Reinald Schnell

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Reinald Schnell (born October 23, 1935 in Wuppertal - Barmen ) is a German documentary filmmaker , actor and painter .

Life

Reinald Schnell grew up in an environment in which art and culture were an essential part of life. Friends of the family included a. Otto Pankok , Günter Bruno Fuchs and Luise Rinser , who was married to the composer and conductor HG Schnell . The move to Mülheim an der Ruhr encouraged Schnell's interest in documentary and experimental film. Filmmakers as diverse as Werner Nekes , Peter Nestler , Rainer Komers , Christoph Schlingensief and Dore O. worked in Mülheim an der Ruhr ; he has worked with most of them. Schnell has released more than thirty films.

Schnell is socio-politically committed. He is one of the co-founders of DFU and Filmbüro NW and is a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia state board of the ver.di trade union in the field of art and media. In addition to his cinematic work, he was also a freelancer for the series Schauplatz at WDR 3 television. Schnell is married and lives in Mülheim an der Ruhr .

He is the son of Robert Wolfgang Schnell .

Filmography (selection)

As an author

  • 1964 Mülheim / Ruhr (documentary film) with Peter Nestler ; Music: Dieter Süverkrüp
  • 1965 Rheinstrom (documentary) with Robert Wolfgang Schnell and Peter Nestler
  • 1972 The Moorsoldaten-Lied (documentary film)
  • 1980 The concrete boat (documentary, WDR )
  • 1982 Otto Pankok's Passion (documentary, WDR )
  • 1985 Kassenberg: work, life, art (documentary)
  • 1985 The farmer and his dog (literary film; text and images: Reinald Schnell)
  • 1988 Die Bank with Anna Fechter ; Text and script: Reinald Schnell
  • 1990 The monologue with Anna Fechter; Text and screenplay: Reinald Schnell; Music: Theo Jörgensmann
  • 1995 Conquering the beautiful with Robert Bossard and Friedhelm Schrooten, (avant-garde chamber opera , WDR )

As an actor

Publications (selection)

As an author

About fast

  • Reinald Schnell - a young filmmaker from Mülheim / Ruhr ; a conversation with Viktoria Krützer; Women for Peace , 1972
  • A documentary about the city ; Non-fiction book rororo , 1979
  • Mülheim lies on the Mississippi ; Klartext Verlag , Essen, 1990
  • "Autobiographical work show" Langendreer station , Bochum (1996).
  • 101 films about the Ruhr area 1963-2004.
  • Documentary film initiative Michael Girke spoke to Reinald Schnell about: "Home beautiful foreigners".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Program booklet 2010 Der Pott films the final stop at the cinema , Langendreer station.
  2. Interview with the documentary film initiative ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dokumentarfilminitiative.de