Jeremy JP Fekete
Jeremy József Pierre Fekete (born August 15, 1960 in Oberentfelden ) is a Swiss documentary filmmaker, author and director.
Life
Jeremy JP Fekete studied art history and restorer of paintings on canvas and wood at the Istituto per l'arte e il restauro, Palazzo Spinelli in Florence (Italy) from 1979 to 1981. From 1984 to 1986 he studied modern sculpture and painting at the Lucerne School of Design and Art, and from 1987 to 1989 at the Basel School of Design as a student of the sculptor Johannes Burla. From 1984 to 1996 he took part in group and solo exhibitions. a. Art Basel , Lucerne Art Museum , Aargauer Kunsthaus and Kunsthalle Basel . In 1990 he founded the art company Protoplast together with the Swiss artists Heinrich Lüber and Philippe Cuny .
Fekete has been working as a freelance writer and director since 1994. It emerged u. a. Music and advertising videos for the music channels VIVA and MTV , numerous contributions for the culture magazine Polylux with Tita von Hardenberg , art and cultural documentaries for Arte , entertainment programs, documentaries, features and biographies for ARD and ZDF . For the ZDF series Idole , which he helped develop , he created a portrait of the actress Romy Schneider , in which the focus was not on the headlines, but on the friendship between two women. For the broadcast year 2013 he created the idea, development, conception and implementation of the series Schlösserwelten Europas / L'Europe en châteaux / Castles and Palaces of Europe for Arte.
Fekete's productions have been regularly nominated at international TV and film festivals since 2005. In 2009 he won the Bronze World Medal at the New York Festival 2009 in the category "Documentaries" with Im Bann des Moments - The Photographer Robert Lebeck , and in 2014 the Silver World Medal at the international Television & Film Awards at the New York Festival with the 5th part Estremadura / Portugal from the series Schlösserwelten Europa in the category: Documentaries - Cultural Issues, 2016 for the Arte – Discovery series Europe's legendary streets - in the footsteps of the Romans, the Bronze World Medal at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards and at the 49th Worldfest Houston International Film Festival the Platinum Remi Award. In 2016 the series Petrol Stations des Glücks , which he helped to develop and designed, was nominated for the 53rd Grimme Prize in the entertainment category. In 2019 he won with his Arte series Bahnhofskathedralen - Europe's travel palaces a . a. at the Gold Movie Awards in London the Goddess NIKE Award for best documentary of the year 2018.
Fekete is a jury member at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) in France and as a Grand Jury Member at the New York Festivals Television & Film Awards 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 in the USA.
Filmography (selection arte ZDF ARD )
- 1995: A Tribute to Blade Runner (music video clip Cosmic Baby )
- 1998: Cruise Berlin - Stories between the Spree and Landwehr Canal (3-part series)
- 1999: A city shows its flag - Theater der Welt in Berlin
- 2001: Cruise Berlin, a boat trip through the capital
- 2002: The Marilyn Myth, a man's dream from overseas
- 2003: Les Misérables - A Musical for Berlin / The Theater des Westens in a new rhythm
- 2003: Berliner, film star, globetrotter - Hardy Krüger
- 2003: A face with character - Hellmut Lange
- 2003: John F. Kennedy in Berlin - March 21, 1963 (4-part series)
- 2004: Idols - Romy Schneider
- 2005: Bahnhof Zoo - gateway to the west
- 2005: The Potsdam Palaces - Behind the Scenes of Sanssouci
- 2005: Building on the past. Ieoh Ming Pei and the Royal Armory
- 2007: In the spell of the moment - the photographer Robert Lebeck
- 2009: Stories from Pankow
- 2011: Playing with memory - The world of images of Thomas Demand
- 2012: I - Udo ... staring Udo Kier a western road movie
- 2012–2013: European Palaces (5-part series, with Gero von Boehm )
- 2014–2015: Europe's legendary streets - in the footsteps of the Romans (5-part series)
- 2016: Gas stations of happiness (10-part series, with Friedrich Liechtenstein )
- 2016: Gas stations of happiness - the film (with Friedrich Liechtenstein )
- 2017–2018: Train station cathedrals - Europe's travel palaces (5-part series)
- 2019: Look Me Over - Liberace , feature documentary
Awards / nominations
- 1995: Finalist, Art Directors Club , ADC Germany, advertising film category
- 2006: Finalist, Milano Art Doc Festival, Italy, Architecture category
- 2008: Finalist, Asolo Art Film Festival, Italy, Arte category
- 2008: Finalist, Milano Art Doc Festival, Italy, Arte category
- 2009: Won, Bronze World Medal, NewYorkFestivals TV & Film Awards, USA
- 2009: Finalist, Rose d'Or , Switzerland, Artdoku category
- 2011: Finalist, 21st German Camera Prize , Germany, editing category
- 2013: Finalist, NewYorkFestivals TV & Film Awards, USA
- 2014: Won, Silver World Medal, NewYorkFestivals TV & Film Awards, USA
- 2015: Won, Best International Documentary Award, VIII ART & TUR - International Tourism Film, Portugal
- 2015: Won, 1st Prize Cultural Tourism, VIII ART & TUR - International Tourism Film, Portugal
- 2016: Won, Bronze World Medal, NewYorkFestivals TV & Film Awards, USA
- 2016: Nomination, Reykjavík international Film Festival Iceland, Iceland
- 2016: Nomination, DAFF television award - German Academy for Television , Germany
- 2016: Won, Platinum Remi Award, 49th Worldfest Houston International Film Awards, USA
- 2016: Won, Best Cultural Heritage Documentary Award, IX ART & TUR - International Tourism Film, Portugal
- 2017: Finalist, Best Director of a short Documentary, The international Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London
- 2017: Finalist, Best cinematographie in a Documentary, The international Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, London
- 2017: Finalist, 53rd Grimme Prize , entertainment category, Germany
- 2017: Finalist, Best Director of a short Documentary, The international Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Nice
- 2017: Finalist, Best editing in a Documentary, The international Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema, Nice
- 2017: Won, Filmmaker Award, Best short Documentary, The International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema 2017, Nice
- 2018: Won, Monthly Edition, Best Documentary of September 2018, Gold Movie Awards, London
- 2018: Won, Monthly Edition, Best Director of September 2018, Gold Movie Awards, London
- 2019: Won, Annual Award "Goddess NIKE", Best Documentary of the Year 2018, Gold Movie Awards, London
- 2019: Won, "Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards", Best cultural feature 2019, Los Angeles
- 2019: Won, Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards, Best Director 2019, Los Angeles
- 2019: Won, Gold World Medal, NewYorkFestivals TV & Film Awards, USA
- 2019: Won, Jury Special Award, 52nd Worldfest Houston International Film Awards, USA
- 2020: Won, Silver Remi Award, 53rd Worldfest Houston International Film Awards, USA
Performances and exhibitions
- 2005–2008: German Historical Museum , Berlin , “Building on the Past” Ieoh Ming Pei and the Royal Armory
- 2007: Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao , architecture film exhibition, “Building on the Past” Ieoh Ming Pei and the Royal Armory
- 2008/09: Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, "In the Spell of the Moment" - The Photographer Robert Lebeck "
- 2010: Focke Museum, Bremen , "In the Spell of the Moment" - The Photographer Robert Lebeck "
- 2011: Bayer Kulturhaus, Leverkusen , "In the Spell of the Moment" - The Photographer Robert Lebeck "
- 2014: German Film Festival, Portland , "In the Spell of the Moment" - The Photographer Robert Lebeck "and" ICH-UDO ... the Actor Udo Kier "
- 2015: Filmhauskino Köln, Cologne , "Ich-Udo ... the actor Udo Kier "
- 2016: Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin, "In the spell of the moment - the photographer Robert Lebeck "
- 2017: Kinofest Seattle , "the Documentaries of Jeremy JP Fekete"
- 2020: Institut Français in Florence , "Stazioni Europee - I Templi del Viaggio"
Web links
- Jeremy JP Fekete's website
- Jeremy JP Fekete in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jeremy JP Fekete at Crew United
Individual evidence
- ↑ Homepage. Istituto per l'arte e il restauro, accessed May 4, 2013 (Italian).
- ↑ Homepage. protoplast, accessed February 15, 2015 .
- ↑ a b 2009 Bronze World Medal. (No longer available online.) Newyorkfestivals.com, 2009, archived from the original on December 3, 2013 ; accessed on May 4, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards: Jury. In: www.cannescorporate.com. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
- ↑ International success for the rbb. RBB , January 23, 2009, accessed March 14, 2016 .
- ↑ Piece # 1 - ME - UDO / starring Udo Kier / a Western Road Movie. newyorkfestivals.com, 2013, accessed May 4, 2013 .
- ^ New York Festivals - 2014 World's Best Television. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Castles and palaces of Europe / Schlösserwelten Europa. APTUR - Portuguese Association Tourismology and BRIDGE, accessed October 8, 2016 .
- ^ New York Festivals - 2016 World's Best Television. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
- ↑ All 2016 Remi Winners. (PDF) Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
- ^ German Historical Museum. German Historical Museum Foundation, accessed on May 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Bilbao. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, accessed May 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Quincena de cine. (PDF; 268 kB) artfutura.org, accessed on May 3, 2013 (Spanish).
- ^ Museum - Martin Gropius Building. Museumsportal Berlin, accessed on May 4, 2013 .
- ^ Focke Museum. Bremen State Museum for Art and Cultural History, accessed on May 4, 2013 .
- ↑ Leverkusen Recreation House. Bayer AG , accessed May 4, 2013 .
- ↑ THE DOCUMENTARIES OF JEREMY JP FEKETE. Retrieved October 8, 2016 .
- ↑ HAPPY BIRTHDAY, UDO! Film series for Udo Kier's 70th birthday. Filmhauskino Köln, archived from the original on February 19, 2015 ; accessed on March 14, 2016 .
- ↑ jeremy JP Fekete at nwfilmforum.org
- ^ Cinema e Architettura
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fekete, Jeremy JP |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fekete, Jeremy József Pierre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss documentary filmmaker, author and director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberentfelden |