Roland Reber (11 August 1954 – 11 September 2022) was a German director, author and producer.

Biography

After finishing his studies at the

Schauspielschule Bochum Schauspielschule Bochum is the informal name of a drama school in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, which is now part of the Folkwang University of the Arts. It has a long tradition, being founded in 1939 as Westfälische Schauspielschu ...

, Germany, in the 1970s, Reber worked as actor, writer and director at many German and international theatres such as Bochum,

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

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, Jamaica,

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etc. He has written more than 20 theatre plays and scripts as well as texts and poems. In 1981 he founded the Theatre Institute and worked as a director, author and actor. He was Head of the World Theatre Project (in the framework of the Decade for Cultural Development of the ''

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'' and '' UN'') which he founded in 1989 and worked as director and writer in

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, Mexico and the

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. He was teacher of acting and directing among others in Moscow and the Caribbean. For wtp international he worked as director, writer and producer. All his films have been shown in various international Film Festivals and have been distributed theatrically and on DVD. From 2003 until 2007 Reber was the official representative of the '' CIFF Cairo International Film Festival'' (A-Festival) for the

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speaking countries and the official representative for

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of the ''

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''. He was member of the jury at the

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''International Film Festival'' 2008 in Portugal, at the ''

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'' 2007 in Spain, at the ''

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'' in Egypt 2003, the ''

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'' in Bangladesh 2004 and at the 13th ''Cairo International Film Festival for Children'' 2003. Three of his films were shown in a "Roland Reber Films" section at the ''

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'' in November 2003. In November 2009 six of his feature films have been shown as a ''Roland Reber Tribute'' at the renowned ''

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'' in

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, India.

Distinction/Awards

* 1976 Schweizer Kulturpreis * 1991 and 1993 Cultural prize of the Caribbean Season of Excellence * 2000 President's Award, Ajijic International Film Festival, Mexico * 2001 Emerging Filmmaker Award, Hollywood Angel City Film Festival,

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* 2001 Jury Choice for Foreign Film, AngelCity Film Festival,

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* 2001 Best Film, Third Panorama of International Film in Thessaloniki, Greece * Since 1996 in the German Who's Who

Filmography

* 2011 The truth of lie (psychodrama) * 2009 Angels with dirty wings (erotic-drama) * 2007 My Dream or Loneliness never walks alone (dramedy) * 2005

24/7 The Passion of Life ''24/7: The Passion of Life'' is a German film directed by Roland Reber Roland Reber (11 August 1954 – 11 September 2022) was a German director, author and producer. Biography After finishing his studies at the Schauspielschule Bochu ...

(erotic-drama) * 2004 The Dark Side of our inner Space (tragedy) * 2003 Pentamagica (comedy) * 2002 Are girls werewolves...? (short) * 2001 Das Zimmer (psycho-thriller) * 2000 Compulsion (short) * 1999 The Bag (short) * 1998 Manuel (short) * 1998 On Television (short) * 1979 Ihr habt meine Seele gebogen wie einen schoenen Taenzer (drama)

Press comments

* Roland Reber: An Institution in directing. To say that Roland Reber is an exceptional director would be describing him half-heartedly. For the man is himself a lesson to the entire fraternity of world cinema (

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, 14 November 2003) * Unique in the landscape of German cinema. The German cinema-buddha:Roland Reber. ( Sueddeutsche Zeitung,

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, 2009) * Masterpiece! (

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) * Filming against the current (Chilli Magazin, April 2008) http://www.dieeinsamkeitistnieallein.de/fileadmin/user_upload/homepages/MEINTRAUM/download/presseartikel/2008-04_wtp_MeinTraum_Chilli.pdf

External links

Interview

Roland Reber at wtp international
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reber, Roland 1954 births 2022 deaths People from Ludwigshafen Film people from Rhineland-Palatinate German male stage actors