Konrad Herrmann (director)

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Konrad Herrmann (born November 16, 1948 in Bautzen ) is a German director and producer .

Life

At the age of 24, Herrmann received his directing diploma from the University of Film and Television Potsdam - Babelsberg (HFF). Between 1979 and 1982 he was a master student at the HFF with the director Rainer Simon . During this time, the feature film Rublak - The Legend of the Measured Land was made, based on a story by the Sorbian writer Jurij Koch . However, the film only came to the GDR film art theaters in censored form .

From 1976 to 1985 Konrad Herrmann was a director for television in the GDR. In 1986 he moved to the DEFA studio for documentary films due to reprisals . From 1994 he worked as a freelance director and author for ARD and ZDF. In 1997 Herrmann founded the film and television production company HerrmannFilm Berlin .

Sixty films have been made under his direction, including a feature film, documentary dramas, documentaries and reports . At times he also worked as a musical director at the theater. Konrad Herrmann's films have been shown at festivals in Berlin, Leipzig, Kraków, Moscow, Washington, Oberhausen , Bornholm, Budapest, Neubrandenburg, Tübingen and Cologne. Herrmann has received several awards: Herbert Quandt Media Prize , German Business Film Prize 1st Class, Media Prize from Natur-Energie AG, ITVA Award Bronze Pyramid .

Konrad Herrmann has two children and lives in Berlin.

Filmography

  • 1972 Struga pictures of a landscape (film essay, 30 min), about the destruction of a culture
  • 1976 Continent Hope (docudrama, 30 min), about the painter's wondrous journey to the Caucasus
  • 1982 Rublak - The Legend of the Surveyed Land (feature film) based on the story Landvermesser by Jurij Koch
  • 1986 Everyday Dreams (experimental film, 30 min), about the poet ETA Hoffmann
  • 1987 Rügenbahn ballad (film essay, 30 min), about the little railway on the island of Rügen
  • 1988 Lieb Georg (docudrama, 80 min), about Georg Büchner
  • 1989 Fear and Power (docudrama, 70 min), about the writer Johannes R. Becher
  • 1991 Honecker's master of ceremonies (documentary, 45 min. SFB), about Honecker's last chief of protocol
  • 1992 The photo will scream (film collage, 45 min. ZDF), about the photo mechanic John Heartfield
  • 1993 Die Amputation (docudrama, 70 min., BR), about an event in the GDR writers' association
  • 1993 The burning water of Wilthen (Feature, 30 min. MDR), about the Wilthen distillery Prize: German Economic Film Prize 1993
  • 1993 Leben gegen die Zeit (documentary, 45 min., BR / MDR) about the life of the Sorbs in Lusatia
  • 1993 Where the sun sets quickly (documentary, 30 min., MDR), about the missionaries of the Moravian Brethren in Tanzania
  • 1994 The forbidden handshake (documentary, 45 min., NDR / BR), deal between prisoner and guard in the Stasi prison Bautzen II
  • 1994 Der Einsame von Röcken (docudrama, 45 min., MDR / WDR), about Friedrich Nietzsche , actor: Martin Trettau
  • 1995 Victory over hatred (documentary, 30 min. MDR), over the last African in Hoyerswerda
  • 1995 Traces of a Passion (music film, 30 min. DW), about the organ makers Andreas and Gottfried Silbermann
  • 1997 Solo for five (music film, 45 min. MDR), about the Günther Fischer jazz band
  • 1997 An Organ for Tokyo (documentary, 30 min. DW / DR), about the construction of a special organ in Tokyo , Prize: Herbert Quandt Media Prize 1998, German Economic Film Prize 1998 1st class
  • 1998 An old rocker in office and dignity (documentary, 45 min. BR), the Bautzner Lord Mayor in the BR series Lebenslinien
  • 2000 Embers under the Ashes (film essay, 45 min ZDF), 2nd part of the ZDF multi-part series on the topic of 2000 years of Christianity
  • 2000 Der Graf von Z. (docudrama, 30 min. WDR), thinking about Nikolaus von Zinzendorf
  • 2002 Die Schwarzburger (docudrama 45 min. MDR), from the series: History of Central Germany
  • 2002 Wind Makes Work (report, 30 min. MDR), about the construction of the largest wind power plant in the world. Prize: Media Prize from Natur - Energie AG
  • 2003 Police pastor No office for tender souls (report, 30 min NDR), for the ARD series exclusive
  • 2004 Now or Never - The Border Crossers from Sopron (film essay, 30 min ZDF), for the 37 Grad series
  • 2004 Unretired (report, 30 min MDR), at the age of 70 in Bolivia
  • 2005 Bautzen in the land of the Sorbs (feature, 45 min. MDR), for the ARD series Bilderbuch Deutschland
  • 2006 Ströbecker Europafieber (report, 30 min. MDR), Prize: ITVA Award Bronzene Pyramid
  • 2007 The soldier and the baby - obstetrics in the middle of the crisis area (documentary, 30 min. ZDF), for the series: 37 degrees
  • 2008 Need for a man? (Feature, 30 min. MDR), nominated: Mitteldeutscher Medienpreis
  • 2009 deployment at Randale (report, 30 min. NDR), a police force in action
  • 2010 Product Staatskind (report, 30 min. ZDF)
  • 2010 men, women, gender check (report, 30 min. MDR)
  • 2011 time travel to Pergamon (report, 30 min. Rbb)
  • 2011 Blind, fast, successful (report, 30 min. MDR)
  • 2012 Mala wants to know (report, 15 min. ZDF)
  • 2012 Driving school for fearful rabbits (report, 30 min. Rbb)
  • 2015 Laughing with the Undertaker (report, 30 min. NDR)

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personal data
SURNAME Herrmann, Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and producer
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Bautzen