Konrad Wickler
Konrad Wickler (born December 12, 1935 in Berlin , † April 11, 2011 in Munich ) was a German cameraman , photographer and documentary producer.
Youth and education
Konrad Wickler grew up with three siblings in pre-war Berlin as the son of a teacher and a graduate engineer. After the war ended, the family fled to the West. Konrad Wickler spent his high school years in Siegen and then began training as a camera assistant at the FWU ( Institute for Film and Image in Science and Education ) in Munich, which studied at the German Institute for Film and Television (DIFF - forerunner of University of Television and Film Munich ). From 1959 to 1962, Wickler studied at the State College for Photography in Munich.
Professional career
In 1963, Wickler was permanently employed as a cameraman and director at Bayerischer Rundfunk . There he shot with directors Percy Adlon , Hans Jürgen Syberberg , Reinhard Raffalt , Antony Isaacs, Jörg Grünler , among others . In the early 1970s, Konrad Wickler and BR editor Harald Hohenacker developed a pre-school children's program for television, the series Das feuerrote Spielmobil , in which he worked as a director, cameraman and actor. With his portrayal as Conny in the series, he became one of the favorite characters in the children's program. The series was awarded the Golden Camera in 1972 as well as the Adolf Grimme Prize.
Together with the director Katja Raganelli , he founded Diorama Film GmbH in Munich in 1976 to produce cultural documentaries. Women behind the camera were among the most important topics of the company, and documentaries were made about the silent film directors Dorothy Arzner , Margery Wilson and Lois Weber , the silhouette film pioneer Lotte Reiniger , as well as contemporary directors such as Agnès Varda , Margarethe von Trotta , Valie Export and Mai Zetterling .
Private life
Konrad Wickler was married twice, most recently to the director Katja Raganelli from 1998 . He has a daughter from his first marriage. His older brother is the behaviorist Wolfgang Wickler .
Filmography
Films as a cameraman
- 1966: Pitchi Poi (D: Franz Josef Wild )
- 1968: Introduction to behavior research with Prof. Konrad Lorenz
- 1969: The Sixth Day (Series)
- 1970–1975: The fiery red toy mobile (director: Harald Hohenacker)
- 1971: Aging (D: Frieder Mayrhofer)
- 1975: Golubic, once a year (Series: A la carte BR, D: K. Raganelli)
- 1976: From Drinking to Drinking - World of Science (D: H. Andre)
- 1976: The oriental Schlamminger (D: Percy Adlon)
- 1976: 1001Ferri Faroksad - An entertainer in person (D: Percy Adlon)
- 1995: Whoever is there ... stays - Prater people (D: Barbara Rohm)
- 2006: Marcel - a fight that would be nice (D: Juliane Schuler)
Films as producer and cameraman, all with director K. Raganelli
- 1976: Annot - portrait of a painter and pacifist
- 1977: Women are naturally creative - Agnès Varda
- 1978: Women have to be born twice - Liliane de Kermadec
- 1978: Love is a myth - Delphine Seyrig
- 1979: Márta Mészáros - portrait of a Hungarian film director
- 1979: Margarethe von Trotta - portrait of a film director
- 1979: Winter-Spring-Summer-Autumn (Series: A la carte BR)
- 1981: Valie Export - portrait of a film director
- 1981: Invisible Women - Filmmakers in Hollywood
- 1981: Farewell to Winter (Series: A la carte BR)
- 1982: New York - Babylon of Kitchens (Series: A la carte BR)
- 1982: Maybe I am a magician - portrait of the actor Peter Lühr
- 1982: Paths to Lear
- 1983: Johan Micklin Silver - meeting the New York film director
- 1983: Organ organ is my freedom - Helga Leiendecker makes her dream come true
- 1984: Pictures from Westphalia (Series: A la carte BR)
- 1984: Smetana - My Fatherland
- 1984: Not man, not woman, just raven
- 1984: Those beautiful Queens - On the way with ragtime and blues
- 1985: Longing for Women - Dorothy Arzner
- 1985: New Orleans - on the go with jazz and gospel
- 1985: Photographers - encounters with Karin Székessy , Cindy Sherman , Roswitha Hecke , Charlotte March , Regina Relang
- 1986: From the Myth of Love - Sigfrit Steiner - Portrait of an Actor
- 1987: I would like to live like rays - Anja Breien, film director in Norway
- 1987: The magicians of the game - screen heroes, their wishes, dreams and successes
- 1987: The power of women is in their imagination - Hans W. Geißendörfer and his films
- 1988: Everyone envies and for our mother ... daughters and their mothers using the example of Mirjam Pressler
- 1989: From our studios "Das Pfarrhaus"
- 1989: I'm Wanda - portrait of the actress and director Barbara Loden
- 1989: Maybe I am really a sorceress - film director Mai Zetterling and her films
- 1990: More than just games - the kids and their computer
- 1990: Hall theater in Munich - it goes on
- 1990: Landestheater in Coburg - a springboard for young talents
- 1990: Free dance scene in Munich
- 1991: Jean-Luc Godard
- 1993: The women in Ingmar Bergman's films
- 1996: Margery Wilson - brown eye recalls the beginnings of film art
- 1996: Alice Guy-Blaché - homage to the world's first female filmmaker
- 1997: Lotte Reiniger - homage to the inventor of the silhouette film
Web links
- Konrad Wickler at filmportal.de
- Konrad winder in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Photogaphinnen, Süddeutsche Zeitung October 31, 1985, page 75
- ↑ "The power of women is in their imagination", Katja Raganelli and Konrad Wickler - film about the Swedish director Mai Zetterling, Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 22, 1989, page 13
- ^ The women in Igmar Bergmanns films, catalog of the North German Film Days Lübeck 1993, page 58
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wickler, Konrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German cameraman, photographer and documentary film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 2011 |
| Place of death | Munich |