Max Sieber

Max Sieber (* 1943 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss director and entertainment producer .

Training and work

Max Sieber joined Swiss television in 1965 , where he trained as a director and broadcast manager. He worked in the entertainment department for 28 years. From 2000 he was interim head and from 2001 to 2004 head of the entertainment department at Swiss television, succeeding Marco Stöcklin.

The Saturday evening shows produced include Teleboy , Iischtiige Please , Supertreffer or Duel . He also produced numerous sitcoms such as Ready Lustig or Mannezimmer as well as quiz programs such as Megaherz or Eiger, Mönch and Kunz , talk programs such as Aeschbacher and satirical programs such as Viktor's late program .

He was the director of many Saturday evening programs on ARD , ZDF , RTL , Bayerischer Rundfunk and Süddeutscher Rundfunk . For example, he staged 75 episodes of Do you understand fun? with Kurt Felix . He also directed the Holiday on Ice show for BBC London. In the 1980s, Max Sieber was a director in international programs such as Stars in the Manege or Games without Borders and in the films "Hotel" and "Die Grafen" with Rolf Knie and Gaston Häni .

Max Sieber also staged theater and musicals such as the Keep Cool with Marco Rima or the Western musical Jeff with Jeff Turner. In the winter of 2000 he and André Béchir produced the Christmas show “Heaven on Earth” with Rolf Knie , René Rindlisbacher and Erich Vock . He directed “ Die kleine Niederdorfoper ” , a new performance since November 3, 2009 .

Prices

“Bronze Rose” and “Chaplin Prize” at the Rose d'Or in Montreux.
Prix Walo 1980 and Golden Tell for Teleboy.
Prix Walo 1993 for the best stage production Keep Cool.
Prix Walo 1999 for Benissimo.

literature

Max Sieber: hits, flops and the most beautiful cracks. My 40 years behind the scenes in show business. Giger. Altendorf. 2018

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personal data
SURNAME	Sieber, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss director and entertainment producer
DATE OF BIRTH	1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lucerne , Switzerland