Gerhard J. Rekel

Gerhard Johannes Rekel (mostly Gerhard J. Rekel or Gerhard Rekel ; * 1965 in Graz ) is an Austrian science journalist , screenwriter and novelist .

life and work

Gerhard Rekel studied screenwriting and directing at the Vienna Film Academy . His graduation comedy Trauma was invited to the Venice Biennale as part of the Finestra sulla imagini series and received, among other awards, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts nomination.

He then went on study trips to India , China and South America . Since 1997 he has lived in Vienna and Berlin . He has written radio plays and some theater pieces, of which Machiavelli's masseuse was chosen by the jury of the Thalia Theater-Hamburg as the best four young talent in 2004. Rekel wrote scripts for numerous documentaries, some of which have received international awards. a. he received the "Best Screenplay Award" at the 8th European Archeological Film Festival in Athens and the "Young Audience Award" in Besançon. He wrote the scripts for television plays and the television series TATORT. Several novels have appeared: On his thriller The Scent of Coffee , which has been translated into Turkish and Korean, Wiener Standard said: "With his intelligent novel, Rekel could succeed in establishing a new literary genre - the food thriller." Rekel has been teaching as a guest lecturer at Danube University Krems , Film Department, Postgraduate , MA since 2006 .

He is married and has two sons.

Works

Filmography (script and direction) (excerpt)

• 1991: Trauma (32 minutes) script a. Director
• 1997: Tatort: ​​Hahnenkampf , Director: Hans Noever
• 1998: Beware of the border, documentary film; Directed by FL Schmelzer
• 1999: "Fuel" (Alarm for Cobra 11), Co: A. Hahn
• 2000: Universum: "The Secret of the Gardens", with André Heller
• 2002: Tatort: ​​Dark Chocolate , Director: Erhard Riedlsperger
• 2003: Paradise Gardens (Kreuz & Quer) Director: C. Kugler
• 2005: The mines of Hephaestus. Hightech in the Copper Age (Terra X), directed by Gerhard Thiel and Gerhard Rekel
• 2006: Waiting overdose (double effort), Co. Pim Richter
• 2007: The Bronze Cartel - Economic Boom on the Mediterranean ( Terra X ), director: Franz Leopold Schmelzer
• 2010: Hunt for the golden fleece (Terra X), director: Franz Leopold Schmelzer
• 2011: Tatort: ​​Be noble and healthy , co-author: Dinah Marte Golch , director: Florian Froschmayer
• 2013: The Day That Changes Everything (In All Friendship)
• 2013: The riddle of the mummies (Phenomenia) Servus TV
• 2014: Hitler's Madonna and the Savior of Looted Art, ARTE Director: P. Dormann

Bibliography (excerpt)

• Revenge. Verlag Das neue Berlin, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-359-00833-2 .
• The smell of coffee. dtv, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-423-24505-0 .
• The Chinese lady. Styria, Vienna a. a. 2013, ISBN 978-3-222-13413-5 .
• Mona Lisa's dark smile, (with Dodo Kresse) Styria, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-222-13447-0 .
• The god of money. Verlag Wortreich, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-903091-46-7 .

Web links

• Gerhard J. Rekel in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Gerhard J. Rekel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage of Gerhard J. Rekel
• Terra X: The mines of Hephaestus on the ZDF website
• Terra X: The bronze cartel - economic boom on the Mediterranean on the pages of ARTE

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Historical archive of the online version of the Italian newspaper L'Unita from August 31, 1992 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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.  
2. ↑ Review presented on G.Rekel's website
3. ↑ Link to BAFTA
4. ↑ Hamburger Abendblatt
5. ^ Prix ​​Jeune public
6. ↑ book cover
7. ↑ book cover
8. ↑ derstandard.at of October 27, 2006
9. ↑ Gerhard J. Rekel: The God of Money. Vienna 2018. p. 373.
10. ↑ Selection of reviews  ( 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.  
11. ↑ Universum Magazin
12. ↑ Program ARD television
13. ↑ Article TAZ.de Retrieved February 26, 2014