the German biologist Rosie Koch on these rodents in the Kenyan Meru National Park . Also in 2005 he published a documentary about the Mount Kenya massif . In Arabuko Sokoke National Park was created goblins of the coastal forest - The elephant shrew Arabuko (2008). And in Dodo - Between Corrugated Iron and World Stage (2009) Ostwald portrayed the Kenyan soccer player Doreen “Dodo” Nabwire , who later played for Werder Bremen and 1. FC Cologne in the second women's division.

The documentary filmmaker regularly participates in festivals with his films and has received numerous national and international awards. The production Räumkommando Giant Rat - Sniffers for Mine Search , which shows the use of African giant hamster rats in clearing land mines , was particularly successful . In 2014 Ostwald traveled to Europe and Asia with Cologne Zoo Director Theo Pagel to document the success of zoo-initiated species protection projects in two films. With the Austrian production company terra mater and National Geographic Wild (USA), Ostwald created the documentation "Giraffes - Giants up close" in 2015, which received a lot of international recognition. And in 2016 he headed the production on Asian cheetahs in Iran ("Phantoms of the Desert") on behalf of ZDF / Arte. In October 2018 Ostwald won the science prize "Panda Award" at the largest international nature film festival "wildscreen" in Bristol / England for "naked mole rats - superheroes of research".

Ostwald is a member of the Documentary Film Working Group (AG DOK). In 2010 and 2018 he was a member of the jury of the Nature Film Festival Green Screen , and in 2019 of the jury of the Darß Nature Film Festival . Ostwald also works as a lecturer for the Deutsche Welle Academy and the Goethe Institute (in 2010 in Thailand as a lecturer for a student workshop as part of the SEADocs festival). In 2018 he produced the video spot "Spatz muss be!" as part of the city administration's biodiversity campaign.

Ostwald is the author of several non-fiction and illustrated children's books. He lives in Cologne .

Awards (selection)

  • My dear beaver
  • Fabulous long-eared - on the trail of the Easter bunny
  • The tree of trees - a mysterious journey into the world of oaks
    • 2005 - Włodzimierz Puchalski International Nature Film Festival, Łódź (Poland) - Special Jury Prize
    • 2006 - Festival of environmental and nature films, the eco-film tour 2006, Potsdam (Germany) - "Best Children's Film"
    • 2006 - Environmental Film Festival “Green Vision”, St. Petersburg (Russia) - Award for the Beauty & Humanism
  • Naked mole rat - Africa's wild spruce
    • 2006 - Waga Festival, Rajgrod / Poland - Special award for education
    • 2007 - Festival of environmental and nature films, the 2007 eco-film tour, Potsdam (Germany) - "Best Nature Film"
  • Giant rat clearing command - sniffing out mines
    • 2008 - NaturVision Festival, Neuschönau (Germany) - Audience and science award
    • 2008 - ekofilm, Krumlov (Czech Republic) - "Best Screenplay"
    • 2008 - Atlantis Festival, Wiesbaden (Germany) - "Best Documentation"
    • 2008 - Ekotopfilm, Bratislava (Slovakia) - Prize of the Slovak Ministry of Defense
    • 2008 - Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, Guangzhou (China) - "Best Storytelling"
    • 2009 - Festival of environmental and nature films, the eco-film tour 2009, Potsdam (Germany) honorable mention by the jury
  • Caravan of Books - Kenya's Camel Library
    • 2010 - NaturVision Festival, Neuschönau (Germany) - "Best Story" (2nd prize)
    • 2011 - Eco-film tour Brandenburg (Germany) - "Best Children's Film"
    • 2011 - Missoula Wildlife Filmfest / USA - Honorable Mention for storytelling
  • Sharp pods, thick trunks - elephants in conflict
    • 2011 - Ekotop Filmfest Bratislava / Slovakia - Prize of the International Jury
    • 2011 - Festival Int. Film Animalier, Albert / France - Prize for Human-Animal Relationships
    • 2011 - International Wildlife Film Festival Missoula / USA - Special mention for human-animal conflicts
    • 2011 - NaturfilmFestival, Darss (Germany): Dt. Nature conservation award for the environment and sustainability
  • Monkey alarm - the baboon police from Table Mountain
    • 2011 - Guangzhou Doc Festival, China - Best documentary on animals and the environment
    • 2011 - Green Vision, St.Petersburg / Russia- Prize for Beauty and Humanity
    • 2011 - NaturVision Festival, Neuschönau (Germany) - "Audience Award"
  • Wild Iran
    • 2011 - Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Estonia - "Best Director"
  • Bruno, the bear without a passport
    • 2013 - Darsser Naturfilmfestival (Germany) - "Special Jury Prize"
  • Amongst storks - a village in bird fever
    • 2015 - Green Screen Eckernförde (Germany) - "Audience Award"
  • Giraffes - giants up close "
    • 2016 - Matsalu Nature Film Festival, Estonia - "Best Director"
    • 2016 - Nature Film Festival Namur, Belgium - "Best Screenplay"
    • 2016 - Bronze World Medal at New York Festivals World Best TV Films, NY / USA

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Television documentaries

  • 1995–1998: Ostwalds Tierleben, series ( DW-TV )
  • 2000: Half so wild ( WDR )
  • 2001: My dear beaver ( ARTE )
  • 2002: Fabelhaftes Langohr - On the trail of the Easter bunny (WDR / ARTE)
  • 2004: The tree of trees - a mysterious journey into the world of oaks ( ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2005: Adventure Earth: In the Realm of the Dragon - Magical Siebengebirge (WDR)
  • 2005: Naked mole rat - Africa's wild wretches [Rosie and the naked mole rat] (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2005: Mount Kenya - In the heart of Africa (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2005: In the Garden of the Gods ( ORF ) - only script participation
  • 2005: Wild East (ZDF / ARTE)
    • Episode 1: Spreewald - Labyrinth of Aquarius
    • Episode 2: Wartburg - Fortress of the Wilderness
  • 2005: Myth Animal: Bears - Teddy's Big Brothers ( MDR / ARTE)
  • 2006: Adventure Earth: Swans - Demigods in White (WDR / ARTE)
  • 2006: Return of the Plagues: Dangerous Stings (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2007: Myth Beast: Eagle - Gifts from Heaven (MDR / ARTE)
  • 2008: goblins of the coastal forest - The elephant shrew of Arabuko (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2008: Table Mountain - Guardian of the South (WDR / ARTE)
  • 2008: Giant rat clearing command - sniffers looking for mines (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2009: Guinea Pigs - Amazing Dwarfs (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2009: Dodo - Between corrugated iron and the world stage
  • 2010: Adventure Earth: The Hippos from the Rhine (WDR) *
  • 2011: Monkey alarm - the baboon police on Table Mountain ( ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2011: Wild Iran (ZDF / ARTE)
  • 2012: Wild Cologne (WDR / Arte)
  • 2012: Bruno, the bear without a passport (WDR / ARD)
  • 2012: Mission Frog King (WDR)
  • 2014: Amongst storks (ZDF / Arte)
  • 2015: Theos Tierwelt, 2 parts (WDR / Arte)
  • 2016: Giraffes - giants up close (Servus TV / National Geographic)
  • 2016: Phantoms of the desert - Asia's last cheetah (ZDF / Arte / IRIB)
  • 2016: Wild Ruhr Area (WDR)
  • 2017: Wolf family - dangerous neighbors? (WDR / Arte)
  • 2017: Naked mole rat - superheroes of research (ZDF / Arte / NatGeo / Smithonian)
  • 2018: Pretty wild cattle (ZDF / Arte)
  • 2018: Happy cow (ZDF / Arte)
  • 2018: Wild in the West - The Eifel (WDR)
  • 2018: The Primeval Forest of Tomorrow - Eifel National Park (WDR)
  • 2018: Wolves - Protect or Shoot? (ARD)
  • 2019: Jungle in the City - Cologne Zoo (WDR)
  • 2019: Theos Tierwelt: From the zoo into the wilderness
  • 2020: Jeck on wild Cologne (WDR)

Fonts

  • together with Martin Esche (photos): skulls, stones, stars. Walks into the Berlin Treasury of Science , Stattbuch-Verlag, Berlin 1996 ( ISBN 3-922778-60-7 )
  • together with Svenja Doering (illustrations): "Kilaguni", Jacaranda-Verlag Nairobi / Kenya, 2005
  • together with Alfred Muchilwa (illustrations): "Gellow", Jacaranda-Verlag Nairobi / Kenya, 2010
  • together with Doreen Nabwire: “Traumpass: My way from the slums of Nairobi to the soccer fields of Europe”, VGS Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8025-3716-5
  • together with Nana Grosse-Woodley: "Mtitos Weg in die Freiheit", Lübbe-Verlag 2014 ISBN 978-3-431-03890-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Herbert Ostwald at StayFriends ; Retrieved December 6, 2010
  2. ↑ a b c Vita at the Documentary Film Working Group ; Retrieved December 10, 2011
  3. ↑ a b Information on the main jury ( Memento from August 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) of the Green Screen Festival; Retrieved December 7, 2010
  4. ↑ The jury of the 4th Brandenburg Festival of Environmental and Nature Films, the eco-film tour 2009, praised him as follows: “The author Herbert Ostwald and the cameramen Roland Gockel and Norbert Röttcher succeed in showing how through the painstaking training of African giant hamster rats it is laborious to clear landmines. A rather defamed animal species is made known to us in an unusual way and found to be friendly and lovable. " , Woidke honors award winners at the end of the" eco-film tour 2009 "- Niederlausitz Aktuell. In: dev.niederlausitz-aktuell.de. April 22, 2009, accessed March 10, 2019 . Woidke honors award winners at the end of the "Ökofilmtour 2009", press release of the Ministry for Rural Development, Environment and Consumer Protection (MLUV) Brandenburg from April 22, 2009
  5. ↑ Uwe Rutzen: Politically and at a high level. 4th Nature Film Festival Green Screen: Jury selected 24 entries for eight categories - Prize money: 16,000 euros ( Memento from July 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: Kieler Nachrichten (online version from July 22, 2010; accessed on 6. December 2010)
  6. ↑ SEADocs 2011 ( Memento from April 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Ostwald, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and documentary filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin