Grimme-Preis

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The Grimme-Preis ("Grimme Award"; up to 2010: Adolf-Grimme-Preis) is a television award and one of the most prestigious awards for German television. It is named after the first general director of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk, Adolf Grimme.^[1] It has been referred to in Kino as the "German TV Oscar".^[2]

The awards ceremony takes place annually at Theater Marl in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia and is hosted by the [[Grimme-Institut]]. Since 1964, it awards productions "that use the specific possibilities of the medium television in an extraordinary manner and at the same time can serve as examples regarding content and method". The award was endowed by the German Community College association. One of the first award winners was Gerd Oelschlegel in 1964, for his TV movie Sonderurlaub (“Special Leave”), about a failed escape from the German Democratic Republic.

In addition to the Grimme Award, the institute also awards the Grimme Online Award^[1] and the German Radio Award (de).^[3]

Notable laureates

Hans Abich (1978) Mario Adorf (1994) Ernst Arendt (1990) Gabriel Barylli (1999) Ben Becker (1993, 1995) Jurek Becker (1987, 1988) Martin Benrath (1999) Bernd das Brot (2004) Thomas Bernhard (1972) Frank Beyer (1991) Alfred Biolek (1983) Suzanne von Borsody (1981) Friedhelm Brebeck (199?) Heinrich Breloer (1981, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1994, 2002) Nadeshda Brennicke (2000) Roman Brodmann (1967) Vicco von Bülow (1968, 1973) Axel Corti (1985, 1987, 1995) Gerhard Delling (2000, together with Günter Netzer) Renan Demirkan (1990) Helmut Dietl (1987, 1988) Hoimar von Ditfurth (1968, 1974) Olli Dittrich (1995, 2003, 2005) Elfie Donnelly (1979) Tankred Dorst (1970) Ruth Drexel (1989) Klaus Emmerich (1984, 1990) Anke Engelke (1999, 2003) Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1974) Herbert Feuerstein (1994) Veronica Ferres (2002) Helmut Fischer (1990) Florian Fitz (1991) Veronika Fitz (1990) Jürgen Flimm (1991) Nina Franoszek (1998) Bruno Ganz (1999) Martina Gedeck (1998, 2002) Götz George (1989, 1996) Franz Xaver Gernstl (1992, 2000) Hans-Dieter Grabe (1970, 1985, 1994) Dominik Graf (1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) Herbert Grönemeyer (1988) Jörg Gudzuhn (1998)

Heinz Haber (1965, 1967) Josef Hader (2010) Peter Hamm (1978) Corinna Harfouch (1997) Wendelin Haverkamp (1994) Elke Heidenreich (1985) Gert Heidenreich (1986) Jürgen Hentsch (2002) Dieter Hildebrandt (1976, 1983, 1986, 2004) Hans Hirschmüller (1990) Werner Höfer (1967, 1982) Jörg Hube (1992, 1993) Walter Jens (1984) Helmut Käutner (1968) Mauricio Kagel (1970, 1971) Oliver Kalkofe (1996) Peter Keglevic (2002) Hape Kerkeling (1991) Heinar Kipphardt (1965) Marianne Koch (1976) Sebastian Koch (2002) Oliver Korittke (2000) Lars Kraume (2000) Nicolette Krebitz (1994, 1995) Peter Krieg (1981, 1983) Manfred Krug (1987, 1988) Hans-Joachim Kulenkampff (1985) Stefan Kurt (1997, 1999) Klaus Lemke (1979) Michael Lentz (1983,1986) Jürgen von der Lippe (1994, 2007) Lyrikline.org (2005) [4] Klaus Löwitsch (1998) Peter Lustig (1980,1982) Armin Maiwald (1988) Karl-Dieter Möller (1998) Tobias Moretti (1999, 2002) Armin Mueller-Stahl (2002) Günter Netzer (2000, together with Gerhard Delling) Christine Neubauer (1992, 1999) Jennifer Nitsch (1995) Leonie Ossowski (1973, 1980)

Heinrich Pachl (1986) Lucia Palacios (2008) Peter Patzak (1985) Dieter Pfaff (1996) Jo Pestum Sissi Perlinger (1997) Michael Pfleghar (1975) Wolfgang Petersen (1978) Ulrich Plenzdorf (1995) Jindrich Polak (1981, 1993) Gerhard Polt (1981, 1983) Klaus Pönitz (1993) Ponkie (1991) Dietmar Post (2008) Willy Purucker (1992) Will Quadflieg (1994) Leonhard Reinirkens (1967) Sophie Rois (2002) Gernot Roll (1982, 1985, 1993, 2000) Lea Rosh (1983, 1985) Jürgen Rühle (1980) Udo Samel (1987) Otto Sander (1995) Hans-Christian Schmid (1998) Werner Schmidbauer (1984) Harald Schmidt (1992, 1997, 2002) Rolf Schübel (1970, 1972, 1986, 1990) Walter Sedlmayr (1973) Eyal Sivan (2001) Walter Sittler (1998) Oliver Stritzel (1996) Katharina Thalbach (1997) Lars von Trier (1996) Ulrich Tukur (2000) Thomas Valentin (1981) Dana Vávrová (1983) Bernhard Wicki (1988) Lida Winiewicz (1976) Rainer Wolffhardt (1968, 1992) Peter Zadek (1970, 1972) Helmut Zenker (1985) Dieter Zimmer (1988) Eduard Zimmermann (1967) Jan Böhmermann (2014, 2016)

Fictional characters

In Look Who's Back by Timur Vermes, a novel in which Hitler awakens in the 21st century and becomes a comedian, the Grimme Prize is awarded to Hitler.^[5]

References

1. Adolf Grimme short biography Fernsehmuseum Hamburg. Retrieved 28 January 2012 (German)
2. Kino. D. Holloway. 2003. p. 21. Retrieved 12 October 2010. Adolf Grimme Prizes (the German TV »Oscar«)
3. "Statut" (Articles or Memorandum of association) at Adolf-Grimme-Institut
4. "Die Trunkenheit der Lyrik". Kultura. 30 January 2009.
5. Timur Vermes: Look Who's Back, p.278

External links

• Adolf Grimme Award from the Adolf Grimme Institute, List of Award winners
• Adolf Grimme Award 2007
• Adolf Grimme Award 2008