Kurt Mündl

Kurt Mündl (born June 8, 1959 in St. Pölten ; † December 2019 in Kirchstetten (Lower Austria) ) was an Austrian biologist , publicist , cameraman and author .

Life

Kurt Mündl is known for his nature films, especially the films from the Universum series of the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF), for which he was there from the start.

Between 1979 and 1989 he was the science journalist companion of Konrad Lorenz . In 1994 he founded his own film company "Power of Earth Productions" TV & Film Produktions Ges.mbH. He worked for various broadcasters such as the German-speaking ORF, ZDF , NDR , but also for foreign-language channels such as Canal + , SVT and Channel 4 . His film A Quite Everyday Monster - The Housefly was the first production since ORF was founded to be bought by the BBC .

Filmography (selection)

An everyday monster - the housefly, 1994
The Ötztal man and his world, 1999 about the life of the man from Tisenjoch
Time Flashes in Blue Yellow, 2003 for the (former) IMAX cinema in Vienna
Alien-insect - The praying mantis, 2004 ( HDTV ) about the praying mantis
Waldviertel - The magic of the rough country, 2004
1955 - Backstage, 2005 about the Austrian State Treaty and Austrian history
Sisi ... and I'll tell you the truth (2012)

Books (selection)

In addition to his numerous films, he also brought many specialist books onto the market. Some of these books are published jointly or by the Nobel Prize winner Konrad Lorenz .

Salvate la speranza, 1989 ISBN 88-344-0383-5
Sauver l'espoir, 1990
Beginning in Humans, 1991 ISBN 3-224-17652-0

Awards

In 2004 he received the title of professor from the Republic of Austria. Among the numerous international awards, he received three times the Gold Camera Award in Chicago and the Golden Decade Award , which is only given every ten years. Kurt Mündl has been one of the most awarded documentary filmmakers in Europe since 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b "Power of Earth Productions" TV & Film Produktions Ges.mbH on firmenabc.at. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
^ Documentary filmmaker Kurt Mündl is dead. In: noe.orf.at. December 6, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .
↑ Nature filmmaker Kurt Mündl is dead. In: noen.at. December 6, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .

↑ Excerpts from the Award Winner List & Honors ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the company website. Retrieved July 21, 2012.

personal data
SURNAME	Mündl, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian documentary filmmaker and biologist
DATE OF BIRTH	June 8, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Polten
DATE OF DEATH	December 2019
Place of death	Kirchstetten (Lower Austria)

[firmenabc.at-1] "Power of Earth Productions" TV & Film Produktions Ges.mbH on firmenabc.at. Retrieved July 21, 2012.

[2] Documentary filmmaker Kurt Mündl is dead. In: noe.orf.at. December 6, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .

[3] Nature filmmaker Kurt Mündl is dead. In: noen.at. December 6, 2019, accessed December 7, 2019 .

[4] Excerpts from the Award Winner List & Honors ( Memento of the original from June 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the company website. Retrieved July 21, 2012. @1@ 2