Biography
Born in Darmstadt, Germany in 1960, he studied film at the University of Fine Arts of Hamburg and also in Bologna between 1981 and 1987. He has worked as a freelance writer, journalist, director and producer for film and television. In 1994 he founded his own production company, Galeria Alaska Productions. Between 2007 and 2010 he was editor-in-chief and deputy director of programming at TIMM TV channel. Out in Ost-Berlin – Lesben und Schwule in der DDR (Out in East Berlin – Lesbians and Gays in the GDR) screened in Panorama in 2013, and Der Ost-Komplex (The GDR Complex) in 2016.
Berlinale
Actor
Documentaries | |
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2013 |
Queer (series) |
Ich bin queer Berliner (S01E06) |
Director
Movies | |
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2000 |
No One Sleeps |
1990 |
Via Appia |
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Queer Exile Berlin |
2017 |
My Wonderful West Berlin |
2016 |
Der Ost-Komplex |
2013 |
Out in East Berlin - Lesbians and Gays in the GDR |
2011 |
DDR unterm Regenbogen (TV movie) |
2009 |
The Good American |
2008 |
East/West - Sex & Politics |
2006 |
Rainbow's End |
2005 |
Am Ende des Regenbogens (TV movie) |
Sex Life In L.A Part 1 & 2 |
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2003 |
Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers |
1998 |
Sex/Life in L.A. |
1995 |
Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather |
1992 |
Welcome to the Dome |
Short | |
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2006 |
Deutschland - Ein Herbstmärchen |
Hallelujah! |
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1987 |
Gerd Hansen, 55 |
1985 |
Moon Over Pittsburgh |
Screenwriter
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Queer Exile Berlin |
2017 |
My Wonderful West Berlin |
2016 |
Der Ost-Komplex |
2013 |
Out in East Berlin - Lesbians and Gays in the GDR |
2011 |
DDR unterm Regenbogen (TV movie) |
2008 |
East/West - Sex & Politics |
2003 |
Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers |
1992 |
Welcome to the Dome |
Short | |
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2006 |
Deutschland - Ein Herbstmärchen |
Cinematographer
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Queer Exile Berlin |
2017 |
My Wonderful West Berlin |
2013 |
Out in East Berlin - Lesbians and Gays in the GDR |
2011 |
DDR unterm Regenbogen (TV movie) |
2009 |
The Good American |
2008 |
East/West - Sex & Politics |
2003 |
Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers |
1995 |
Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather |
Short | |
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2006 |
Deutschland - Ein Herbstmärchen |
Producer
Documentaries | |
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2023 |
Queer Exile Berlin |
2017 |
My Wonderful West Berlin |
2016 |
Der Ost-Komplex |
2013 |
Out in East Berlin - Lesbians and Gays in the GDR |
2009 |
The Good American |
2008 |
East/West - Sex & Politics |
1995 |
Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather |
Short | |
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2006 |
Deutschland - Ein Herbstmärchen |
Editor
Documentaries | |
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1992 |
Welcome to the Dome |
Short | |
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2006 |
Deutschland - Ein Herbstmärchen |
Sound designer
Documentaries | |
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1995 |
Menmaniacs - The Legacy of Leather |