Toni Schelkopf

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Toni Schelkopf (born April 28, 1914 in Munich as Anton Andreas Schelkopf , † May 19, 1975 in Starnberg ) was a German film producer , film manager and association official.

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Anton 'Toni' Andreas Schelkopf studied art history , psychology as well as theater , music and newspaper studies in his hometown of Munich before he was hired as assistant director at the Bavarian State Theater in 1939 . In the same year he was accepted into the Reich Theater Chamber . In 1941 he was promoted to assistant game director, but was drafted for most of the time until the end of the war. In those years, as well as in the early post-war period, he was allowed to direct several plays - debut with the play Trio .

In the winter of 1948/49 Schelkopf first made contact with film as an assistant director ( Heimliches Rendezvous , Verspieltes Leben ). Immediately after the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany, he launched his own film production company, Oska-Film . Later Schelkopf also worked as a producer, head of production or production and / or production manager for other companies ( Deutsche Gamma-Film , for which he also worked as head of production, and Bavaria Film ). Before the end of the 1950s, Schelkopf stopped his active work and concentrated on his work as an association functionary: he was a board member of the Export Union of the German film industry, since 1950 a member of the Association of German Film Producers and there since 1954 a member of the presidency and board. Schelkopf also staged a dozen and a half TV films and around ten TV documentaries on medical and psychological topics.

Most recently, the Munich resident remembered his psychology studies and used his knowledge as an author ( Sexuality - Forms and Development [1968]). Toni Schelkopf was married to the actress Edith Schultze-Westrum from 1940 to 1945 . In his second marriage, he married the actress Cornell Borchers , whom he met at the beginning of 1954 on the occasion of the filming of the comedy he was co-directing, Schule für Eheglück .

Filmography

literature

  • Herbert A. Frenzel , Hans Joachim Moser (ed.): Kürschner's biographical theater manual. Drama, opera, film, radio. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. De Gruyter, Berlin 1956, DNB 010075518 , p. 639 f.
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf: Glenzdorf's international film lexicon. Biographical manual for the entire film industry. Volume 3: Peit – Zz. Prominent-Filmverlag, Bad Münder 1961, DNB 451560752 , p. 1487.

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personal data
SURNAME Schelkopf, Toni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schelkopf, Anton Andreas (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film producer, film manager and association official
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1975
Place of death Starnberg