Michael Schomers

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Michael Schomers (born April 2, 1949 in Essen ; † June 23, 2016 ) was a German television journalist , author , director and producer who worked in the fields of investigative journalism and television reporting.

Life

After training as a wholesale and foreign trade merchant Schomers made the High School on the second chance . He completed his studies in pedagogy , psychology , sociology and political science as a qualified pedagogue .

From 1979 to 1981 Schomers was a research assistant at the "Institute for Media Didactics" at the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Education in Koblenz . From 1982 he worked as a freelance journalist. In 1991 he founded "Lighthouse Film & Medienproduktion".

In addition to his journalistic activities, Schomers held teaching positions at the Hanover University of Applied Sciences , the Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences and the Gelsenkirchen University of Applied Sciences . From 2011 he was head of the film / television department at WAM - Die Medienakademie, together with cameraman Markus Schott . In 2010 he founded the Hagerhof television school at the Hagerhof Castle Gymnasium in Bad Honnef.

Awards

  • 1988: Eduard Rhein Culture Prize for Toxic, Corrosive, Explosive
  • 1st prize in the "Television" category from the Association of Municipal Companies for Water. Power. money

Works

Books

  • Attitude matters: unemployed teachers talk about grief, anger and new paths (1986)
  • Toxic, Corrosive, Explosive: Dangerous Transports on Our Roads (1988)
  • Germany far right (1990)
  • Everyday poverty: my life with 539 DM welfare. An Experiment (1998)
  • The television report: from the idea to the broadcast. Report, documentation, feature. A book for beginners in the film and TV business (2001)
  • Surefire deals: how undertakers, authorities and insurance companies exempt survivors (2007)
  • The short TV report (2012)

TV reports and documentaries

  • Toxic, caustic, explosive - dangerous transports on the streets ( ZDF 1986)
  • Corporations in a shopping frenzy (ZDF 1989)
  • Germany Far Right - Seven Months as a Republican (1991)
  • War march - German minesweepers in the Mediterranean ( WDR 1991)
  • Until you fall asleep at the wheel (ZDF 1992)
  • Ferries - death traps at sea? (WDR 1993)
  • We are looking for ... Russian Roulette at Sea (WDR 1993)
  • Help without end? German helpers in Rwanda (ZDF 1995)
  • Dream destination: Yukon and Alaska (WDR 1995)
  • Dream vacation all inclusive (ZDF 1996)
  • Too long, too wide, too high (ZDF 1998)
  • Everyday Poverty - Living with 539 Mark Social Assistance (WDR 1999)
  • Aunt Emma on Wheels ( SWR 2000)
  • Faster, further, higher - nightmare traffic ( arte 2000)
  • Solo entertainer (SWR 2001)
  • The black gold of the North Sea (ZDF 2001)
  • The Wild Things (arte 2001)
  • At the end of the world: Cape Horn (arte 2002)
  • The power tensioners from Montabaur (SWR 2003)
  • Detective Dog Inspector (SWR 2003)
  • Music without notes (SWR 2003)
  • Scratchcard and perm (SWR 2003)
  • Storm over the Eifel (SWR 2003)
  • Water! Power! Money! (arte 2003)
  • Krempel & Co (SWR 2004)
  • Land of Our Fathers (2004)
  • Party in Red (SWR 2004)
  • When night falls at the Truck Stop (SWR 2004)
  • Mixed double in the driver's cab (SWR 2006)
  • One death and many problems (WDR 2008)
  • "Loreley ahead." With a tug captain through the "mountains" (SWR 2009)
  • Human landscapes (WDR 2010; six-part film series, 30 minutes each - producer)
  • John Hare. King of the wild camels (arte 2011)
  • Shipwrecked in Mongolia ( people up close , arte / ZDF 2012)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Schomers (* April 2, 1949 † June 23, 2016)
  2. ^ Halem Verlag: Michael Schomers
  3. ↑ www.der-kurze-tv-beitrag.de
  4. ↑ Temporary Republicans - Seven Months as Republicans , Federal Agency for Civic Education May 29, 2002
personal data
SURNAME Schomers, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Essen , Germany
DATE OF DEATH June 23, 2016