Will Tremper
Will Tremper (born September 19, 1928 in Braubach am Rhein, † December 14, 1998 in Munich ) was a German journalist , director and screenwriter who also wrote under the pseudonyms Quentin Philips and Petronius .
Life
The son of the innkeeper Heinrich Tremper and his wife Emilie, née Alberti, attended grammar school in Oberlahnstein until 1943 . In 1944 he trained as a photo reporter in Berlin.
After the end of the war he played as a pianist with his own band in English and French officers' clubs. Tremper became a reporter for the Tagesspiegel and in the summer of 1947 served several months in prison in Berlin-Plötzensee prison for passing on false information to the CIA .
He then worked as a press photographer, ghostwriter (for Curt Riess ) and journalist. He wrote a large number of "factual reports ", especially from 1958 for the magazine Stern , including the series Deutschland Deine Sternchen about the German film industry , under the pseudonym Petronius .
He then went on to become a screenwriter for films such as Die Halbstarken and Nasser Asphalt . From the 1960s, Tremper also acted as a director and producer. After fleeing to Berlin , his directorial debut, Playgirl and Die Endlose Nacht , his last directorial work in 1969 was Horst Wendlandt 's How does such a lovely girl get into this business?
Since 1970 Tremper has been working exclusively as an author again, often on behalf of Josef von Ferenczy's media agency . In 1972 Tremper wrote the bestseller The Tall Conspiracy . He was editor-in-chief of Jasmin magazine (1968–73). His article on the film Schindler's List "Indiana Jones in the Krakow Ghetto" of February 28, 1994 in the Rainer Zitelmann- led weekend supplement "Geistige Welt" of the newspaper Die Welt led to heated discussions within the Springer Group and to the transfer of Rainer Zitelmann. A radio interview revealed Tremper's close proximity to National Socialism.
Filmography
- As a director and writer
- 1961: Escape to Berlin (director, screenplay, editor)
- 1963: The Endless Night (Director, Screenplay)
- 1966: Sperrgebiet (film) (director, screenplay)
- 1966: Playgirl (Director, Screenplay)
- 1970: How did such a lovely girl get into this trade? (Director, screenplay, based on a novel)
- As an author
- 1956: The youngsters (story and screenplay)
- 1957: End of the line love (screenplay)
- 1958: Nasser Asphalt (screenplay)
- 1963: Delay in Marienborn (screenplay)
- 1964: Room 13 (screenplay as Quentin Philips , based on a novel by Edgar Wallace )
- 1988: Raisin Bomber (screenplay)
- Other
- 1965: It (actor)
- 1966: Farewell (actor)
- 1990: Karin Baal and the youngsters (participation, documentation by Lutz Neumann)
Awards
- 1963: German film critic's award for Die Endlose Nacht
- 1963: Film tape in silver (production) for The Endless Night
- 1964: Film tape in gold (script) for the delay in Marienborn
Web links
- Literature by and about Will Tremper in the catalog of the German National Library
- Will Tremper in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Will Tremper at filmportal.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Legend of Babie Doly in Der Spiegel, January 29, 1958
- ↑ Away from Schmus in Der Spiegel of December 11, 1967
- ↑ Schlamm und Berg in Der Spiegel of March 14, 1994
- ^ Report on the anniversary of the radio show "People" in the Stuttgarter Zeitung
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tremper, Will |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Philips, Quentin (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braubach |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1998 |
| Place of death | Munich |