Ulrich Meyer

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Ulrich Meyer and Georgia Tornow at the German Television Award 2012

Ulrich Meyer (born December 26, 1955 in Cologne ) is a German journalist , television presenter and producer .

Life

Meyer graduated from high school in 1974 and did his basic military service as a mountain hunter in Mittenwald from 1974 to 1976 . In his career as a reserve officer in the Bundeswehr , he reached the rank of lieutenant colonel . In 1976 he began studying human medicine , which he broke off in 1979. Until 1980 he did an internship at the Kölnische Rundschau . A year later he was the deputy local manager until he switched to the private broadcaster RTL plus in 1985 . First he worked as a correspondent in the then federal capital Bonn and was promoted to news chief in 1987. In 1989 he took over the editorial management of the tabloid magazine Explosiv and the TV controversy Explosiv - The hot seat .

In January 1992 Meyer became a freelance producer at the competing broadcaster Sat.1 , where he moderated the program Einspruch , which was designed by his company, META productions GmbH . From 1994 he presented the magazine program Alarm and from 1995 to 2016 he was the presenter of the reporter magazine Akt - Reporter Kampf für Sie . He also moderated the offshoots that came later. In addition, from 1995 he was the newscaster for 18.30 - Sat.1 Nachrichten . He moderated this show alternately with Clarissa Ahlers until he left there in 1998.

In 2009 Meyer had an appearance in the film Horst Schlämmer - Isch kandidiere! , where he interviewed the character of Horst Schlämmer and real politicians with his show Acts .

Since April 2017 he has hosted the show Ulrich Meyer - my ServiceAKTE on Sat.1 Gold .

Private

In 1990 Meyer bought a Formula Ford racing car and took part in races with it as a driver. When he started working as an independent producer in 1992, he ended this hobby again.

Meyer's first wife was today's editor-in-chief of the Kölnische Rundschau , Cordula von Wysocki, daughter of the composer and band leader Harald Banter . Since 1995 Meyer has been married to the former coordinator (member of the chief editor) of the taz , Georgia Tornow . He got to know her as a guest on his show Explosiv - The hot chair . You live in Potsdam and Berlin.

Filmography

As a moderator

Meyer was mainly seen on RTLplus from 1987 to 1992 . It has been on Sat.1 since 1992 and has also been on Sat.1 Gold since 2013 .

title Channel Period info
Explosive RTLplus September 1987 - April 1992 Alternating with Olaf Kracht and Hilmer Rolff
Explosive - the hot seat RTLplus January 1989 - April 1992 Main presenter
Ulrich Meyer: Objection! Sat 1 April 1992 - December 1994
Alarm! Sat 1 January 1994 - December 1994
Children's objection! Sat 1 April 1994 - June 1994
file Sat 1 January 1995 to December 2016
Ulrich Meyer: The people behind the headlines Sat 1 January 1995 - July 1995
18.30 - SAT.1 news Sat 1 December 1995 - December 1998 alternating with Clarissa Ahlers
Files of Fate Sat 1 March - August 2009 later under Fateful Acts on Sat.1 Gold
Investigative Files - On the trail of the crime Sat 1 April 2010 to November 2013
Act 11/20 Special Sat 1 March to June 2011
File subject - knowing what to do Sat 1 October 2011 to March 2013
ACTs of fate Sat.1 gold January to October 2013 beforehand under Files of Destiny on Sat.1
Health records Sat.1 gold January to November 2013
Doctors botch files Sat 1 January to February 2013 only aired two episodes
Service FILE Sat.1 gold since August 14, 2013
We are Germany Sat 1 August 2015

As an actor

Awards

  • 1990: Golden Gong for Explosiv - The Hot Chair , together with Olaf Kracht
  • 2013: The Golden Germany for Acts 20:13

Web links

Commons : Ulrich Meyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. metaproductions.de