Klaus Beyer (artist)

Klaus Beyer (born July 8, 1952 in Berlin ) is a German candle maker, filmmaker, composer and poet .

Life

He learned the profession of candle wax maker (journeyman's examination in 1971 in Munich ) and worked in a Berlin candle factory until 1997. In 1980 he began to translate songs from his favorite band The Beatles into German for his mother and re-recorded the songs on tape. The first videos were also made on Super-8 . In 1984 he was "discovered" by Gabi Poschmann in the environment of the Geniale Dilletanten . His films were shown to the public for the first time in the Kreuzberg Front Cinema , and were shown at documenta in 1987 and at numerous film festivals in São Paulo, Seoul, London and New York. He also became known through several appearances in productions by Christoph Schlingensief .

Filmography

• 1986: A normal life - by Georg Maas (supporting actor)
• 1988: The sun is coming - by Georg Maas (leading actor)
• 1994: Mid May - by Matl Findel (leading actor)
• 1994: The other universe of Klaus Beyer - by Frank Behnke and Georg Maas (leading actors)
• 2000: Captain Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club - by Nico Schlegel and Annika Seiffert (leading actors)
• 2001: U 3000 - by Christoph Schlingensief (supporting actor)
• 2005: The Animatograph - by Christoph Schlingensief (supporting actor)
• 2006: When the bones crack in jail by Maurice Taube and Christoph Bennewitz (supporting actors)
• 2007: Mutilation - by Christoph Schlingensief (supporting actor)

literature

• Frank Behnke: The Klaus Beyer system. With contributions by Jörg Buttgereit , Detlef Kuhlbrodt and Christoph Schlingensief . ISBN 978-3-927795-38-9 .
• Frank Behnke (ed.): The great Klaus Beyer Beatles book. The fool on the heights. ISBN 978-3-927795-24-2 . With around 100 Beatles texts translated into German by Beyer and photos from his Super 8 films.

Web links

• Klaus Beyer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Klaus Beyer's website
• Klaus Beyer on Myspace