Rudolf Werner (filmmaker)
Rudolf Werner (born March 6, 1941 in Elbing / East Prussia ) is a German journalist and documentary filmmaker. He became known as a long-time television editor and director of the SWR , which received numerous film awards.
Life
Werner made his Abitur in 1961 in Landau, Palatinate . He learned the profession of journalist with an internship at the Pfälzer Tageblatt in Landau and further training at the German Institute for Journalism in Düsseldorf. After graduating from 1963 to 1966, he worked three years as an editor for the daily newspaper Mannheimer Morgen . Then in 1966 he switched from print to television to work as an editor and filmmaker at Süddeutscher Rundfunk Stuttgart. After the merger of SDR and SWF, he found himself again as editor of the culture and society department of the SWR in Baden-Baden.
The main focus of his work as a filmmaker was documentary portraits of personalities, institutions and landscapes. He was also responsible for many years as an SWR background reporter at the Olympic Games and World Championships. This resulted in numerous film portraits of athletes, for example about Boris Becker , Dieter Baumann , René Weller , Patriz Ilg , Emil Beck and Klaus Schlappner . In 1975 he dedicated the critical documentary The Ball is Round to the German Football Association . He has been working as a freelance journalist since 2002.
Rudolf Werner has lived for decades in Annweiler am Trifels , a climatic health resort in the southern Palatinate Forest in Rhineland-Palatinate .
Filmography
Of the more than 100 documentaries he has made over the decades, only a small selection can be mentioned here:
- ARD documentary film series Bilderbuch (7 television films, 1996–2005) as director and producer
- 1999: The Lord God knows what is happening to us about the operators of the roller mill (Burladingen) (first broadcast December 25, 1999, S3, 75 minutes)
- 1997: But the memory remains , about the Schlueter cinema in Berlin
- 1993: As if we had leased happiness through a blind sibling couple
- 1993: How to catch mice with cats , about the musical manager Friedrich Kurz
- 1993: Friede, Freude, Fischer , critical of the choir conductor Gotthilf Fischer (first broadcast February 11, 1986, ARD, 60 minutes)
- 1986: Making the invisible visible through the photographer Robert Häusser (first broadcast November 4, 1986, 3rd program, 45 minutes)
- 1983: The smart René with the hard fist , about the boxer René Weller (first broadcast October 23, 1983, ARD, 45 minutes)
Awards
- 2001: Federal Cross of Merit for life's work in film.
- 1999: Foundation award from the city of Esslingen am Neckar
- 1992: Toura d'Or - 1st prize international tourism film
- 1991: Prix ITB - International Film Prize of the ITB Berlin
- 1988: L'Anneau d'Or - Lausanne International Sports Film Festival
- 1985: Film Prize of the German Sports Press
- 1984 and 1986: 1st prize TV competition of the ARD regional programs
- 1978: 1st prize from the city of Rotterdam for young journalists
Web links
- Rudolf Werner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- www.rudolf-werner.de/ Web presence
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Federal Cross of Merit for SWR editor Rudolf Werner , original text: SWR
- ↑ Biographical information see Web presence ( memento of the original from October 31, 2013 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.
- ↑ see Google cache rheinpfalz.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Werner, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and documentary filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elbing , East Prussia |