Klaus Beer (filmmaker)
Klaus Beer (born June 25, 1951 in Hof an der Saale ) is a German travel documentary filmmaker, author and initiator of the "Signs of Fame" wanderlust park .
Live and act
Beer grew up in Hof and began an apprenticeship as a bank clerk at the age of 16 after completing his education at the state secondary school in Hof . He pursued this work for 40 years. At the same time he discovered his passion for filmmaking, especially travel documentary cultural film.
Director / writer
Beer began producing his first own films in 1976. With his nature / landscape documentaries, he mainly specialized in the USA. But he also focuses on the original ways of life, customs and traditions of foreign peoples in his work. He has published his work on DVD and Blu-ray. Excerpts from the film productions have found their place in the format Mit Globetrotters on the move on NDR television . Beer has also written several books about his travels.
initiator
On one of his trips through Canada, he visited the Sign Post Forest . He decided to bring something like this to Upper Franconia. A short time later he realized this project under the name Fernwehpark - Signs of Fame . With 300 handprints of celebrities, which he collected for the Fernwehpark-Star-Museum, the original Fernwehpark was over 100 handprints larger than the TLC Chinese Theater Hollywood . Near the Fernwehpark, Beer initiated the associated Fernweh Diner , an American-style restaurant.
After problems arose with the management of the restaurant, it passed into other hands, Beer ended the collaboration and took the handprint collection into safekeeping. The nearby Fernwehpark was closed a short time later, but will become part of the new Summapark in Oberkotzau from 2018.
Awards
- 2008: Bronze badge of honor from the Frankenwald Tourismus Center for the Hof Fernwehpark
- 2014: Silver badge of honor from the Frankenwald Tourismus Center for Fernwehdiner and Fernwehpark in Hof
Web links
- Klaus Beer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Terra-Film website
- Fernwehpark website
- Fernwehpark in Upper Franconia: The window of the courtyard , Süddeutsche Zeitung , 25 August 2014
- The "Fernwehpark" in Hof: Think globally, collect locally , Zeit-Online, January 4, 2010
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roland Rischawy: Klaus Beer's new dream , Frankenpost, January 13, 2011.
- ↑ Fernweh-Park Hof: Franken-Tatort-Kommissar immortalized himself , Bayerischer Rundfunk, February 11, 2015.
- ↑ Silver badge of honor for Fernwehpark and Fernweh DINER engagement , Fernwehpark Germany (in the web archive)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beer, Klaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German travel documentary filmmaker, author and initiator of the Fernwehpark in Hof / Upper Franconia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hof on the Saale |