Oliver Becker (director)

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Oliver Becker (born June 14, 1967 in Zweibrücken ) is a German director , film producer and author .

Life

Oliver Becker was born in Zweibrücken, but grew up in Vechta and near Diepholz . At the age of 14, Oliver Becker began making his first short films , which were shown at festivals in Germany and abroad and were awarded prizes until the mid-1990s. In 1995 he made his first television documentary with a film about Alexander Scriabin . His special interest in the music of Russia can also be seen in his portraits of Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich . Since 1999 Oliver Becker has also worked as a director for concert and opera recordings. In 2003 he founded his own production company rostrot medien . From 2008 to 2012, Oliver Becker worked as a producer for the new productions of the DVD label Arthaus Musik . With the establishment of the company otbmedien , Oliver Becker's activities increasingly shifted to the field of new media.

Filmography

  • 2003: "Longing for Germany - The conductor Wilhelm Furtwängler"
  • 2005: "Shining love - laughing death - The Wagner family theater"
  • 2008: "Towards the cool morning"

Music documentaries

Concert and opera recording

  • "JCCasadesus conducts Mozart's clarinet concerto" : together with Myriam Hoyer (LGM for arte, 2006)
  • "The Lindsays play Haydn" : together with Ellen Fellmann (RM creative, LGM for YLE, France 3, BR, NHK, 2004)
  • "La Bocca, i piedi, il suono" : Composition by Salvatore Sciarrino, performed in the Musee Orsay, together with Ellen Fellmann (LGM for France 3, 2003)
  • "Festival des musique sacrees" : together with Ellen Fellmann (LGM for France 3, 2003)
  • "Shostakovich - String Quartets 1 + 8" : (RM Arts, LGM, BFMI for YLE, ZDF / arte, France 3, BR, 2002)
  • “Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival” : (RM Arts, LGM, BFMI for YLE, France 3, BR,) 2002
  • "Offenbach at Chatelet - an evening with Anne Sofie von Otter" : Opera Chatelet, Paris (RM Arts, LGM for France 2 and arte, 2002)
  • "Hélène Grimaud - Musique de chambre" (RM Arts, LGM for France 3, 2002)
  • "Festival des musique sacrees" (RM Arts, LGM for France 3, 2002)
  • "Piano recital Hélène Grimaud" Philharmonie Berlin (RM arts, 2000)

Online marketing projects, corporates, advertising, short films, music clips

  • "Music on the road" : short film competition as part of a tour of South America (German Symphony Orchestra Berlin and Mercedes-Benz do Brazil, 2012)
  • "Hannibal" : Theater event by Lawine Torren, together with Ellen Fellmann (BFMI and Red Bull, 2003)
  • "Brand Academy" : Image film for BMW AG (Dan Pearlman, 2003)
  • "Schloss Elmau" : Documentary (Loft music, 1997)
  • "Zeitflussfestival 1997" : Report (Loft music with ORF and DRS, 1997)
  • Scriabin trilogy (production with funds from the Lower Saxony Film Fund, 1993–1995)
  • "Germany Hallucination" : experimental film, 1991
  • "Narcoleptics" : experimental film, 1991
  • "Ant Age Art" : Music video for ornament and crime, 1990, actor: Ulrich Mühe
  • "The Riss" : experimental film, 1990 (production with funds from the Brandenburg Film Fund)

Working as a producer

  • "Alonzo King Lines Ballet" , ballet recordings in San Francisco (3sat, Arthaus Musik, 2012)
  • "Salome" , opera recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. With Angela Denoke. (Unitel, Arthaus Musik, 2011)
  • "George London - Between Gods and Demons" , Documentation (WDR, Arthaus Musik, 2011)
  • "Die Liebe der Danae" , opera recording from the Deutsche Oper Berlin. (Unitel, Arthaus Musik, 2011)
  • “La Traviata” , opera recording from the Graz Opera. With Marlis Petersen. (Arthaus Musik, servusTV, 2011)
  • " Mauro Bigonzetti - a choreographer between the worlds" (3sat, 2011)
  • "Manfred" , concert recording in the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. Visualizations by Johannes Deutsch. (Arthaus Musik, ZDFkultur, 2010)
  • "Alcina" , opera recording at the Vienna State Opera. With Anja Harteros. (Arthaus Musik, Mezzo, servusTV, 2010)
  • “Homage to Robert Schumann” , concert recording with the Dresden Staatskapelle from the Frauenkirche Dresden. Conductor: Daniel Harding. (Arthaus Musik, MDR, arte, 2010)
  • “Mirella Freni - A life for the opera” , portrait for the 75th birthday of the opera diva. (Arthaus Musik, ORF, 2010)
  • "Quasthoff singt Mahler" , concert recording with the Dresden Staatskapelle from the Semperoper Dresden. Soloist: Thomas Quasthoff, Conductor: Zubin Mehta. (Arthaus Musik, MDR, arte, 2010)
  • "Caravaggio" : Ballet recording from the State Opera Unter den Linden (Arthaus Musik, 3sat, 2009)
  • "Nyman in Progress" : Portrait Michael Nyman (Arthaus Musik, WDR / arte, 2009)
  • "Music around the world and football" : The German Symphony Orchestra Berlin on the fan mile (rust-red media on behalf of RBB and DW-TV, 2006)
  • Since 2004, Oliver Becker has been recording all of the house's new productions as a producer for the Komische Oper Berlin.

Nominations, awards and prizes

  • Festival Internazionale del Cinema, Bergamo, Italy, 2005, Le Mura d'Argento
  • Prix ​​Rose d'Or Award 2007, 2008 (nomination)
  • International Film Festival WorldFest Houston 2007, Platinum Remi Award
  • WorldMedia Festival Hamburg 2007, intermedia globe Silver
  • International Film Festival Tenerife 2007, Teide Award
  • New York Film Festival 2006, Certificate of Excellence
  • Hot Bird Award Venice 2006, Jury Special Award
  • Semana de Cine Experimental Madrid 1992, 1st prize
  • European Media Art Festival Osnabrück 1991, young talent award

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personal data
SURNAME Becker, Oliver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director, film producer and author
DATE OF BIRTH June 14, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Zweibrücken