Oliver Storz
Oliver Storz (born April 30, 1929 in Mannheim ; † July 6, 2011 in Egling , district of Deining, Bavaria ) was a German screenwriter , director , film producer and writer .
Life
Oliver Storz was born as the son of the writer and later Baden-Württemberg Minister of Culture, Gerhard Storz . He grew up in Schwäbisch Hall and was drafted into the Volkssturm in 1944 at the age of 15 . He survived the Second World War unscathed, graduated from high school near St. Michael in 1949 and then began studying in Tübingen (subjects: German, English, Romance studies and literature), which he completed in 1955 with the state examination. Initially, however, he stayed at the university as a study assistant. Between 1957 and 1959 Storz worked as a feature editor and theater critic for the Stuttgarter Zeitung . During this time, he also worked for radio and various magazines. In 1960, like many other "Stuttgart" talent, he went with Helmut Jedele to Bavaria Atelier GmbH in Munich . There he was a publishing author, editor and producer until 1974, and at times also head of the dramaturgy. He received numerous awards for his critical television plays. In 1974 he received a professorship for the subject "Theory of Theater" at the Stuttgart University of Music and Performing Arts . From 1976 until his death, Storz worked as a freelance writer and director.
Dominik Graf wrote the foreword to Storz's novel fragment When we were gangsters (from the estate) , published in 2012, and created the film documentation Avalanches of Memory .
Oliver Storz found his final resting place at the cemetery in Egling OT Deining in Upper Bavaria .
His written estate is in the archive of the Academy of Arts in Berlin.
Filmography
- 1961: Jack Mortimer ; TV film (WDR), screenplay
- 1962: The Sleep of the Righteous; TV film (WDR), screenplay
- 1962: Wallenstein; TV film (SDR), screenplay
- 1963: Don Carlos; TV film (BR), screenplay
- 1963: A man in his loveliest age (movie), screenplay
- 1964: The double St. Nicholas; TV film (SDR), screenplay
- 1964: a man at his best age
- 1965: The practitioners have the floor; Episode, script
- 1966: The night courier reports ; TV film, screenplay
- 1966: Raumpatrouille - The fantastic adventures of the Orion spaceship; Television series
- 1966: The Rouger case; TV film (SDR), screenplay
- 1966: The really big thing; TV film (Bavaria Atelier), screenplay: Oliver Storz, Victor Canning
- 1966: Jeanne or the Lark; TV film (WDR), screenplay: Jean Anouilh , Franz Geiger, Oliver Storz
- 1967: The Drinker; TV film (SDR), screenplay
- 1967: Le Monde parallèle; TV series, screenplay
- 1968: exam of a teacher; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1968: Count Yoster does the honors ; Episode, script
- 1970: Confession; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1970: Like a tear in the ocean; TV film (WDR), screenplay
- 1972: Alexander Zwo ; TV series (WDR), D / F / I / A, script: Wilfried Schröder , Karl Heinz Willschrei , Oliver Storz
- 1974: Crime scene : The man from room 22 ; TV film (WDR), screenplay
- 1974: Lisa - From the life of an indispensable person; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1975: The island of the crabs; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1975: defeats; TV series Rufzeichen (ZDF), screenplay
- 1975: The Fiesco conspiracy in Genoa; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1977: The death of Camilo Torres, or: Reality endures a lot; TV film ( Tellux-Film / ZDF), screenplay
- 1977: The old man : The business trip; Episode, script
- 1977: material rank ; TV film (BR / NDR), screenplay
- 1978: The old man: The convict woman; Episode, script
- 1978: The old man: cold in summer; Episode, script
- 1979: The Skimmed Milk Gang; Series (BR), screenplay
- 1979: the thousand and first year; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1980: music in the country; TV film (Monaco Film / ZDF), screenplay / director
- 1980: Sierra Madre; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1980: The old man: the error; Episode, script
- 1981: The Hunger Island; TV film (ZDF / ORF), screenplay
- 1984: Angelo and Luzy ; TV series, screenplay: Rainer Ecke , Wolfgang Glück , Harald Leipnitz , Oliver Storz
- 1984: Hildes Endspiel - a suburban ballad; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1984: The Sheriff von Linsenbach; TV film, screenplay
- 1984: city fire; TV series (ZDF), screenplay
- 1985: Almost Trinidad; TV film (NDR), screenplay / director
- 1985: The city fire; 3rd part of the Hessian Trilogy (ZDF), screenplay
- 1986: Stories from home - poison, schnapps and sea lights; TV film (NDR), screenplay: Urs Eplinius, Oliver Storz
- 1986: decameron; TV film, screenplay
- 1987: Flohr and the dream woman; TV film (ZDF), screenplay
- 1988: The square; TV film (NDR), screenplay / director
- 1988: The Followers; TV film (ZDF), screenplay: Oliver Storz, Erwin Leiser
- 1988: an obvious murder; TV film (ZDF), screenplay / director
- 1991: Hero's Spring; TV film (ORF / ZDF / SRG), screenplay
- 1992: The Angel of Innocence; TV series (BR), screenplay
- 1993: Christina's affair; TV film (HR), screenplay / director
- 1993: Stories from Home - Sight Shot; TV series, director
- 1995: three days in April ; TV film (SDR / ARTE / ORF), screenplay / director
- 1998: Towards the end of the night; TV film (SDR / ORF / DRS), screenplay / director
- 2001: Tender and Guilty; TV film (NDR), screenplay
- 2003: In the shadow of power ; TV series (NDR / MDR / ARTE), screenplay / director
- 2003: Raumpatrouille Orion - fall back into the cinema ; production
- 2006: Three sisters made in Germany; TV movie
- 2009: The woman who disappeared in the forest ; TV movie
Works (selection)
- Local appointment Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, Munich 1962.
- Aftershocks. Novel. Nymphenburger Verlagshandlung, Munich 1977, ISBN 3-485-00321-2 .
- Rita's summer. Stories from our time. Hofmann and Campe, Hamburg 1984, ISBN 3-455-07492-8 .
- The fog children. Novel. Hofmann and Campe, Hamburg 1986, ISBN 3-455-07493-6 .
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The outdoor pool clique. Novel. SchirmerGraf, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-86555-057-6 .
- Filmed in 2017 Director: Friedemann Fromm
- When we were gangsters. Novel. Graf Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-86220-020-7 .
Awards
- 1989: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- 1995: Bavarian Television Award - special award for three days in April
- 1999: Grimme Prize for Towards the End of the Night
- 2003: Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
Web links
- Literature by and about Oliver Storz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Oliver Storz in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Oliver Storz at filmportal.de
- Short biography on deutsches-filmhaus.de
- Oliver Storz in the Munzinger archive , accessed on August 14, 2017 ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Oliver Storz: Today they get us - reaction to the confession of Günter Grass , Süddeutsche Zeitung of August 26, 2006
- Interview on BR-alpha from May 14, 2007
- Oliver Storz Archive in the Archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
- Obituaries
- The decisive tone , obituary by Alexander Gorkow , Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 13, 2011
- Memories of Oliver Storz: tenderness and bravery , obituary by Martin Walser , Süddeutsche Zeitung of July 13, 2011
- Oliver Storz: Coined, formative Obituary by Joachim Huber, Der Tagesspiegel of July 13, 2011
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the death of Oliver Storz
- ↑ Avalanches of Memory (2012). Internet Movie Database , accessed June 10, 2015 .
- ↑ Oliver Storz Archive Inventory overview on the website of the Akademie der Künste in Berlin.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Storz, Oliver |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Larsen, WG (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German director, film producer, screenwriter and theater critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 30, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim , Baden-Wuerttemberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 2011 |
| Place of death | Egling , district of Deining, Bavaria |