Michael Wech
Michael Wech (* 1969 in Hamburg ) is a German director and documentary filmmaker .
Life
Michael Wech grew up in Lünen (North Rhine-Westphalia). After graduating from high school in Lünen-Altlünen, he volunteered with Egmont R. Koch in Bremen and studied political science and international relations at the University of Hamburg , the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Bilkent University in Ankara.
In addition to his film work, Wech teaches at the Macromedia University for Media and Communication in Hamburg.
Filmography (selection)
- 2000: In the realm of the senses - food research
- 2000: We are looking for ... Dottore Cenni (with Egmont R. Koch )
- 2000: Our daily meat
- 2000: Smart Clothes - The clothes of tomorrow
- 2001: Metropolises of tomorrow - the future of the city
- 2001: Viruses: The Invisible Power of Cell Pirates
- 2002: In the shadow of the jackal: The German terrorists behind Carlos (with Oliver Schröm )
- 2002: Traffic arteries for Asia - world records in Bangkok and Taipei
- 2002: Of hair splitters and salivators - criminalistics
- 2003: Lava in the laboratory - volcano research
- 2003: mansions in Lower Saxony
- 2003: The rip-offs - Another story of September 11th
- 2004: Pearls of the North
- 2004: Clever clothing - the textile revolution
- 2004: Boom region Shanghai - China's metropolis in the growth trap
- 2005: Adventure knowledge : Danger under water
- 2005: Hamburg - Hanseatic City and Hafencity
- 2005: Saxon manufactories - between high-tech and handcraft
- 2005: The interpreter - Richard Sonnenfeldt and the Nuremberg Trial
- 2006: Adventure Knowledge: Dangerous Legacy - Nuclear Waste Men in Action (with Dominic Egizzi )
- 2006: Aqcua Alta - Venice fights against the floods
- 2006: Silted up - water management in Morocco
- 2006: Land unter - The Halligen in battle with the tides
- 2006: Jörg Immendorff - The Artist's Last Fight (with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns and Stephan Lamby )
- 2006: Gerhard Schröder . Chancellor years (with Jürgen Leinemann )
- 2007: New York - The skyline is awakening again
- 2007: Istanbul - megacity at the limit
- 2007: Made Metropolises - The Future of the City
- 2007: Duels: Adidas against Puma (with Stephan Lamby)
- 2007: Duels: Diana against the Queen
- 2008: Gotthard bottleneck - new paths through the mountain
- 2008: Duels: Franz Josef Strauss against Helmut Kohl
- 2008: Duels: Elizabeth Taylor against Richard Burton
- 2008: The Last Judgment - Our meal of tomorrow
- 2008: Hafencity Hamburg - The birth of a test-tube city
- 2009: Dubai - the land of tomorrow in a tight spot
- 2009: Fight for Opel - Live or Let Die? (with Stephan Lamby and Klaus Balzer)
- 2009: On a non-fatal mission? - America's new weapons
- 2009: Adventure Knowledge: Hafencity Hamburg
- 2009: The Cold War of Supersonic Aviation - Tupolev 144 vs. Concorde
- 2009: Love in power: Helmut and Hannelore Kohl
- 2010: Those up there - Germany's millionaires (with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns)
- 2010: Legends: Michael Jackson
- 2010: Houses of Tomorrow - Building of the Future
- 2011: Duels: Porsche against Piëch
- 2011: The duel between Porsche and Volkswagen
- 2011: Duels: Gerhard Schröder against Oskar Lafontaine
- 2011: The story: The protest citizens
- 2011: Fischer , Schily : "My September 11th!" - How the terrorist attack hit the federal government (with Stephan Lamby)
- 2011: Ma vie: Robert Lebeck (with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns)
- 2012: State affairs over sex and power
- 2012: The domino effect - does the euro tip over? (with Stephan Lamby)
- 2012: The big euro swindle. When everyone is fooling everyone
- 2012: What is Merkel doing? - The Chancellor in the euro crisis (with Stephan Lamby)
- 2013: Duels: Marlene Dietrich against Zarah Leander
- 2013: Experiment Energiewende - Germany's lonely revolution (with Dirk Laabs )
- 2014: The man who is Udo Jürgens (with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns)
- 2014: Dangerous Secrets - How the EU and US are planning world trade
- 2014: The duel between Schulz and Juncker (with Rüdiger Mörsdorf)
- 2014: Nobility without scruples - The dark business of the Guelphs (with Thomas Schuhbauer)
- 2014: Gunter Sachs : The Life Artist (with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns)
- 2015: Corporations sue - we pay. How arbitral tribunals undermine the rule of law
- 2015: Death flight MH 17 - Why did 298 people die? (with Demian von Osten and Ralph Hötte); nominated for the German Television Award
- 2016: The Church and Money
- 2016: Bye-bye cash? - The future of payment
- 2016: The long arm of IS - How terror comes to Europe (with Andreas Spinrath, Georg Heil and Volkmar Kabisch); nominated for the German Television Award
- 2016: Sigmar Gabriel and the SPD (with Reinhold Beckmann)
- 2017: Marine Le Pen - front woman of the European right (with Janine Bechtold, Tina Roth and Olga Sviridenko)
- 2017: Boris Becker - The Player (with Hanns-Bruno Kammertöns)
- 2019: The uncanny power of consultants - How politics can be steered (with Georg Wellmann, Massimo Bognanni, Petra Nagel, Petra Blum); nominated for the German Television Award 2020
- 2019: Resistance Fighters - The global antibiotic crisis (International festival premiere: Copenhagen International Documentary Festival CPH: DOX, March 24, 2019
Other festivals: United Nations Association Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Pariscience - Festival International du Film scientifique, Dhaka International Film Festival, Dutch Global Health Film Festival)
; nominated for the German Television Award 2020
Awards
- 2000: ITVA pyramid bronze, category "Documentation", Photokina 2000
- 2001/2002: Friedwart Bruckhaus-Förderpreis of the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Foundation
- 2005: Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for Business Journalism
- 2007: Columbus Award Bronze, Association of German Travel Journalists
- 2011: Friedrich Vogel Prize for Business Journalism
- 2012: German-French Journalism Award (with Stephan Lamby )
- 2019: Impact Award, Vancouver International Film Festival
- 2019: Grand Prix, Pariscience - Festival International du Film Scientifique
- 2020: Winner, Award of Excellence - Impact Docs Awards
- 2020: German Television Award - Best Documentation (The uncanny power of consultants)
- 2020: German Television Award - Best Editing (Resistance Fighters - Editing: Michael Scheffold)
Web links
- Michael Wech in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Portrait on the website of the Macromedia University for Media and Communication
- Homepage Resistance Fighters: www.amr-film.com
Individual evidence
- ^ 3sat media library science document 3sat media library. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ ARD documentary accuses Welfen of dark business deals with Der Tagesspiegel. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
- ↑ ARD Mediathek: The Story in the First ( Memento of the original from March 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ARD media library. Retrieved April 5, 2016
- ↑ 2015 - Best Documentation / Reportage Website of the German Television Award . Retrieved April 5, 2016.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wech, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |