Matthias Mellinghaus
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:
- 1997/98: Cobra 11 - The Autobahn Police
- 1998: Merciless 2
- 1998/99: Drachenland ( ZDF )
- 1999: a single father
- 2000: Sperling and the great word of honor
- 2000: class reunion
- 2001: True Visions
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.
Web links
- Matthias Mellinghaus in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Matthias Mellinghaus in the DIRECTORY GUIDE
- History page of the rowing club Westfalen Herdecke (RWH)
- Matthias Mellinghaus in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mellinghaus, Matthias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German rower and film director |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1965 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Iserlohn |