Sebastian Dehnhardt

Sebastian Dehnhardt (* 1968 in Oshakati , Namibia ) is a German director , writer and producer .

Life

Sebastian Dehnhardt is the son of the chief physician and sanatorium owner Hans-Georg Dehnhardt (1913–2001) , who comes from Wroclaw and has lived in Bad Kissingen since 1950, and the stepson of the actress Marina von Ditmar (1914–2014), with whom his father was married since 1949.

Dehnhardt has been working as a freelance writer for various television stations since 1992. In addition to short articles, advertising films, entertainment and cultural programs, he has shot numerous historical documentaries - among others for the publicist Guido Knopp and the ZDF . His films have received several awards. He is the author of several books on contemporary history. From 2002 to 2014 he was managing director of the Cologne production company Broadview TV together with Leopold Hoesch .

Filmography (selection)

• 1996: Hitler's helper: Hess - the deputy (documentation, ZDF / arte)
• 1997: Hitler's helper: Freisler - the executioner (documentary, ZDF / arte)
• 1997: Vatican - The Power of the Popes: John Paul I and Death (Documentation, ZDF / arte)
• 1998: Our Century: Lonely Heroes (Documentary, ZDF)
• 1998: The Waffen-SS: Hitler's last contingent (documentary, ARD)
• 1998: Our Century: The Creep of Power (Documentation, ZDF)
• 1999: Hitler's Children: War (Documentation, ZDF)
• 1999: Apocalypse Vietnam: The American Crusade (Documentation, MDR / arte)
• 1999: Apocalypse Vietnam: Roots of War (Documentation, MDR / arte)
• 1999: The War in Indochina (Documentation, arte)
• 2000: Battlefield Vietnam: The Dirty War (Documentation, ARD)
• 2001: The War of the Century: Deadly Trap (Documentation, ZDF / History Channel)
• 2001: Hitler's women: Leni Riefenstahl, the director (documentary, ZDF)
• 2001: The Expellees: Escape (Documentation, ARD)
• 2002: Theater landscapes: Meiningen (Documentation, 3Sat)
• 2002: The SS: Myth Odessa (Documentation, ZDF / History Channel)
• 2003: The Prisoners: The Return of the Ten Thousand (Documentary, ZDF)
• 2003: Theater landscapes: Düsseldorf (documentary, 3Sat)
• 2003: Stalingrad (three-part documentary, ZDF / TVS / Teleac NOT / YLE)
• 2004: Hitler's manager: Gustav and Alfried Krupp, the armory (documentary ZDF)
• 2004: The Miracle of Bern : The True Story (Documentation, ZDF / arte / Magyar TV)
• 2004: The Miracle of Bern : The Game (Documentation, ZDF)
• 2004: The Liberation: The Longest Day Documentary, (ZDF / History Channel)
• 2005: The drama of Dresden (documentary drama, ZDF)
• 2006: Germany - World Champion of Hearts (Documentary, ZDF)
• 2006: The Olympic Murder Munich '72: The True Story (Documentation, ZDF)
• 2006: We world champions: A football fairy tale (TV game, ZDF)
• 2007: Legends - Heinz Rühmann (Documentation, ARD)
• 2008: Franz Josef Strauss - a German story (two-part documentary, ZDF)
• 2008: Life like God in France - a journey through time to the Cote d'Azur (documentary, WDR)
• 2008: Your Majesty! The divine couple: Bhumipol and Sirikit from Thailand (documentary, ZDF)
• 2009: Krupp - Myth and Truth (Documentation, ZDF)
• 2009: The miracle of Leipzig - We are the people (docu-drama, MDR / arte)
• 2010: The German Empire (Documentation, ZDF)
• 2010: The Chancellor's Kneeling - The Two Lives of Willy Brandt (Documentation, MDR / arte)
• 2011: Klitschko (feature film)
• 2012: Silent Night in Stalingrad (Documentation, ZDF)
• 2012: Three lives: Axel Springer. Publisher - enemy image - private citizen (documentation, ZDF / arte)
• 2012: Noble dynasties in North Rhine-Westphalia: Count Beissel von Gymnich (Documentation, WDR)
• 2012: Noble dynasties in North Rhine-Westphalia: The Princes of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (Documentation, WDR)
• 2013: Noble dynasties in North Rhine-Westphalia: Lippe and his princely house (Documentation, WDR)
• 2014: Train to freedom (documentation, MDR / arte)
• 2014: Nowitzki. The perfect throw (documentary, cinema)

Awards and nominations

• 2001: Bavarian TV Prize for "The Expellees - Hitler's Last Victims"
• 2003: International Emmy Award nomination for "Stalingrad"
• 2004: German television award for "The Miracle of Bern: The True Story"
• 2004: Magnolia Award (Shanghai) nomination for "Stalingrad"
• 2005: International Emmy Award (New York) for "The Drama of Dresden"
• 2005: World Television Award ( Banff ) nomination for "The Miracle of Bern - The True Story"
• 2006: Magnolia Award (Shanghai) for "The Drama of Dresden"
• 2006: World Television Award ( Banff ) nomination for "The Drama of Dresden"
• 2009: Great Prize (DocumFest Awards, Timisoara, Romania) for "The Miracle of Leipzig - We Are the People"
• 2010: Gold Remi Award (WorldFest Houston) for "The Miracle of Leipzig - We Are the People"
• 2010: Rockie Award ( Banff World Television Award ) for "The Miracle of Leipzig - We Are the People"
• 2011: Magnolia Award (Shanghai) for "The Chancellor's Kneeling - The Two Lives of Willy Brandt"
• 2012: German Business Film Award for “Three Lives: Axel Springer. Publisher - enemy image - private citizen "
• 2012: Bavarian Sports Prize for "Klitschko"
• 2012: Romy (Austrian film and television award) for "Klitschko" as "Best Documentary Cinema"
• 2013: Sports Emmy Award nomination for "Klitschko"
• 2013: Bavarian TV Prize for “Three Lives: Axel Springer. Publisher - enemy image - private citizen "

literature

• The miracle of Bern. The true story. (The book accompanying the ZDF documentation). Edited by Guido Knopp . Heyne, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-453-88165-6 .
• Guido Knopp: Vatican. The power of the popes. Bertelsmann, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-570-12305-7 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Siegfried Farkas, Sigismund von Dobschütz: The end of an era. Main-Post, September 8, 2014, accessed on September 14, 2017 . 
2. ^ Hanns-Georg Rodek: Marina von Ditmar: The daughter who would have taken Hans Albers. Die Welt, September 8, 2014, accessed on September 14, 2014 . 

Web links

• Sebastian Dehnhardt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Sebastian Dehnhardt at Filmportal.de
• Filmography by Sebastian Dehnhardt at Fernsehserien.de