Sigmar Börner
Sigmar Börner (born July 4, 1932 in Großsedlitz near Dresden ; † January 2, 2010 in Schneverdingen ) was a German television director and editor .
Life
After graduating from high school, Börner studied theater studies at the Free University in Berlin and at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich .
He began his television career in 1958 with the Sender Freies Berlin . Börner directed programs such as Porcupines , Schlager Competition and the three-part series Visit from Paris with host Dietmar Schönherr and guests such as Jacqueline Boyer , Charles Aznavour and Samy Molcho . In 1961 he moved to the Norddeutscher Rundfunk in Hamburg and worked from then on as a director and editor until his retirement in 1997.
Sigmar Börner was the maker of music from Studio B , which under his direction from 1961 to 1971 together with Chris Howland and the six episodes with Peter Fröhlich became Germany's most popular hit show at the time. This was followed by hits a gogo from 1968 to 1976 , for which he hired international stars and created the Les Humphries Singers with Les Humphries and, until the end of the 1980s, the ARD television lottery program Ein Platz in der Sonne , many personality shows with Joan Baez , Ike & Tina Turner , Surprise Sisters, Mort Shuman , Evelyn Künneke , Cliff Richard and many others, as well as the Samt und Sonders series with Stephan Sulke from 1986 to 1988 .
From 1989 to 1992, after initial resistance, he brought Schmidt-Die Mitternachtsshow from Hamburg's Reeperbahn to television and up to the Grimme Prize. In 1993 he was the editor and director of several programs Freut dich des Nordens ; 1994 to 1995 he made six episodes of the live costume show The Delphi Dolls ; In 1996 and 1997 the German preliminary rounds for the Eurovision Song Contest and finally in 1996 and 1997 Die Ohnsorgs , a family series based on his idea with the ensemble of the Ohnsorg Theater , was broadcast in which Heidi Kabel had her last television appearances.
In other ARD stations Börner directed, the Saarland Radio in the ranks of Mary's Music with Mary Roos and the pitcher for Green wreath and the Radio Free Berlin at the show from Warsaw, guests from Yugoslavia and a Chinese dance drama ensemble . On Bayerischer Rundfunk on the Red Cross Show Stars and Hits and on ten episodes of Country Music with Gunter Gabriel .
In addition, from 1980 to the end of 1983 Börner produced 69 episodes of music from Studio B for radio. On NDR 2 , this program ran every 14 days with great success and was also taken over by other radio programs. The tried and tested Howland / Börner team presented old and new music recordings from the TV program of the time that had never been released, and a studio guest.
Awards
- 1989: The Spidem plaque (medal for services to German music)
- 1991: Adolf Grimme Prize with Silber Schmidt - Die Mitternachtsshow for script, direction and editing (together with Corny Littmann )
Web links
- Broadcasts from Sigmar Börner
- Sigmar Börner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
literature
- Chris Howland: Yes, sir! . Kindler 2009, ISBN 978-3-463-40565-0
- Detlef Siegfried: Time is on my side . Consumption and Politics in West German Youth Culture in the 1960s, Volume 41 Hamburg Contributions to Social and Contemporary History, Wallstein Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-835-30073-3
- Holger Schramm: Handbook of Music and Media . Uvk Verlags GmbH, 2009, ISBN 3-867-64079-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borner, Sigmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German television director and editor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Großsedlitz near Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 2010 |
| Place of death | Schneverdingen |