Jan Distelmeyer

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Jan (Hendrik) Distelmeyer (* 1969 in Bielefeld ) is a German media scholar and film critic .

Life

Distelmeyer studied German , media studies and philosophy and received his doctorate in 2002 on the subject of auteur films . From 2002 to 2004 he was responsible for the conception of the International Film History Congress of CineGraph in Hamburg and then edited the books with the lectures.

Since 2005 he has been teaching European Media Studies at the University of Potsdam and the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences ; initially as a visiting professor and research assistant at the University of Potsdam, since 2010 he has been professor for theory and history of technical media at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. From autumn 2007 to autumn 2008 he represented the professorship for media studies with a focus on media aesthetics / media culture at the University of Fine Arts in Braunschweig .

He is the author of numerous film reviews such as for epd film , the taz , Spex , The Time , Spiegel Online , Jungle World .

Jan Distelmeyer is the younger brother of the musician Jochen Distelmeyer . He lives in Berlin with his wife and daughter.

Works

  • Jan Distelmeyer (editor): Tonfilmfrieden / Tonfilmkrieg. The story of Tobis from technology syndicate to state company. edition text + kritik, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-88377-749-8 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer (editor): Allies for the film. Arnold Pressburger, Gregor Rabinowitsch and the Cine Alliance. edition text + kritik, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-88377-779-X .
  • Jan Distelmeyer (editor): Babylon in FilmEuropa. Multilingual versions of the 1930s. edition text + kritik, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-88377-838-9 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer (editor): All jokes aside, film off. Jewish humor and suppressive laughter in film comedy up to 1945. edition text + kritik, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-88377-803-7 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer: Author makes history. Oliver Stone, his films and the history of his works. edition text + kritik, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-88377-796-X .
  • Jan Distelmeyer, Christine Hanke, Dieter Mersch (eds.): Game Over ?! Perspectives of the computer game . transcript, Bielefeld 2008, ISBN 978-3-89942-790-5 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer: The flexible cinema Aesthetics and dispositive of DVD & Blu-ray. Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-86505-217-9 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer, Lisa Andergassen, Nora Johanna Werdich (eds.): Interpretation of space. For the return of the 3D film . transcript, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-8376-1815-0 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer: Catastrophe and Capitalism. Fantasies of doom . Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86505-722-8 .
  • Jan Distelmeyer: Signs of power. Arrangements of the computer . Bertz + Fischer, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86505-739-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME Distelmeyer, Jan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Distelmeyer, Jan Hendrik (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film researcher and critic
DATE OF BIRTH 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Bielefeld