Wolfgang Hübner (director)

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Wolfgang Hübner (born December 29, 1931 in Berlin ; † January 29, 2017 in Eichwalde ) was a German director and actor .

Life

Hübner completed his acting studies from 1948 to 1951 at the German Theater Institute Weimar Belvedere Palace . From 1952 to 1962 he worked at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin. In 1969 he began studying directing at the Potsdam Film and Television Academy . After graduating, Hübner worked primarily as a director of television films, but also staged numerous plays at the Berlin theater . From the 1950s he played in several DEFA films. He had his only leading role in 1960 in the NVA film Step by Step.

In the 1960s he used a hand puppet to tell bedtime stories as Rolf and Reni in the evening greeting from Our Sandman . In 1977 he was awarded the National Prize of the GDR, 2nd class for art and literature. Together with his brother Achim Hübner (1929–2014) he staged the series about people in a new building area, Einzug ins Paradies , which, banned in 1984, was still broadcast in 1987. After the reunification he continued to work as a director; Among other things, he shot several successful series such as Alle Meine Töchter (1995-2001, 33 episodes), Jenny & Co (2001, 12 episodes) and Um Himmels Willen (2003, 4 episodes).

Filmography (selection)

As an actor

As a director

theatre

Radio plays

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ F.-B. Habel: All of his daughters. On the death of Wolfgang Huebner . Junge Welt , February 7, 2017, accessed February 7, 2017.
  2. ^ In: Berliner Zeitung , October 16, 1960, p. 12
personal data
SURNAME Huebner, Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German director and actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 29th January 2017
Place of death Eichwalde