Dieter Trattmann (b. Switzerland) is a director/editor and producer who resides in California.

Life and career

Dieter Trattmann was born and raised in Switzerland. In the late 1970s, he became fascinated with music and film and moved to London where he attended the

London Film School London Film School (LFS) is a film school in London, United Kingdom, and is situated in Covent Garden, London, neighbouring Soho, a hub of the UK film industry. It is the oldest film school in the UK.

. In 1983, he went to work for MGMM Productions in London, beginning his career in film by directing a commercial for

MTV MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...

. In 1986, he moved to

EMI EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At t ...

/ Picture Music International, where he continued his film career, specializing in

music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to ...

s during the 1980s and 1990s and directing work for

Donna Summer Donna Adrian Gaines (December 31, 1948May 17, 2012), known professionally as Donna Summer, was an American singer and songwriter. She gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s and became known as the "Queen of Disco", while her music ...

, the

Thompson Twins Thompson Twins were an English Pop music, pop band, formed in 1977 in Sheffield. Initially a New wave music, new wave group, they switched to a more mainstream pop sound and achieved considerable popularity during the early and mid-1980s, scori ...

Cliff Richard Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor. He has total sales of over 21.5 million singles in the United Kingdom and, as of 2012, was the third-top-selling artist in UK Singles Chart histo ...

and

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. He worked on contracts with EMI/ Capitol, Polygram,

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, Arista,

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, Geffen,

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and others. In 1989, he moved to

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where he signed with the A&R Group as a director. He worked for

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on a number of hit shows including '' CSI''. In 2004, Trattmann went to work for Lifestyle/Fashion TV as Senior Editor. In 2015, he was credited as a producer for the film ''Como você quer o seu casamento?''. Over the span of his career, Trattmann has directed and edited over 200 commercials, music videos and live concerts, plus worked on a number of films and TV series shows. Trattmann currently lives in

, where he is also involved in real estate investment.

Awards

*2003 - The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences honor for contribution to the

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*1985 -

UK Music Video Awards The UK Music Video Awards is an annual celebration of creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotiona ...

for Best Live Concert, Thompson Twins - " Into the Gap Live" (director) *1987 -

German Music Awards German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ger ...

, Best Director for Cliff Richard - "

My Pretty One "My Pretty One" is a song recorded by English singer Cliff Richard and released in the UK in June 1987 as the lead single from his ''Always Guaranteed'' album. The song reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Alan Tarney ...

" *1989 - Montreux Pop Festival - Best International Video for

Climie Fisher Climie Fisher were a British pop duet (music), duo formed by vocalist Simon Climie and former Naked Eyes keyboardist Rob Fisher (British musician), Rob Fisher. In 1987–88, they had two international hit singles: "Rise to the Occasion (Climie F ...

- " Rise to the Occasion"

References

External links

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