Volker Weicker

Volker Weicker (born July 1, 1957 in Darmstadt ) is a German director , especially for live broadcasts of sports and cultural events.

life and work

Weicker first studied architecture, then communication design, photography and film at the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences . After completing his diploma, he first worked for 3sat , then in the ZDF production manager . As a free live director, he was among other things for the worldwide transfer of the football World Cup final of 2002 and all the chancellor duels responsible since its inception of 2002. The Hamburger Abendblatt described Weicker's work: "He captures situations with which he seems to burst the picture frame without cutting himself to death."

In 2002 he received the Adolf-Grimme-Preis Spezial together with Peter Kloeppel for his achievements as a live director, especially for the picture direction at RTL aktuell on September 11, 2001 . The reason stated: “... on September 11th [...] Weicker puts an event and its moderator in relation - and he finds the right unit of measurement. Drama without dramatization, closeness without voyeurism, the means of staging are used very sparingly. Television all about terror, beyond terror television. "

Weicker has been Professor of Live Direction at the Art Academy for Media in Cologne since 2001 . He lives with his wife and son in Darmstadt.

Further prices

1997: Golden Lion for Weickers technical direction of the Champions League final

1999: (involved) German television award : Best sports program for RTL Formula 1

2000: (involved) German TV Award: Category “Best Sports Show” for RTL Boxes extra - Hour of Truth: Axel Schulz vs. Wladimir Klitschko

2001: Golden Gong (together with Manfred Loppe ( Head of Sport )) for RTL reporting on the Four Hills Tournament

2002: Bavarian TV Prize (together with Dieter Thoma ) for the Four Hills Tournament

2005: (involved) DVD Champion Award : Category Best Music DVD for Till Brönner - A Night in Berlin

2014: Pipe Smoker of the Year

Directorial work (selection)

ARD : Bambi
ZDF : Johannes B. Kerner , let yourself be surprised , Wetten, dass ..? (with Markus Lanz )
DSF / Sport1 : football, basketball, boxing
3sat : Berliner Theatertreffen (since 1995), Grimme Prize , Bavarian Television Prize , German Cabaret Prize
Premiere / Sky : Oscar Night, Grammy Awards , UEFA Champions League
RTL : kick-off , Formula 1 , ski jumping , boxing , Germany is looking for the superstar , because they don't know what's going to happen! The Jauch Gottschalk Schöneberger Show
RTL II : The Dome
Sat.1 : ran , Ranissimo , The Harald Schmidt Show , Star Search
ProSieben : Beat the Raab
KiKA : Your Song Finale (2016)

Cross-channel formats

Chancellor duels : Schröder - Stoiber (2002); Schröder - Merkel (2005); Merkel - Steinmeier (2009); Merkel - Steinbrück (2013)
World direction at the 2002 World Cup , Japan and South Korea
Image direction at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 , Athens

Web links

Volker Weicker in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Joachim Huber: I'm not looking for a bead of sweat on my forehead . In: tagesspiegel.de, August 30, 2005.
Klaudia Brunst: The man in the dark . In: Berliner Zeitung , May 25, 1999.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ADOLF GRIMME INSTITUT - Prize Winner. (No longer available online.) In: www.grimme-institut.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 1, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ Christoph Pagel: This man determines how Dieter Bohlen grins. In: FOCUS Online. April 27, 2012, accessed June 1, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Barbara Bollwahn: The director. In: www.taz.de. August 29, 2005, accessed June 1, 2016 .
↑ Rainer Tittelbach: Very close. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 23, 2002, accessed March 23, 2013 .
^ Art Academy for Media Cologne: Volker Weicker. (No longer available online.) In: www.khm.de. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016 ; accessed on June 1, 2016 .
↑ "Your Song - The Final 2016": Who will be the songwriter of the year? In: presseportal.de. Retrieved June 1, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Weicker, Volker
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German director
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Darmstadt

[:0-1] ADOLF GRIMME INSTITUT - Prize Winner. (No longer available online.) In: www.grimme-institut.de. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on June 1, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Christoph Pagel: This man determines how Dieter Bohlen grins. In: FOCUS Online. April 27, 2012, accessed June 1, 2016 .

[:1-3] Barbara Bollwahn: The director. In: www.taz.de. August 29, 2005, accessed June 1, 2016 .

[4] Rainer Tittelbach: Very close. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . August 23, 2002, accessed March 23, 2013 .

[5] Art Academy for Media Cologne: Volker Weicker. (No longer available online.) In: www.khm.de. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016 ; accessed on June 1, 2016 .

[6] "Your Song - The Final 2016": Who will be the songwriter of the year? In: presseportal.de. Retrieved June 1, 2016 .