Werner Dütsch

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Werner Dütsch (born May 30, 1939 in Düsseldorf ; † December 5, 2018 in Cologne ) was a German film scholar , television editor and producer.

Life

After training as a chemical laboratory assistant and working in the chemical industry, as well as in film clubs and film theaters, Dütsch became an employee of the Friends of the Deutsche Kinemathek in Berlin. In 1970 he moved to WDR in Cologne, where he worked as a film editor until 2004, overseeing numerous film series and broadcasts. From 1992 he taught film history as a lecturer at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne for twenty years . From 2004 to 2010 Dütsch was a member of the selection committee of the Duisburg Film Week .

Dütsch was also a lecturer at the State University of Design in Karlsruhe and was involved as an author in work on film history.

Books

  • Under the spell of the red witch. Film as food. Königshausen and Neumann Verlag, Würzburg 2016. ISBN 978-3-826-05897-4 .
  • together with Martina Müller: Lola Montez. A film story. Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne 2002. ISBN 978-3-883-75587-8 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1973: Monster Charlie. Notes on Chaplin's Early Films (Direction and Script)
  • 1974: The heavy dreams of Fritz Lang (direction and script)
  • 1974: Memory of Vittorio de Sica (direction, script and editing)
  • 1976: The golden age of cinematography (3 parts, co-direction and editing)
  • 1978: What Eisenstein Left Us (Direction and Script)
  • 1990: Fritz Lang (director, script and speaker)

Radio plays

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Web links

personal data
SURNAME Dütsch, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German film scholar, television editor and producer
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 2018
Place of death Cologne