Norbert Skrovanek

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Skrovanek on the set 2002

Norbert Skrovanek (born March 9, 1954 in Bratislava , † November 11, 2014 in Hamburg ) was a German television director, screenwriter, producer and university lecturer.

Life

Skrovanek grew up trilingual (Slovak, German with Viennese dialect, Hungarian), his family comes from Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Bavaria and Italy. In 1965 he came to Germany. In Munich he attended the Albertinum, a Jesuit boarding school. At Erasmus Grasser-Gymnasium he finished high school. Even then he worked as an actor and author in school and youth theater.

From 1975 he studied literature and art history as well as theater and communication science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . From 1976 to 1980 he was also a founding member (author, director, actor, together with Matthias Weigold ) of an off-theater based in Munich, subsidized by the city. Tours through Germany and Europe followed.

1981 to 1982 he had an acting engagement at the Residenztheater in Munich . He has worked in productions by Dieter Giesing , Ingmar Bergman and Ernst Seiltgen, among others . From 1982 to 1984 he was responsible for the concept management in the cultural department of the state capital Munich , for film weeks, festivals in Germany and abroad, readings and events. In addition, from 1983 to 1984 he took over the management of the coordination office of Robert Wilson and was his personal assistant ( The CIVIL warS - USA, FRG, France, Netherlands, Japan).

In 1985 he founded his own blue film production , which still exists today , with which he mainly produced documentary films for ZDF until 1994.

He took on his first lecturing activity from 1994 to 1997, as a lecturer at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg Ludwigsburg in the diploma course in documentary film. In addition, since 1994 he has worked as a television director specializing in fiction.
Since 2005 he has been the university lecturer in charge of film and television at the medienakademie Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Rügen.

His first marriage was to actress Lena Stolze , and his second marriage to journalist and publicist Maria Schoppa . The two children Sophia-Anna and Jan-Michael come from this marriage. Skrovanek had lived in Hamburg with his family since 1987.

Works

Skrovanek as Altnahara human 1977

theatre

  • 1976 Aarttyie , Culture Weeks Munich, Regensburg (D),
  • 1976 Head of courses and exercises in acting with students at the Ludwig Maximilians University
  • 1977 The Altnahara Mensch , midnight performance, Theater im Fuchsbau (Co-B / D)
  • 1977 Gerd Heidenreich: The Nightingale in Boots , TIK, Germany tour (D)
  • 1977 Kabale und Liebe , tour through FRG (including Mannheimer Schillertage ), Switzerland, * Austria, Italy and with a bilingual version at the invitation of the Goethe Institute to the festivals Dublin a. Wexford / Ireland (R / D)
  • 1978–1980 From the cradle to the grave I and … II , the fantastic diaries of the schizophrenic painter and writer Adolf Wölfli , tour through Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria (B / D / R)
  • 1981–1982 acting engagement at Bayer. State Theater / Munich (D)
  • Happy ending , Bertolt Brecht / D: Baumann
  • Miss Julie . August Strindberg / R: Ingmar Bergman
  • Heartache of an English cat Geneviève Serreau / D: E. Seiltgen, Pariser Leben J.Offenbach / D: D. Giesing
  • 1988 Fräulein Else , with Lena Stolze, Thalia Theater Hamburg, TV recording with Studio Hamburg; Invitations and a. Baden-Württemberg Theater Weeks, North German Theater Days, Theater Festival Munich (R)

Documentary television

  • Homeless in Munich , 1984, director / camera, video report, IKM / Munich, 26 '(R / Ka.)
  • And if I didn't die, I'll still be alive today , 1986, documentary about a brain-damaged girl, 45 min, ZDF (B / R)
  • The white man's hunt for happiness
  • 1987, dreams and drugs in SO-Asia, documentary, 25 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Traumreisen , 1987, youth journal, 45 ', ZDF (B / Red.)
  • Do you want love ...? 1987, youth journal, 45 ', ZDF (B / Red.)
  • Without work , 1988, feature about poverty and unemployment in Dortmund, 34 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Beyond Success and Wealth , 1989, 5 film portraits, 60 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Never go apart , 1990, peasant wedding, documentary, 20 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Much up and down , pregnancy, birth, 1990, documentation, 21 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • It was just carelessness , 1990, divorce, separation, documentary, 21 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • The second life , 1990, talk show with films, 30 ', SAT.1 (R)
  • A child is born to us , 1990, talk show with playback, 30 ', SAT.1 (R)
  • You never know what's coming , 1990, two emergency doctors on duty, report, 45 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Hammer & Zirkel , 1991, long-term observation, GDR, with D. Westenberger, 60 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • You can't stand that in your head , 1991, documentation of a "crazy", 45 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Life, love , 1991, report from a women's prison, 30 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Just inhibited and uptight? 1992, feature, partner per advertisement, 55 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Das Wrack , 1993, diving expedition into the Red Sea, the story of an absurd ship disaster in 1941, documentary film, 45 ', ZDF, (B / R)
  • Staub and Stars 1993, talk, editorial management and video clips, RTL, 30 '(B / R)
  • Moment Mal , 1993, 3 episodes of 7 ', ZDF (B / R)
  • Seen in this way - thoughts on the time , 1993–1994, 21 contributions with moderation, SAT.1 (B / R / Mod.)

Fictional television + cinema

  • The Terrible Girl , 1990, directed by Michael Verhoeven, Oscar nominee, role judge (D)
  • Secret or what? 1994, three-part youth series with Moritz Bleibtreu , ZDF, Multimedia Hamburg, 75 'broadcast 14 times, (B / R)
  • Lots of Life , 1995–1996, ZDF, Colonia Media, series, 55 episodes of 23 '(R)
  • Alphateam , 1996–1999, SAT.1, Multimedia Hamburg, series, 11 episodes of 48 'each (R)
  • Der Fahnder , 1997, WDR, Colonia Media Cologne, series, 3 episodes, 48 ​​'each (R)
  • Großstadtrevier , 1998, NDR, Studio Hamburg Production, series, 2 episodes of 48 'each (R)
  • SK-Babies / SoKo 18 , 1998, RTL, Polyphon, Series, 4 episodes of 48 '(R)
  • St. Angela , 1998–1999, NDR, Rhinestone, series, 12 episodes of 48 'each (R)
  • City Express , 1999, WDR, Colonia Media, 5 episodes of 48 '(R)
  • Helicops , 1999–2000, SAT.1, Polyphon, Series, 4 episodes of 48 '(R)
  • Die Wache , 2000–2003, RTL, Endemol, series, 12 episodes of 48 'each (R)
  • Heartbeat - Die Retter , 2001-2003, ZDF, Cinecentrum, series, 11 episodes of 48 '(R)
  • Behind bars - Der Frauenknast , 2004, RTL, Grundy-UFA, series, 2 episodes of 48 '(R)
  • Verschollen , 2004, RTL, teamWorx, series, 4 episodes of 48 '(R)
  • Der Fremde 2006, director: Cecilia Malmstöm, short film, 13 ', line producer
  • Herzschlag Hamburg 2008, compilation, 170 ', project management / producer
  • Die Flicks, 2009/2010, SWR / ARTE, Cinecentrum, docufiction 2-part, 2 × 52 '(directed by fiction parts)

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personal data
SURNAME Skrovanek, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German television director, screenwriter, producer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH March 9, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Bratislava
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 2014
Place of death Hamburg