Michael Lentz (screenwriter)

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Michael Lentz (born September 9, 1926 , † November 30, 2001 ) was a German screenwriter and film director .

Life

Sometimes under the pseudonyms Christian Egck, Walter Goritz and Rainer Sprakel, he sometimes also directed . He had few appearances as an actor, most recently as "Grandpa" in the film The White Noise . He also acted as a producer. In 1995 he became a professor at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne in the script / dramaturgy department. He became known to a wider audience as a film critic in the ZDF series Advice for moviegoers . He died just weeks after his wife's death.

Awards

  • For the screenplay Every Years Again he received the silver bear at the 1967 Berlinale.
  • For the production of the short film Endstation Lentz received the German Film Prize in silver in 1979 .
  • In 1983 he received the Adolf Grimme Prize with gold for the documentaries As in the old days .
  • For the documentaries Closed Because of Wealth, he received the 1986 Adolf Grimme Prize with bronze.
  • He received international awards for the films Obituary for a Beast and The Indian .

Filmography (selection)

Scriptwriting

Directorial work

  • Retraining (1972) (as Rainer Sprakel)
  • Comrades (1973) (as Christian Egck)
  • Karl-Heinz (1973) (as Walter Goritz)
  • A Man Like Marty (1975)
  • End stop (1979)
  • Bread and Films (1980)
  • Like in the old days (1982) (also book)
  • All Paletti (1985)
  • Closed for Wealth (1985)
  • The centenarians (1989)

Co-producer

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