Matthias Mellinghaus

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Matthias Mellinghaus (* 10. May 1965 in Iserlohn ) is an in Herdecke grew up German rowers and since 2000 in Vancouver living film director and assistant director . With the Germany eighth he won the gold medal at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul .

biography

After graduating from the Friedrich Harkort School in Herdecke , Mellinghaus first studied German language and literature and history and then completed his degree in directing at the University of Film and Television Potsdam (HFF "Konrad Wolf") in Potsdam-Babelsberg . He wrote his diploma thesis about the film director and representative of the American independent author Hal Hartley .

He has worked in Canada , Morocco , the Czech Republic and France in the areas of television play, television series, documentary film and advertising and is mainly active in the area of ​​assistant director. In 2005 he worked for the consulting firm Sea and Sky in Vancouver.

At the age of 23 he won in 1988 together with Thomas Domian , Armin Eichholz , Dr. Wolfgang Maennig , Thomas Möllenkamp , Bahne Rabe , Eckhardt Schultz , Ansgar Wessling and the helmsman Manfred Klein in the rowing eight received Olympic gold and received - together with the rowers of the Germany eight - the silver laurel leaf. Mellinghaus started for his home club Ruderclub Westfalen Herdecke . Later he shot the 30-minute documentary nine men in a boat (Aquafilm, Cologne) about the first all-German rowing eight.

Filmography

Assistant director for international productions:

  • 2001: Baby Geniuses II (2nd Unit) , feature film (Germany / USA / Great Britain)
  • 2002: Wildfire 7 , Canadian drama
  • 2003: The Legend of Eileen Chang , Canadian television series in four episodes
  • 2003: Deepwater , Canadian feature
  • 2004: Too cool for Christmas , Canadian feature
  • 2004: Thralls , Canadian television movie
  • 2004: Sams's Lake , Canadian feature
  • 2005: Young Blades , Franco-British television series

Assistant director for German TV films / series:

Works

  • Dirk Fleiter / Matthias Mellinghaus: Knowing is not enough. Hal Hartley and his films . Belleville. 2002. ISBN 3933510236
  • Matthias Mellinghaus: empiricism and imagination. Aesthetic and Social Concepts in Hal Hartley's TRUST. (Diploma thesis) Potsdam-Babelsberg (HFF, FR director). 1997.

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personal data
SURNAME Mellinghaus, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rower and film director
DATE OF BIRTH May 10, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Iserlohn