Gunnar Dedio

Gunnar Dedio (born 1969 in Rostock, Germany) is a German film producer. He founded the production company LOOKS in 1995 and has been producing documentaries, feature films and series for cinema, television and the internet since then. Among his most important productions are 14 - Diaries of the Great War (awarded Robert-Geisendörfer Preis 2014, nominated for Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2014 and for Japan Prize 2014) and Michael Kohlhaas (Césars 2014), as well as Life Behind the Wall, for which he received the prestigious Grimme-Preis in 2005. Gunnar Dedio teaches at University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, Germany (Hochschule Mittweida).

Filmography

• 2001: Hangman - Death has a face (theatrical documentary, directed by Jens Becker (Regisseur))
• 2003: Genesis II et l'homme créa la nature (documentary series, directed by Frédéric Lepage)
• 2003: Checkmate (documentary, awarded the Romy
• 2004: Life Behind the Wall (documentary series, won the Grimme-Preis in 2005)
• 2004: Monuments (documentary series, directed by Piotr Trzaskalski, Alice Nellis, Peter Kerekes, Ferenc Török and others)
• 2006: Life Under Napoleon (documentary series)
• 2007: Living with the Enemy (documentary series)
• 2007: Hitler & Mussolini (documentary)
• 2008: Life in East Prussia (documentary series)
• 2008: Hitler & Stalin (documentary)
• 2008: In Search of America (documentary series)
• 2008: Of Sharks and Men (documentary series, directed by Dirk Steffens)
• 2009: Ein Traum in Erdbeerfolie – Comrade Couture (documentary)
• 2010: Molotow (documentary, directed by Ullrich Kasten)^[1]
• 2010: Life After the Wall (documentary series)
• 2010: La vie sauvage des animaux domestiques (documentary)
• 2010: Mein Germany (documentary)
• 2010: On the Road in Southern Africa (documentary series)
• 2010: Hans Zimmer - The sound of Hollywood (documentary)
• 2011: Churchill's betrayal of Poland - The mysterious death of General Sikorski (documentary)
• 2011: Brick by Brick - The Making of the Iron Curtain (documentary)
• 2012: Hindenburg & Hitler (documentary, directed by Christoph Weinert)^[2]
• 2012: Lenin - The End of the Myth (documentary, directed by Ullrich Kasten)^[3]
• 2013: Michael Kohlhaas (feature film, directed by Arnaud des Pallières), awarded two Césars (for Best Music and Best Sound) at the 39th César Awards.
• 2013: Spies of Mississippi (documentary, directed by Dawn Porter (filmmaker))
• 2013: Michel Petrucciani – Body and Soul (documentary, directed by Michael Radford)
• 2013: Lyndon B. Johnson- Succeeding Kennedy (documentary)
• 2013: 1913: The Emperor's Last Dance (documentary)^[4]
• 2014: 14 - Diaries of the Great War (documentary drama series, directed by Jan Peter)
• 2014: Small Hands in a Big War (drama series for children, directed by Matthias Zirzow)
• 2014: Inside the War (3D documentary, directed by Niko Vialkowitsch)
• 2014: Annihilation (documentary series, directed by William Karel)^[5]

Books

• with Jens Becker: Die letzten Henker. Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 978-3-360-00969-2.
• with Florian Dedio: The Great War Diaries, BBC Books, 2014, ISBN 978-1849906746.

Awards

• 2014: Robert-Geisendörfer-Preis (for 14 - Diaries of the Great War)
• 2014: nominated for Deutscher Fernsehpreis (for 14 - Diaries of the Great War)
• 2014: nominated for Japan Prize (for 14 - Diaries of the Great War)
• 2014: nominated for Japan Prize (for Small Hands in a Big War)
• 2005: Grimme-Preis (for Life Behind the Wall)
• 2004: Hans-Klein-Medienpreis (for Life Behind the Wall)

References

1. "Neues Deutschland Feuilleton "Molotow" auf arte". Retrieved 2015-01-02.
2. "Spiegel online Kultur Reichspräsident Hindenburg: Hitlers wissender Vollstrecker". Retrieved 2015-01-02.
3. "Tagesspiegel Medien Dichter und Lenker". Retrieved 2015-01-02.
4. "Centre Marc Bloch Actualités". Retrieved 2015-01-17.
5. "Berliner Zeitung Medien Ein vielstimmiger Chor für das Unmögliche". Retrieved 2015-01-02.

External links

• Gunnar Dedio at the Internet Movie Database