Willi Baer
Willi Baer , actually Willi Bär , (born June 28, 1951 in Hamburg ) is a German journalist , film businessman , businessman and film producer in Hollywood .
Live and act
Bear began his professional life as a journalist. Until 1977 he worked as an editor for the politically left weekly newspaper Die Tat . In 1978 he moved to the film magazine Cinema as editor-in-chief . Bär stayed there until 1989. Since 1981 he has been working as a film producer.
At the beginning of the 1990s, Bär concentrated entirely on film production and joined the SD holding company of two Germans, the entrepreneur Rolf Deyhle and the lawyer Bodo Scriba . A little later, the three of them moved to Hollywood, where Bär, who now had himself written as “Baer”, took part in the production of a large number of US films over the next twelve years, most of which were co-financed with German money. Most of these films were not very successful; During this time the term “ Stupid German Money ” was circulating in Hollywood .
In 2003, Willi Baer largely ended his work as an executive producer and returned to Germany. In 2009 he founded the Laika publishing house specializing in political literature with Carmen Bitsch and Karl-Heinz Dellwo . Together with two partners, including once again Bodo Scriba, Baer also heads the Antares license sales company mbH, a Hamburg-based company that specializes in the evaluation of copyright usage rights and related property rights, in particular with TV and theater rights to copyrighted works. He is also the managing director of the production company Cine Media Film.
Filmography
as a production manager or co-producer
- 1981: Some like it plump
- 1990: death in the mirror
- 1991: super jam
- 1991: The polar bear king
- 1992: Wild Orchid 3
- 1992: The totally screwed nut
- 1992: The uncertain situation of paradise
- 1993: the final frontier
- 1993: Karen McCoy - The Cat
- 1993: Carlito's Way
- 1994: love and other business
- 1994: Shadow and the Curse of Khan
- 1994: Two Bits
- 1995: The beast in the white coat
- 1995: Days of Fear
- 1997: Whispers of love
- 1998: The Virgin Suicides
- 1998: Kimberly
- 1999: Forever Lulu
- 1999: Cookie's Fortune riot in Holly Springs
- 1999: The Romero Files
- 1999: State and Main
- 2000: Dancing at the Blue Iguana
- 2000: Jeepers Creepers
- 2000: Prozac Nation
- 2000: Character Assassination - Beyond Morality
- 2001: CQ
- 2001: Scenes of the Crime
- 2001: No Such Things
- 2002: Pumpkin
- 2002: Deuces Wild - Wild in the streets
- 2002: City of Ghosts
- 2004: Tid til forandring
- 2006: The Walker
Individual evidence
- ↑ Other sources name Frankfurt am Main
- ↑ Baer in the Spiegel article 'Here is something from Wild West'
- ↑ Laika Verlag website
- ↑ Antares license sales company in genios-firmen.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Willi Baer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Willi Bär in filmportal.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baer, Willi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bär, Willi (official spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist, film salesman and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 28, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |