Mario Sixtus

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Mario Sixtus (2018)

Mario Sixtus (born March 6, 1965 in Ratingen ) is a German publicist , filmmaker , presenter and journalist .

Life

After leaving the Theodor-Heuss-Gymnasium in Ratingen without a degree, Sixtus played as a bass player in new wave and punk bands (Chim Chim Cheree, Panic in Slumberland) since the early 1980s . In the 1990s, Sixtus produced several singles and albums under the pseudonym Zadoc with the Darkwave / EBM project Tilt! . From the mid-1990s, Sixtus worked as a freelance programmer and web designer. As a journalist, he wrote for De: Bug magazine as well as for newspapers and online media, including in the Zeit , in Focus , the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung , in the Handelsblatt , at brand eins , Neon and in the specialist magazines c't and Technology Review . Sixtus lives in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg and Hong Kong . His work focuses on current developments in the Internet , network culture and network politics .

Sixtus is co-founder of the European Web Video Academy and chaired the jury of the German Web Video Award in 2011 and 2012 . In 2011 he was one of the founding members of the network policy association D64 - Center for Digital Progress , which was closely related to the SPD , but left after a few months. Sixtus is a member of the society for the scientific investigation of parasciences , in the Berlin association Cyborgs eV - society for the promotion and critical support of the merging of man and technology as well as in the journalists association Freischreiber .

watch TV

From November 2008 to July 2016, Mario Sixtus hosted a total of 155 episodes of the TV magazine Elektrischer Reporter on ZDFinfo , which dealt with topics related to the digital transformation of society. This magazine emerged from a web video series that Sixtus produced between September 2006 and September 2008 for the Handelsblatt publishing group . In 2007 Sixtus received the Grimme Online Award , the LeadAward in silver and the Podcast Award for the best commercial podcast in terms of content for the series. From February 2009 to August 2010 Mario Sixtus was together with Sascha Lobo in the glossary Sixtus vs. Lobo can be seen in the new computer program on 3sat . In 2016, ZDF broadcasted Sixtus' mockumentary Operation Naked about the social effects of smart glasses with facial recognition function. ZDF presenters like Dunja Hayali , Jan Böhmermann and Markus Lanz talk to actors in the studios of their programs about the effects of data glasses. In February 2016, Arte broadcast Sixtus' documentary I know who you are on smart glasses and face recognition, and ZDFinfo in December 2016, Game of Drones, on the civilian uses of (partially) autonomous quadrocopters . In July 2017, ZDFinfo showed its documentary Im Netz der Lügen , which deals with false reports and agitation on the Internet. In 2018, Sixtus wrote the script for the crime film Wilsberg , the ZDF film series Wilsberg, using a fictional smartphone app that uses automatic face recognition to find information about people. In spring 2020 Sixtus shot the ZDF feature film Hyperland in Cologne and the surrounding area about the ubiquity of social networks.

Journalism

Blogs

Sixtus runs its own blog. In 2010 Sixtus initiated the blog project WirHabenKeineAngst.de on Tumblr , with which Internet users can speak out against fear of terrorism and the related tightened security policy. In 2010 Sixtus opposed the introduction of what is known as an ancillary copyright for press publishers in several articles . His open letter to newspaper publishers, first published in DeBug magazine, was published as a full-page advertisement in the specialist magazines Kontakter and Kress Report after a successful crowdfunding campaign with the motto "Sixtus instead of Böller" and produced as an audio version by Deutschlandradio Wissen . The Axel Springer manager Christoph Keese , one of the initiators of the legal campaign for ancillary copyright, placed ads on Google in 2011 that were displayed when "Mario Sixtus" was entered and promoted Keese's political position. The media journalist Stefan Niggemeier made this unusual practice public in September 2011. A quote from Sixtus' letter was used by Google for a campaign against ancillary copyright.

book

In October 2019 Sixtus published the non-fiction book Why Think About the Future? , in which he deals with the question of why people have difficulties dealing with the future from different perspectives.

Social media

Sixtus has been active on Twitter since 2007 . There he attracted media attention in particular with criticism of the Springer Group and the Bundeswehr . In 2019, in response to various tweets from world blogger Don Alphonso, he called on employees of the Springer publishing house to be socially excluded. For this he was criticized in the FAZ and in the world . In 2020, as a reaction to the possibility for soldiers of the Bundeswehr to use the Deutsche Bahn in uniform for free, he wrote the tweet “What kind of liquids do you have to have consumed to get the idea that in mercilessly overcrowded ICEs the additional presence of Soldiers with field baggage for a higher acceptance of the soldier's profession and not lead to cold hatred of all camouflage suits? " After Bild sharply criticized the tweet, it was picked up by other tabloid media and Deutschlandfunk . Sixtus defended its position in a blog post. In March of that year, he asked other users on Twitter to immediately block accounts without followers. The former Bild editor-in-chief Kai Diekmann responded to the tweet with the request to block "assholes" directly, he was starting with Sixtus. Sixtus sent Diekmann an injunction through his lawyer . Diekmann replied that Sixtus used the swear word to refer to various people on Twitter. Sixtus later withdrew the request from the Berlin Regional Court .

Books

Book contributions

  • Barbarians at the keyboard (In: Was für Zeiten. Return of the barbarians), Steirische Verlagsgesellschaft, Vienna / Graz, 2004, ISBN 9783900323752
  • From blogs, horseless carriages and women's underwear (In: Yearbook for Journalists 2006), Federal Agency for Political Education, Bonn 2006, ISBN 9783980742870
  • TV, be embraced! How German TV broadcasters find their way onto the Internet (In: Jahrbuch Fernsehen 2008), Institute for Media and Communication Policy, Marl / Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3980742870
  • 90 (In: A thousand deaths), Frohmann-Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 9783980742870

Filmography

  • 2008–2016: Electric reporter , TV magazine, 155 episodes, lead author and presenter, ZDFinfo
  • 2010–2012: Uebermorgen.TV, animation series, 30 episodes, screenplay and direction, ZDFkultur
  • 2016: Operation Naked , feature film / mockumentary , screenplay and director, ZDF
  • 2016: I know who you are, documentary, screenplay and director, Arte
  • 2016: Game of Drones, documentary, screenplay and director, ZDFinfo
  • 2017: In the Net of Lies, documentary, screenplay and director, ZDFinfo
  • 2019: Wilsberg - Written in the face , feature film, screenplay, ZDF

Awards and nominations

literature

  • The cherry picker . Robert Bongen on Mario Sixtus. In: Stephan Weichert / Christian Zabel (eds.): Die Alpha-Journalisten 2.0. Portrait of Germany's new spokesman , by Halem Verlag, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-938258-92-7 , pp. 232–241

Web links

Commons : Mario Sixtus  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The musical past of the “Webelite”. Retrieved August 26, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Tilt! at Discogs (English)
  3. ↑ Robert Bongen: The cherry picker. 2009, accessed August 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ it technology: Taking it to the extreme together. In: Zeit Online. Retrieved February 27, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Next level gentrification on Kastanienallee. Retrieved December 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ About Sixtus sixtus.net
  7. ↑ The SPD receives network policy tutoring zeit.de, December 3, 2011
  8. ^ Founding members. D64, May 2, 2012; Retrieved February 11, 2019 (archived version of the page).
  9. ↑ “Lobo, you pressed sausage with a cleaning hairstyle”. In: Meedia. August 23, 2010, accessed February 22, 2020 .
  10. ^ Operation Naked on YouTube
  11. ↑ Jens Müller: Collage of fictional media reports: The glasses of horror . In: The daily newspaper: taz . February 22, 2016, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed December 31, 2019]).
  12. ↑ “Operation Naked”: Mario Sixtus' film debut with the first guard of ZDF presenters. Accessed January 1, 2020 .
  13. ↑ I know who you are
  14. ^ Game of Drones
  15. ↑ Mario Sixtus for ZDFinfo "in the net of lies": ZDF press portal. Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
  16. ↑ My first television thriller | Mario Sixtus. Retrieved on October 3, 2018 (German).
  17. ↑ Stefan Biestmann: This is what the two Bielefeld »Wilsberg« episodes are about . In: Westfalen-Blatt . ( westfalen-blatt.de [accessed on November 24, 2018]).
  18. ^ "Wilsberg" premiere in Cologne. In: westfalen-blatt.de. September 24, 2019, accessed November 17, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Welcome to Bielefeld. November 1, 2019, accessed December 31, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Vincent Fischer: Simulated proximity. July 20, 2020, accessed on July 20, 2020 (German).
  21. ↑ Andreas Grieß: Action by Mario Sixtus: Don't be afraid of terrorism. In: the daily newspaper. November 22, 2011, accessed June 2, 2018 .
  22. ↑ We are not afraid! - Power. In: sueddeutsche.de. nun.sueddeutsche.de, accessed on February 27, 2016 .
  23. ↑ "We are not afraid" - Internet users against terror panic. In: gulli.com. gulli.com The IT and tech channel, accessed on February 27, 2016 .
  24. ↑ Sixtus starts network campaign against fear of terrorism. In: Meedia . November 22, 2010, accessed October 31, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Netzgemeinde targets the terror warning. In: focus.de. Focus Online, accessed February 27, 2016 .
  26. ↑ De: Bug Magazin »Copyright 2010: Ancillary Services. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  27. ^ Sixtus instead of firecrackers. December 30, 2010, accessed on February 22, 2020 (German).
  28. ^ Sixtus' Open Letter to the Publishers published as an advertisement. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  29. ↑ Christoph Keese advertises on Google under "Mario Sixtus" - Stefan Niggemeier. Retrieved February 22, 2020 (German).
  30. ↑ Google advertises against ancillary copyright law with a quote from Mario Sixtus. Retrieved February 22, 2020 .
  31. ↑ Between the past and the future on Kastanienallee. Accessed December 31, 2019 .
  32. ↑ https://twitter.com/sixtus/status/1192209375412281345
  33. ↑ Stefan Winterbauer: In Twitter thunderstorms - a current weather report from the shitstorm front. In: Meedia.de. Retrieved November 15, 2019 .
  34. ^ Frank Lübberding: TV review: "Maybrit Illner": Regulation of freedom of expression . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed November 15, 2019]).
  35. ↑ Peter Praschl: Dispute about Don Alphonso: The receipt . November 22, 2019 ( welt.de [accessed November 23, 2019]).
  36. ↑ Bundeswehr: Soldiers on the train - ZDF journalist criticizes the free tickets for the train. Retrieved March 15, 2020 .
  37. ↑ Against the viral hatred - That's why Bundeswehr uniforms belong on the ICE. Retrieved on February 7, 2020 (German).
  38. ↑ Tweet explanation | Mario Sixtus. Retrieved on February 11, 2020 (German).
  39. ↑ Tobias Singer: “A-Loch-Gate”: the hearty Twitter-Beef between Kai Diekmann and Mario Sixtus ›Meedia. Retrieved April 1, 2020 .
  40. ↑ Stefan Winterbauer: “A-Loch-Gate” file closed: Sixtus withdraws from court against Kai Diekmann ›Meedia. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
  41. ↑ Uebermorgen TV - all episodes on Youtube. Retrieved on February 16, 2020 (German).
  42. ↑ Podcast Prize for TV veterans. In: heise online. January 27, 2007, accessed January 20, 2017 .
  43. ↑ Lead Award. In: leadacademy.de. Retrieved January 18, 2017 .
  44. ↑ All winners - Grimme Online Award. In: grimme-online-award.de. Retrieved January 18, 2017 .
  45. ↑ fiene & die blogger 2011. In: daniel fienes weblog. December 22, 2011, accessed February 5, 2017 .
  46. ↑ These are the nominees for the 2014 Web Video Prize. In: tonight.de. Retrieved February 5, 2017 .
  47. ↑ Awards and nominations. In: zdf.de. Retrieved January 18, 2017 .
  48. ↑ Nominations - Grimme Prize. In: grimme-preis.de. Retrieved January 18, 2017 .
  49. ↑ WILSBERG - WRITTEN ON THE FACE. In: filmfestival cologne. Retrieved September 18, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Sixtus, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Ratingen