Jochen Hick
Jochen Hick (born April 2, 1960 in Darmstadt) is a German film director and producer of mainly independent feature and documentary films, also specialising in LGBT subjects. In 1994 he founded the film and TV production company GALERIA ALASKA PRODUCTIONS,[1] based in Hamburg and Berlin. He worked and produced for several production companies and TV channels and contributed to TV documentary programs such as ARD-Exclusiv or SPIEGEL TV Reportage. 2007-2010 he is as well editor-in-chief, head of program acquisitions and co-programming director of TIMM,[2] the first TV channel for gay male audiences in German speaking countries, which has been on the air since November 1, 2008.[3]
His 2008 documentary East/West – Sex & Politics concerns Nikolai Alekseev's attempts to organise the 2007 Moscow Pride event.[4]
His most recent project, the 2017 documentary Mein wunderbares West-Berlin (My Wonderful West Berlin), covers gay experiences in West Berlin between the mid-1940s and the late 1980s and beyond. The film premiered in February 2017 at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival (aka Berlinale).[5]
Filmography[edit]
- Mein wunderbares West-Berlin (My Wonderful West Berlin) (2017)
- The GDR Complex (2016)
- Out in East Berlin – Lesbians & Gays in the GDR (2013)
- DDR unterm Regenbogen (2011) (TV)
- The Good American (2009)
- East/West – Sex & Politics (2008)
- Deutschland – Ein Herbstmärchen (2007)
- Hallelujah! (2006)
- Rainbow's End (2006)
- Am Ende des Regenbogens (2005) (TV)
- Cycles of Porn: Sex/Life in L.A., Part 2 (2005)
- Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003)
- No One Sleeps (2000)
- Sex/Life in L.A. (1998)
- Menmaniacs – The Legacy of Leather (1995)
- Welcome to the Dome (1992)
- Via Appia (1990)
- Gerd Hansen, 55 (1987)
- Moon Over Pittsburgh (1985)
- Die Gedaechtnisluecke (1982)
Awards[edit]
- The 2003 Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 53rd Berlin International Film Festival for Talk Straight: The World Of Rural Queers.[6]
External links[edit]
- Jochen Hick at IMDb
References[edit]
- ^ "Home". galeria-alaska.de.
- ^ "Home". timm.de.
- ^ "Jochen Hick". IMDb.
- ^ "East/West: Sex & Politics (2008) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Mein wunderbares West-Berlin | My Wonderful West Berlin".
- ^ "Home". galeria-alaska.de.
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