Pete Ariel

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Pete Ariel (born January 20, 1941 in Berlin ; † August 7, 2012 there ) was a German film director and screenwriter .

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Ariel began his career in the late 1960s as assistant director to Peter Lilienthal , on whose documentary Noon in Tunisia he also worked as a film editor in 1969 . In 1970 he wrote the screenplay and directed his first own feature film, Sacrifice , with Vadim Glowna and Vera Chekhova in the leading roles. In 1971 he wrote and directed The House of Cards , in which he also worked as an actor. In the same year he co-founded the film publishing house of the authors .

In 1985 he worked as a director for the ZDF crime series Ein Fall für Zwei and in 1991/92 for the ARD series Peter Strohm , and in the late 1990s he directed episodes of early evening series such as HeliCops - Einsatz über Berlin , Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Motorway Police and, most recently, Commissioner Rex (2001). From 1983 he was the director of nine episodes of the Tatort television series , with Manfred Krug / Charles Brauer ( bankrupt vultures ), Winfried Glatzeder ( colorful water ), Götz George ( spoilers ) and Dominic Raacke ( blossoms from Werder ).

Pete Ariel was also known in the world of Photographica in addition to his directorial and screenwriting activities. For years he published the four-volume standard work on camera and projector technology: The ACR (Ariel Cinematographica Register). It was later administered together with the German Film Museum / German Film Institute . The ACR registry is still online posthumously.

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SURNAME Ariel, Pete
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 2012
Place of death Berlin