2010
UNIVERSE OF THE OCEANS WITH FRANK SCHÄTZING
3 x 45' / 3 x 52' (HDTV)
ZDF / ARTE / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHANNEL US
EAST OF EDEN - ISLAM TOMORROW
- Jihad and Piety
- Sharia and Democracy
2 x 45' (HDTV)
ZDF
ZDF-HISTORY - DATE OF DESTINY - LABOR DAY
"Starting Point Chicago"
1 x 15'
ZDF
TERRA X - Superbauten
- Cologne Cathedral
- The Castle in Neuschwanstein
- The Frauenkirchen in Dresden
3 x 45' (HDTV)
ZDF / distributed by ZDF-E
CAPE OF STORMS - LAND OF HOPE
3 x 52' / 3 x 45' / 3 x 30'
WDR / SWR / ARTE / supported by ZDF-E
2009
AMERICA BEFORE COLUMBUS
1 x 90' / 2 x 45' (HDTV)
ZDF /ZDF-E / ARTE / National Geographic Channel US
HITEC - SCIENCE OF TRAFFIC JAM
30'
ZDF
TERRA X - THE MILLENNIUM CATHEDRAL - THE DOME OF MAINZ
45'
ZDF
ABENTEUER WISSEN - ANIMAL IMMIGRANTS
30'
ZDF
THE LOST HERITAGE OF TIMBUKTU
45'
ARTE
ABENTEUER WISSEN - SCIENCE OF SWARM BEHAVIOR
30'
ZDF
IN GOOD CONDITION - 60 YEARS OF GERMAN CONSTITUTION
45'
ZDF
HEAVEN, HELL AND PURGATORY
45'
ZDF
INDEX - THE VATICAN'S BLACK LIST
2 x 45'
ZDF
ABENTEUER WISSEN - FOCAL POINT ON LIFE - METHUSALEM
30'
ZDF
THE BATTLE AGAINST ROME
- ARMINIUS - ENEMY OF ROME
- A PROVINCE TOO FAR
2 x 45' / 2 x 52' / 1 x 90' (HDTV)
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE
GREAT INDIA
- SECRETS OF THE TAJ MAHAL
- BUDDHA'S WARRIOR
2 x 45' / 2 x 52'
ZDF / ARTE / National Geographic Channels Int.
2008
THE GERMANS
10 x 45' (HDTV)
ZDF / distributed by ZDF-E
Nominated in the category "Best Documentary" of Deutscher Fernsehpreis 2009
ABENTEUER WISSEN - THE FLUSH OF DIAMONDS
30'
ZDF
HITEC - THE BLUE REVOLUTION - NEW HOPE FOR THE OCEANS
30'
ZDF
ABENTEUER WISSEN - FRESH FISH OUT OF THE CAGE - WAY OUT OF OVERFISHING
30'
ZDF
THE SIEGE OF BEIJING
45' / 52’ (HDTV)
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / BBC / History Channel
CHINA’S FORBIDDEN CITY
2 x 45' / 52’ (HDTV)
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / SBS / Smithsonian USA / in cooperation with CCTV and CITVC
THE GATE OF DRAGON
45'
ZDF
ABENTEUER WISSEN - TRUTH BEYOND THE GENES
30'
ZDF
2007
ESA SPACE SHOW
audio-visual elements for the multimedia-presentation on the occasion of 40th anniversary of European Space Oparations Centre
EXPEDITIONS
7 x 30’
ARTE
THE DAILY LIFE OF VATICAN
2 x 45’
ZDF / ARTE
SUPERCOMET – AFTER THE IMPACT
2 x 45’ / 52’ (HDTV)
ZDF / ZDF-E / Discovery Channel US / Science Channel / France 2 / SBS
THE GERMANIC TRIBES
4 x 30’ / 45’ / 52’
ARD (WDR, HR, MDR) / ARTE / SBS / Telepool, supported by Film Foundation NRW / Hessian Film Foundation
ABENTEUER WISSEN SOMMERSPEZIAL: SCIENCE UNDER INSPECTION
3 x 30’
ZDF
CHINA’S GREAT WALL
2 x 45’ / 52’ (HDTV)
ZDF / ZDF-E / National Geographic Channels Int. / National Geographic Channel US, in cooperation with CCTV and CITVC
ABENTEUER WISSEN: DIGITAL DARK AGE
30’
ZDF
UPDATE 2057 – THE WORLD IN 50 YEARS
3 x 45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / Discovery Channel US / Science Channel / ARTE / SBS / Sogecable / NHK
Spanish TV-Award "PREMIOS ONDAS INTERNACIONALES DE TELEVISIÓN" (2007)
2006
THE JEWS – A PEOPLE’S HISTORY
5 x 45’ / 52’, 6 x 30`/ 1 x 90`
ARD (WDR, BR, SWR, NDR, RBB) / ARTE, Telepool, supported by Film Foundation NRW and MEDEA
ABENTEUER WISSEN SOMMERSPEZIAL: THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF THE DEAD
3 x 30’
ZDF
SECRETS OF THE FIRST EMPEROR
58’
ZDF / ZDF-E / National Geographic Channels Int. / National Geographic Channel US / ARTE / RAI / SBS
THE GLASS MOUNTAIN – THE SECRET OF ZHAO LING
30’ / 45’ / 52’
ZDF / ARTE / RAI / SBS, in cooperation with CCTV and CITVC
THE CHINESE ARMADA
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / Science Channel / RAI / SF DRS / YLE / SBS, in cooperation with CCTV and CITVC
2005
THE CULTURAL HISTORY OF SOCCER
2 x 45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / National Geographic Channels Int., in cooperation with SPIEGEL TV
ABENTEUER WISSEN SPEZIAL: THE ‘C’-FILES
mysteries in churches and cathedrals
3 x 30’
ZDF
WILD EAST
2 x 45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE
X-DAYS: DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD
3 x 43’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / Discovery Channel US / TVE / ORF
THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MONGOL PEOPLE
800 years Mongolian Empire
2 x 52’ / 45’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / ORF / SBS / AVRO / TVE / EIC
TULIPMANIA
Tulip speculation in the 17th century
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ARTE
BERNHARD GRZIMEK – THE MAN WHO SAVED THE SERENGETI
A life for animals
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ARTE
2004/05
Numerous films for “W-WIE WISSEN”, Science Magazine
(approx. 150 min)
ARD
2004
THE TREE OF TREES – MYSTERIOUS OAK LIFE
45’ / 52’ / 75’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / Film Foundation NRW
HISTORY OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE
45’ / 52’ (HDTV)
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / NHK / SBS TV / ORF / Iberian Program Services
OLYMPICS – SPORT IN THE ANTIQUE
On occasion of the Olympics 2004 in Greece, Effort, training, doping yesterday and today
45’ / 52’
WDR / ARTE
A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH
History of Medicine
4 x 45’ / 52’
ARD (WDR, NDR, SWR) / ARTE / German United Distributors
MASTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH
Doctors of Hitler’s Germany
3 x 45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / Mediaset / France 5
WAYS OUT OF DARKNESS
Europe in the Middle Ages
4 x 45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / ORF / TVE / SBS / Discovery US / Mediaset
2003
Several features for „ABENTEUER WISSEN“ with W. von Lojewski (Science)
among others: phenomena of weather, crypto zoology
30’
ZDF
Great natural Paradises:
ECUADOR AND THE ISLANDS OF GALAPAGOS
WALK ON THE WILDSIDE, Krüger Park Offroad
HAWAII – THROUGH THE WORLD OF FIRE
TAHITI
SAHARA
each 45’
ZDF / ARTE
ABENTEUER WISSEN SPEZIAL: CRIME TIME
4 x 30’
ZDF
ABU SIMBEL – A TEMPLE MOVES
45’ / 52’
WDR / ARTE / BR / DW / TransTel
NIGHTS OF DECISION – LUTHER
30’
WDR for ARD
THE SECRET OF THE CLOUD PEOPLE
Gene Savoy: The Real Indiana Jones
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / Discovery International / ARTE
2002
PARIS - CITY OF LOVE
CHILE – A LAND’S AWAKENING
Travel Programs
each 45’
ZDF / ARTE
HEROES FOR THE PLANET
Series about people and projects around sustainable development
6 x 30’ / 3 x 45’
WDR / ARTE / Deutsche Welle
BLOOD OF THE SUN GOD – FRANCISCO PIZARRO AND THE CONQUEST OF PERU
Documentary about the Spanish conquistador and the clash of two cultures
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / Discovery International
3000 MILES AGAINST THE CURRENT
Documentary about the revival of salmon in the Rhine River
30’ / 45’
WDR / SWR / SFDRS / ARTE
First Prizes at the festivals in Toulon (France) and Nitra (Slowakia)
DIAMOND FEVER – IN THE LAND OF GLITTERING ROCKS
Documentary about the life of Cecil Rhodes, Barney Barnato and the de Beers company
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ARTE
STORM OVER EUROPE – THE WANDERING TRIBES
4 x 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / SBS / RTE / ORF / Discovery USA
2001
BOLIVIA - THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
NAMIBIA - A RENDEZVOUS WITH INFINITY
GREEK ISLANDS - SAILING IN THE AEGAEIS
Travel programmes
each 45’
ZDF / ARTE
VANILLA: THE FRAGRANCE OF MADAGASCAR
Documentary about the cultivation and harvesting of vanilla
45’
ARTE
BODY FARM - IN THE GARDEN OF DEATH
30’
ZDF, Science
2000
MADAGASCAR – ISLAND OF MYTHS AND FAIRY TALES
SAN FRANCISCO – CALIFORNIA’S DREAM OF FREEDOM
WHALE WATCHING IN NEW ZEALAND
THE LOIRE - THE UNTAMABLE
Travel programmes
each 45’
ZDF / ARTE
TOXIC – LEARNING FROM DISASTER
series on recent catastrophes
3 x 45’
WDR / ARTE
First Prize at documentary festival EKOTOP, Bratislava, First Prize Golden Camera Award, Chicago, International Film & TV Festival, Journalist Award of the Deutsche Umweltstiftung
WHITE GOLD
The history of Alchemy
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ARTE / Discovery International
THE ISLANDS OF BLISS
documentary about James Cook’s voyages
45’ / 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / Discovery International
DEAD MEN TELLING TALES
on the history of forensic medicine and its most spectacular cases
2 x 45’/ 52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / ARTE / S4C-Wales
Nominated at the festival Nombre d’ Or of IBC, section science
JOURNEY INTO THE DRAGON’S LAIR – THE BLACK DRAGON
45’ / 52’
ZDF, ZDF-E, in cooperation with Partridge Films, Bristol
1999
FABULOUS ANIMALS
about animals and legends
13 x 26’
WDR / Explore / Docstar / Canal + / Film Foundation NRW / National Geographic Channel
Various awards in Germany, nominated for “Grimme Award Special”
HARPY EAGLE
52’
ZDF / ZDF-E / Discovery International, in cooperation with Neil Rettig Productions, USA
THE AMERICAN TRAVELS OF ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
2 x 50’
WDR / ARTE / Humboldt-Stiftung / Goethe-Institut with participation of BBC
Also portrait about Humboldt, 45’, Inter Nationes / ARTE
nominated for “Grimme-Award”
1998
COD-WAR
documentary about fishery problems
45’
WDR for ARD
1996/97
THE FORGOTTEN ISLAND - TRISTAN DA CUNHA
48’
BBC “Under the Sun” / BBC Wordlwide / WDR / ARTE
1996
GHOST TOWNS AND SALPETRE MINES
Saltpetre mines in Chile, adventure and history
45’
WDR / 3SAT / TV Nacional de Chile / Goethe-Institut
1995
TROPICAL TIMBER - BOYCOTTERS ON THE WRONG TRACK
Tropical wood production in Malaysia
15’ / 45’
45’ WDR / 15’ ARD / Transtel / FWU
Journalist prize in the field of development policy & German Commercial Film Prize
DOLPHIN STORIES
3 x 52’
WDR / Discovery International, distributed internationally
Awarded at the 19th International Wildlife Film Festival Montana, USA
1993/94
FREISPIEL/UNITED
Music film about German avant-garde rock
90’
WDR and Film Foundation NRW, for Cinema and TV
1992/93
DOLPHIN STORIES
wildlife documentary series
7 x 26’
WDR & various international broadcasters
winner of the Children's Film Festival in Gera
1991
THE HAVANA - The history of the famous cigar
58’
WDR / ARTE / SABC / HBO / Discovery International
Video release in the USA
1990-99
SENDUNG MIT DER MAUS
children's program, various documentary features for WDR's children's TV