Peter Konlechner
Peter Konlechner (born October 23, 1936 in Vienna ; † December 18, 2016 there ) was co-founder and long-time co-director of the Austrian Film Museum .
Live and act
Peter Konlechner graduated from high school in 1955 and studied communications engineering at the Vienna University of Technology .
As a student, he founded the Student Film Club Cinestudio and the film department of the Student Union . In the course of organizing the International Short Film Week in 1962, he met Peter Kubelka .
From 1988 he taught as a lecturer at the Institute for Media and Communication Studies at the University of Vienna . He also worked as a film critic.
In 1964 he founded the Filmmuseum with Kubelka, which the two managed together until 2001. From 1988 he used self-programmed software for cataloging and archiving.
He also designed retrospectives for the Viennale and the Wiener Festwochen . Between 1973 and 1977 he was a member of the Ministry's Film Funding Commission. From 1969 to 1985 he was also a consultant for the film department of the ORF . In 1980 he was also a member of the jury for the award of the Great Austrian State Prize for Film Art.
Konlechner died on December 18, 2016 with his family.
Awards
- 1990: Holder of the French order Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 2002: Gold Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna
- 2002: Professional title Professor
Filmography
- Documentary Dziga Vertov , 1974/2014
literature
- Eszter Condor: Break up. The founding of the Austrian Film Museum , Vienna: Synema 2014 [FilmmuseumSynemaPublications Volume 20]
- Alexander Horwath (Ed.): The visible cinema. Fifty Years of the Filmmuseum: Texts, Images, Documents , Vienna: Synema 2014 [FilmmuseumSynemaPublications Volume 21]
Web links
- Archive recordings with Peter Konlechner (Ö1 radio interviews) in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
- History of the Austrian Film Museum: Peter Konlechner , accessed March 10, 2017
- Carte blanche for Peter Konlechner in the Austrian Film Museum , accessed March 10, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eszter Condor: Break up. The founding of the Austrian Film Museum , Vienna: Synema 2014, p. 48f
- ↑ Filmmuseum co-founder Peter Konlechner died at the age of 80 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. APA article on Vorarlberg Online , December 19, 2016, accessed on December 19, 2016.
- ↑ Filmmuseum founder Konlechner dead . ORF , December 19, 2016, accessed on December 19, 2016.
- ^ DVD Three Songs on Lenin , accessed March 10, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Konlechner, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian co-founder and co-director of the Austrian Film Museum |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 2016 |
| Place of death | Vienna |