Reiner Eberhard Moritz (born 1938 in

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) is a German

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and

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Biography

Moritz studied musicology,

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and

Romance studies Romance studies or Romance philology ( an, filolochía romanica; ca, filologia romànica; french: romanistique; eo, latinida filologio; it, filologia romanza; pt, filologia românica; ro, romanistică; es, filología románica) is an acade ...

. He graduated from the

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: link=no, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Originally established as the University of ...

in 1970. In 1977, he founded the ''RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH'' in Munich, which still exists today. In 1978 he founded the RM Arts Fernseh- und Film GmbH, which later passed to the

Kirch Group KirchGruppe (KirchGroup) was a German media group founded by Leo Kirch (1926–2011) in the 1960s. By 2000, it controlled a 52.5 percent stake in what would become the country's biggest broadcaster. The group collapsed in 2002 largely due to the ...

and since 2005 has rights to some 900 productions owned by the Arthaus Musik label. RM Arts produced a large number of documentaries in the field of music and

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. In 1981, RM Arts started the series ''

1000 Meisterwerke ''1000 Meisterwerke (1000 Masterpieces)'' was a West German art series. It followed the highly successful British series ''100 Great Paintings''. From 1981 through 1994, the West German broadcaster WDR produced the series (originally aired from 1 ...

'' for the

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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.

Honours

* 2007: Honorary

Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik The Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik ("German Record Critics' Award") was established in Germany in 1963 by publisher Richard Kaselowsky with the aim of setting the "most rigorous standards for supreme achievement and quality" in the field ...

. * 2009: Knight's Cross 1st Class of the

Order of the Lion of Finland The Order of the Lion of Finland ( fi, Suomen Leijonan ritarikunta; sv, Finlands Lejons orden) is one of three official orders in Finland, along with the Order of the Cross of Liberty and the Order of the White Rose of Finland. The President o ...

Filmography (selection)

As director

* 1981: ''1000 Meisterwerke'' (series) * 1991:

Werner Tübke Werner Tübke (30 July 1929 in Schönebeck, Germany – 27 May 2004 in Leipzig, Germany) was a German painter, best known for his monumental '' Peasants' War Panorama'' located in Bad Frankenhausen. Associated with the Leipzig School, he is ...

. About the adventure of figuration * 2004: ''

L'heure espagnole ''L'heure espagnole'' is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a ''comédie musicale'', with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same nameStoullig E. ' ...

'' * 2006: ''The Real Rameau'' * 2014: ''Tanz macht Fernsehgeschichte''

As producer

* 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

External links

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RM Arts on IMDb
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moritz, Reiner E German documentary film directors Recipients of the Order of the Lion of Finland 1938 births Film people from Hanover Living people