Stephan Reichenberger

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Stephan Reichenberger (born June 24, 1957 in Bayreuth ) is a German television writer, format developer and creative producer .

Life

Reichenberger began his professional career as a newspaper and radio editor and as a television dramaturge. In the 1990s he developed television formats, some of which still exist today, for public broadcasters . a. 1996/97 for Nina Ruge the celebrity magazine People Today ( ZDF ), 1993 and 1997 for Bodo H. Hauser and Ulrich Kienzle the political-satirical moderation format for Frontal (ZDF) and "Die Meinungsmacher", 1993 for Hubertus Meyer-Burckhardt the satirical talk show Anyway ( ARD ), 1992 also for Meyer-Burckhardt the first cross media business show How Much? (ARD), and in 1988 Leo's for Andreas Lukoschik ( BR , ARD). As head of development for ServusTV Austria, he was responsible for new magazine, outdoor and garden documentaries in 2018/19, and also as an author for the series "Sissy - My Summer on the Alm", which was shown in 2019, about the young German-Austrian archebuilder Sissy Strubreiter /Director. He has also published non-fiction books and biographies of novels, among others as a co-author of Hans Rudolf Wöhrl and Hasan Cobanli .

Works

documentation

As a producing author and director or co-director, Reichenberger realized documentaries and documentary shows, including the anniversary event “70 Years of the Salzburg Festival ” ( ORF , 1991) at Schloss Leopoldskron , as well as biographical programs about Wolfgang Rademann , Peter Alexander and Joachim Fuchsberger and Marcel Reich-Ranicki . As director and co-author of the CEO of Axel Springer AG Mathias Döpfner , he accompanied the Austro-British publisher and political advisor Lord Arthur George Weidenfeld on trips abroad to Israel, New York and London for an ARD documentary on the occasion of Weidenfeld's 90th birthday. For Servus TV in 2018 and 2019 he developed, among other things, the mobile cookery documentary "The traveling kitchen" with the landlady Anita Kraisser and the gourmet chef Max Nemec, the dairymaid documentary "Sissy - My Summer on the Alm" with the young Archebäuerin Sissy Strubreiter, the garden documentary "Gartln mit Starkl" with the gardening entrepreneur Josef Starkl III. as well as the weekly TV magazine “Entenfellners Tier-Welt”, moderated by columnist Maggie Entenfellner, as a co-production by Kronen Zeitung and Servus TV .

Film and satire

Screenplays wrote Reichenberger u. a. for the TV series Pfarrer Braun (several crime comedies with co-author Cornelia Willinger).

In 2010 Reichenberger u. a. with Bruno Jonas for Bavarian TV the satirical show Klugscheißer.

The homeland film Die Posthalter-Christl (Reichenberger / Willinger based on a novel by Hans Ernst ) was shot as an HD pilot project entirely on original motifs in the Alps. In addition to well-known Bavarian folk actors, numerous amateur actors from the traditional Volkstheater Flintsbach participated in the production, which Reichenberger also oversaw as a co-producer ( Bavaria Film , Moviepool) .

In 2004, Reichenberger created the cinema remix Raumpatrouille Orion - Fall back into the cinema from episodes of the television series Raumpatrouille from 1966 . The composer Peter Thomas contributed original versions of his stereo soundtracks - then only broadcast in mono and still covered and sampled worldwide today - which enabled the famous film music to be remastered in a complex way. The cinema version has since been used at festivals and on television. The European Film Philharmonic performed the new soundtrack several times as part of science fiction concerts live on screen projection.

On behalf of the theater festival Steirischer Herbst , Reichenberger wrote the media-critical comedy Sonyboys with the satirist Jörg Metes , which premiered in 1998 under Reichenberger's direction in Graz and was broadcast by ORF / 3sat . Synopsis: Two retired magazine presenters from public television hire a small private broadcaster that misuses their good names for cheaply produced fake news .

Other projects

After spending several years abroad in New York City and London , Reichenberger revised and supervised the gala events of the German Film Award from 1999 to 2005 as artistic director and developed the new award statuette Lola together with the New York artist Mechthild Schmidt .

On behalf of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the EU Commission , Reichenberger produced the internationally broadcast Eurovision show on the eastward expansion of the European Union in 2004 , the highlight of which was the fireworks in Malta staged by the light artist Gert Hof in the port of Valletta .

For the health concern Fresenius (company) Reichenberger realized four short image films as director for the 100th company anniversary, which were shot within a few weeks in Germany, Ghana, Australia and China and described impressive patient fates.

Awards

Book publications

  • Hans Rudolf Wöhrl, Stephan Reichenberger, "How my dreams learned to fly", Piper, 2017, ISBN 3-492-05904-X , ISBN 978-3-492-05904-6
  • Hasan Cobanli, Stephan Reichenberger: "The half moon", LangenMüller, 2015, ISBN 3-7844-3377-4 , ISBN 978-3-7844-3377-6
  • Bodo H. Hauser, Ulrich Kienzle, Stephan Reichenberger: “Any questions, Kienzle? Yes, Hauser! ”, Heyne, 1997, ISBN 3-453-11767-0
  • Bodo H. Hauser, Ulrich Kienzle, Stephan Reichenberger: "Total Frontal", Heyne, 1999, ISBN 3-453-15530-0
  • Bodo H. Hauser, Ulrich Kienzle, Stephan Reichenberger: “Please be very hostile!”, Heyne, 2002, ISBN 3-453-16497-0
  • Bodo H. Hauser, Ulrich Kienzle, Stephan Reichenberger: "Kitchen cabinet", Heyne, 2002, ISBN 3-453-16536-5
  • Bodo H. Hauser, Ulrich Kienzle, Stephan Reichenberger: "SchwarzRotGeld", Hoffmann and Campe, 2002, ISBN 3-455-11076-2
  • Stephan Reichenberger, Alex Rühle: "... and all questions unanswered - the best from the literary quartet", Heyne, 2000, ISBN 3-453-16506-3

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personal data
SURNAME Reichenberger, Stephan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Bayreuth , Germany