Ted Sieger

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Ted Sieger (born May 18, 1958 in Coquimbo , Chile ) is a Swiss musician , illustrator , author , director and animation filmmaker . He grew up in Chile, Peru, Australia and Switzerland, later he also lived in Los Angeles, Amsterdam and Berlin.

Life

For years Ted Sieger was looking for a job that appealed to him. He works as a roofer, ferryman, groom, night porter, forest worker, street musician, machinist on a cargo ship to Africa, chestnut seller, groom and egg counter in an egg factory until he found his calling as an artist. Since then he has drawn, developed and produced animated films and children's books with a lot of humor and poetry. His short film series "Ted Sieger's Wildlife" and several about "Die kleine Monsterin" are now shown in many countries as TV series for preschoolers. As a Christmas special, “The Fourth King” came in 2005 and “Molly and the Christmas Monster” in 2010 on television and cinemas.

Ted Sieger has been a lecturer at the animation schools in La Poudrière , Valence , France and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences since 1998 .

In 2007, the expert jury of the 15th Children's Film & TV Festival “ Goldener Spatz ” recognized Ted Sieger and Michael Ekblad as the best pre-school program for their work “The Fourth King”. Likewise, the jury of the Hungarian KAFF Festival with honorable mention. The latest animated film with the little monster "Molly Monster" has been in cinemas since February 18, 2016.

Ted Sieger finds the ideas for his stories by observing his own children and grandchildren.

Awards (excerpt)

  • 1987 "Schneckenmensch", Award in Solothurn 1988
  • 1990 "Talk to me", Award in Bombay 1992
  • 1991 "Jean Claude des Alpes", Awards in Hamburg 1992 and Dresden 1993
  • 1993 "Sheep", Winner of the MTV Free your mind anti racism competition
  • 1999 "Ted Sieger's Wildlife" Several awards for "The camel and the star" a film from the TV series: Goldener Spatz 1999, Berner Filmpreis 1999 Best animation, Emil 1998, Finalist award New York Festivals 1998
  • 2001 Adolf Grimme Prize, nomination: Wildlife: "Der Wurm" (2000)
  • 2007 German Children's Film & TV Festival, Goldener Spatz, winner with Michael Ekblad as the best preschool program for: "The fourth king" (2006)

Filmography (selection)

  • 1986: Snail Man
  • 1990: Forest debate
  • 1991: Jean-Claude des Alpes
  • 1991: Talk To Me
  • 1993: Sheep
  • 1999: Ted Sieger's Wildlife
  • 2002: Almost a prayer
  • 2004: The little monster cannot sleep
  • 2005: The Fourth King
  • 2009: Ted Sieger's Molly Monster (TV series, 52 episodes)
  • 2010: Molly and the Christmas Monster
  • 2013: The Smortlybacks
  • 2016: Molly Monster

Publications

  • The fourth king. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-7941-5140-2 .
  • Ted Sieger's wildlife. German text editing: Adrian Sarasin. 12 volumes. Lappan, Oldenburg 1998–1999, DNB 953512142 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ KAFF 2007 díjak (English: " KAFF 2007 Awards:" The Fourth King " "). Kecskeméti Animáció Film Fesztivál. 2007.
  2. ↑ Molly Monster the movie on cineman.ch
personal data
SURNAME Winner, Ted
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss musician, illustrator, author, director and animation filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Coquimbo , Chile