Reiner E. Moritz
Reiner Eberhard Moritz (born 1938 in Hanover) is a German film director and film producer.
Biography
[edit]Moritz studied musicology, German, and Romance studies. He graduated from LMU Munich in 1970. In 1977, he founded the RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH[1][2] in Munich, which still exists today. In 1978, he founded the RM Arts Fernseh- und Film GmbH,[3] which later passed to the Kirch Group and since 2005 has rights to some 900 productions owned by the Arthaus Musik label.[4] RM Arts produced numerous documentaries in the field of music and visual arts.
In 1981, RM Arts started the series 1000 Meisterwerke for the WDR under the direction of Moritz. Moritz knew Dmitri Shostakovich and produced the documentary Ein Mann mit vielen Gesichtern ("A man with many faces") about him.[citation needed]
Honours
[edit]- 2007: Honorary Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik.[5]
- 2009: Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Lion of Finland.[6]
Filmography (selection)
[edit]As director
[edit]- 1981: 1000 Meisterwerke (series)
- 1991: Werner Tübke. About the adventure of figuration
- 2004: L'heure espagnole
- 2006: The Real Rameau
- 2014: Tanz macht Fernsehgeschichte
As producer
[edit]- 1972: Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii
- 1978: Monsieur René Magritte
- 1984: Puccini
- 1992: Das Doppelleben des Arnold Bax ("The Double Life of Arnold Bax")
- 1998: In Rehearsal: Christoph von Dohnányi with the Philharmonia Orchestra
References
[edit]- ↑ "RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH – Grünwald". plusbranchenbuch.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
- ↑ "RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH" (in German). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ↑ "RM ARTS FERNSEH- UND FILM GMBH, Schutz- und Sicherheitsdienste, Wachdienste auf EUROPAGES. - Europages". www.europages.de. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "Musenblätter - das unabhängige Kulturmagazin". www.musenblaetter.de. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ehrenpreise". www.schallplattenkritik.de (in German). 2007. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ↑ "Startseite - Finland abroad". www.finnland.de. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
