Wieland Speck

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Wieland Speck (* 1951 in Freiburg im Breisgau is a German film director, who since 1992 has coordinated "Panorama" at the International Filmfestival Berlin (Berlinale). Panorama showcases new films by established directors, as well as debut works by up-and-coming talents.[1]

Biography

Since 1972, he started living in Berlin. He studied German, Theater and Ethnology at the Free University of Berlin. Since the mid-1970s, Speck has been engaged in various areas of film and video as well as author and publisher.

In the late 1970s, he was managing director of the Tali-Kino, an independent arthouse cinema in Berlin-Kreuzberg (later called "Moviemento"). From 1979 to 1981 he completed a film study at the San Francisco Art Institute.[2]

Between 1982 and 1992 Speck worked with the German film director Manfred Salzgeber producing LGBT-themed films and shorts. He is the co-creator of the Teddy Award,[3] (with Manfred Salzgeber) which since 1987 was awarded to LGBT films at the Berlinale.

Openly gay,[4][5] he has lived in Berlin since 1972. Speck studied German, theater and ethnology at the Freie Universität Berlin.

In 1985, he produced his first feature film Westler.[5][6]

He was a panel member of the Berlin State Film Fund (1990–1993) and the Hamburg Film Fund (1994–1998) and from 1992 to 2017 he was head of the Panorama section of the Berlinale.[2]

In 2011 he won the Nino Gennaro Award at the first edition of Sicilia Queer filmfest.[3]

In 2015, Speck won the 20th Busan International Film Festival, Korean Cinema Award.[7]

In 2017, he became a consultant on the Berlinale official program.[8]

Filmography

As an actor;

Year Title Character Notes
1978 Just a Gigolo Man Uncredited
1980 How to Choose a Wife Cowboy (Short)
1982 Rote Liebe – Wassilissa Spekulant auf der Party
1987 Kismet, Kismet
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1989 The Prisoner of St. Petersburg Youth in bar
1992 The True Story About Men and Women
2012 Mommy is Coming Hans Eberhardt

As a Director;

Year Film Other notes
2000 Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story (Director, Screenplay)
1991 Among Men
Zimmer 303 (Short)
1989 November (Short)
1985 Westler (director, screenplay, production)
1983 The Sound of Fast Relief (Short) (director, screenwriter, camera, editor)
1981 Bei uns zuhaus – Chez nous (Short)
David, Montgomery und ich (Short) (director, screenplay, camera, editor)

Awards

References

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External links

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