Martin Loiperdinger

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Martin Loiperdinger (born October 9, 1952 in Munich ) is a German film scholar and was Professor of Media Studies at Trier University from 1998 to 2018 . His subject area is film studies and film history . Research focuses on the early history of cinema , early film, projection media around 1900 and documentary film.

From 1972 he studied political science, German literature and philosophy in Munich and Frankfurt am Main . In 1985 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the Nazi propaganda film Triumph des Willens by Leni Riefenstahl . From 1993 to 1997 he was deputy head of the German Film Institute . For television he produced several features on film history topics. He was co-editor of the journal KINtop, which has been published since 1992, and is co-editor of the series KINtop-Schriften and KINtop Studies in Early Cinema .

Publications (selection)

  • Martin Loiperdinger, Uli Jung (eds.): Importing Asta Nielsen: The International Film Star in the Making 1910-1914. KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 2. John Libbey Publishing: New Barnet (GB) 2013.
  • Andrea Haller, Martin Loiperdinger, Heide Schlüpmann (eds.): Emilie Altenloh: To the sociology of the cinema. The cinema company and the social classes of its visitors. New edition. (KINtop Schriften. 9.) Stroemfeld: Frankfurt am Main, Basel 2012.
  • Martin Loiperdinger (ed): Early Cinema Today: The Art of Programming and Live Performance . KINtop Studies in Early Cinema, vol. 1. John Libbey Publishing: New Barnet (UK).
  • Martin Loiperdinger (ed): T ravelling Cinema in Europe. Sources and Perspectives. (KINtop Schriften. 10.) Stroemfeld: Frankfurt am Main, Basel 2008.
  • Uli Jung, Martin Loiperdinger (Hrsg.): History of documentary film in Germany. Volume 1: Empire 1895-1918. Reclam, Stuttgart 2005.
  • Martin Loiperdinger (ed): Celluloid Goes Digital. Historical-Critical Editions of Films on DVD and the Internet . Proceedings of the First International Trier Conference on Film and New Media, October 2002. International Film History. Publication series of the Cinémathèque Municipale de Luxembourg, Volume 12. Scientific publishing house, Trier 2003.
  • Martin Loiperdinger: Film & Chocolate. Stollwerck's business with living images. (KINtop Schriften. 4.) Stroemfeld, Frankfurt am Main, Basel 1999.
  • Martin Loiperdinger (Ed.): Special-Catalog No. 32 about projection and recording devices for living photography, films, graphophones, fog imaging devices, spotlights etc. from the factory for opto-mechanical precision instruments by Ed. Messter, Berlin 1898. Reprint. (KINtop Schriften. 3.) Stroemfeld: Basel, Frankfurt am Main 1995.
  • Martin Loiperdinger (ed.): Oskar Messter - film pioneer of the imperial era. (KINtop Schriften. 2.) Stroemfeld: Basel, Frankfurt am Main 1994.
  • Frank Kessler, Sabine Lenk, Martin Loiperdinger (eds.): KINtop. Yearbook for the Study of Early Film. KINtop 3: Oskar Messter - inventor and businessman. Stroemfeld, Basel, Frankfurt am Main 1994.

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SURNAME Loiperdinger, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich