Dieter Wedel

Dieter Karl Cäsar Wedel (born November 12, 1939 or 1942 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German director. Wedel directed numerous television productions since the late 1960s, among them very successful mini-series like Der große Bellheim, Der Schattenmann, Der König von St. Pauli and Die Affäre Semmeling. He is considered to be one of Germany's best-known television directors.[1] He also served as the artistic director of the Nibelung Festival in Worms between 2003 and 2014.

Dieter Wedel
Wedel in 2016
Born
Dieter Karl Cäsar Wedel

November 12, 1939 (or 1942)
Frankfurt am Main
NationalityGerman
OccupationFilm director
Screenwriter
Years active1966-2018

In the Me Too campaign, Wedel was accused in January 2018 by several actresses of sexual harassment and in the case of actress Jany Tempel even rape.[2] There have been official concerns about the alleged long-time coverup of Wedel's actions because most of his work was done through public broadcasting and received government money. After official investigations against him, Wedel resigned from his post as the artistic director of the Bad Hersfelder Festspiele.[3]

Wedel has been married to Ursula Wolters for many years, but in the past has also had relationships with other women, among them actresses Hannelore Elsner and Ingrid Steeger. He has six children.

Filmography

(with producing television channel behind the title)

  • 1969: Willi, NDR
  • 1970: Gedenktag, NDR
  • 1971: Hamburg Transit: Grüner Türke, NDR/ARD
  • 1972: Einmal im Leben – Geschichte eines Eigenheims (TV miniseries), NDR/ARD
  • 1972: Das Kurheim (TV series), ARD
  • 1973: Tatort: Ein ganz gewöhnlicher Mord, ARD
  • 1974: Eintausend Milliarden, NDR/ARD
  • 1974: Eiger, ARD
  • 1974: Aus Liebe zum Sport (TV series), ARD
  • 1975: Die Rakete, ARD[4]
  • 1976: Alle Jahre wieder – Die Familie Semmeling (TV miniseries), ARD
  • 1977: Das Rentenspiel
  • 1981/1982: Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten (TV series), SR/ARD[5]
  • 1982: Schwarz Rot Gold: Alles in Butter, NDR/ARD
  • 1982: Schwarz Rot Gold: Unser Land, NDR/ARD
  • 1984: Der Mann, der keine Autos mochte, ZDF
  • 1985: Schwarz Rot Gold: Nicht schießen!, NDR/ARD
  • 1987: Kampf der Tiger, ZDF
  • 1988: Wilder Westen inclusive (TV miniseries), WDR/ARD
  • 1993: Der große Bellheim (TV miniseries), ZDF
  • 1994: Sylvia Brandt – Ich greife ein, Sat.1
  • 1996: Der Schattenmann (TV miniseries), ZDF
  • 1998: Der König von St. Pauli (TV miniseries), Sat.1
  • 2002: Die Affäre Semmeling (TV miniseries), ZDF
  • 2006: Papa und Mama, ZDF
  • 2007: Mein alter Freund Fritz, ZDF
  • 2010: Gier, ARD

References
  1. https://www.medienkorrespondenz.de/leitartikel/artikel/schwerwiegende-anschuldigungen.html
  2. https://www.zeit.de/gesellschaft/zeitgeschehen/2018-01/dieter-wedel-staatsanwaltschaft-ermittlungen
  3. https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/gesellschaft/dieter-wedel-tritt-als-intendant-der-bad-hersfelder-festspiele-zurueck-a-1189207.html
  4. Die Rakete: Komödie mit einem Körnchen Wahrheit, HA vom 20. Dezember 1975 (abgerufen am 6. Januar 2018)
  5. f=false Lexikon der Fernsehspiele, Achim Klünder (1991), Band II, S. 145
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.