Károly Koller (journalist)

Károly Koller (born September 21, 1968 in the Banat town of Gyorok in Romania ) is a German writer , translator and filmmaker .

biography

Károly Kálmán Koller was born on September 21, 1968 in Gyorok near Arad as the third child of a teacher couple. Even before starting school, he dictated his mother's first poems. Because of political persecution under the Ceaușescu regime , the family emigrated to Germany in 1976 and settled in Kastl near Amberg . Here Koller attended the German elementary school and then the Hungarian grammar school based in Kastl. After graduating from high school, he studied philosophy , theology and Portuguese in Munich , Vienna and São Paulo . During this time he gained his first experiences with journalism and filmmaking ( Antoniusfeuer , 1993).

In 1996 Koller finished his studies in philosophy (Magister) and theology (diploma). He was then employed as an editor at the Munich television production company Text & Bild GmbH. Since 2000 Koller has been working as a freelance writer in Munich and São Paulo. He is married and has a daughter.

In addition to his professional activity, the passionate speleologist explores previously unknown karst caves in the Dead Mountains in cooperation with the regional association for caving in Upper Austria . His volume of poetry, "Nachtkarst", published in 2000, processes the experiences made during these expeditions.

Works

• Night karst . Poems. Viechtach, Lichtung Verlag , 2000. ISBN 3-92951-7353
• Libretto of the opera: Inanna (music: Helga Pogatschar). World premiere Artionale Munich, 2002
• Adaptation of the Sumerian hymn " Inanna's walk into the underworld " in the magazine " Manuscripts ". In collaboration with Helga Pogatschar, the CD “Inanna” was created, which was described in the Süddeutsche Zeitung as “catchy tune of the year” and “music film of the year” (audio cinema without film).

Filmography

• Between heaven and Erding (BR / ARD. 45 min., 2001)
• Sistine. The Chapel of the Cardinals (own production, Tellux, 55 min, 2003)
• The art of art (ZDF / 3sat, two parts, 30 min. Each, 2004),
• Pannonhalma. Hungary's Holy Mountain (BR / ORF, 45 min. 2005).
• Who saves the world (ARD, 45 min, 2007)
• Only water for the rich? (ARD, 45 min, 2008)
• Nobody dies at that age! (Lilo Filmverlag, 55 min, 2012)
• Thyago and the sound of the drum (SWR, look into my world, 25 min, 2014)
• Nusin. A life in the ark (SWR, look into my world, 25 min, 2015, nominated for the Grimme Prize 2016)
• Temporary workers in priestly robes (BR, Under our Heaven, 45 min, 2016)
• Here is playing the music. Something is happening behind the Chiemsee (BR, Under our Heaven, 45 min, 2017)

1996 to 2005 workshop discussions with contemporary artists as part of the daily KulturZeit magazine on 3sat . They are short filmic snapshots from an artist's day. In each episode, Koller documented the visit of 3sat presenter Gert Scobel to the respective artist. We visited u. a .: Reiner Kunze , Waltraud Meier , Hans Platschek , John Neumeier , Thomas Hürlimann , Stefan Bachmann , Franco Ambrosetti , Rainald Goetz , Harun Farocki , Marlene Streeruwitz Peter Zadek , Klaus Zehelein , Raymond Federman , Udo Samel , Kent Nagano , Wolfgang Riehm, William Forsythe , Odo Marquard , Ivan Nagel , Luc Bondy , Heinz Spoerli, Alexander Pereira , Otto Sander , Barbara Rudnik , Martina Gedeck , Jochen Gerz , Michael Haneke , Hans Hollein , Herlinde Koelbl , Barbara Klemm , Anish Kapoor .

Web links

• Homepage Kollers