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Source: Deutsche Filmakademie e.V., © Mathias Bothor / Deutsche Filmakademie e.V.
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Günter Rohrbach
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Günther Rohrbach was born October 23, 1928, in Neunkirchen (Saarland). In 1950, he worked as an assistant director and a studio stage manager in Saarbrücken. Between 1951 and 1956, he studied German literature, philosophy, psychology, and dramatics in Bonn, Paris, Munich, and Cologne.
In 1957, he earned his PhD with a dissertation on the German author Grimmelshausen. After having worked as an editor for the German public-broadcasting institution WDR, Rohrbach was appointed chief executive of the German production company Bavaria Atelier GmbH in 1979. He held this position until 1994. In addition, he became an honorary professor at the Academy for Film & Television in Munich in 1992.
By means of his work for the WDR, Rohrbach had an important part in establishing the German "television play" genre. His productions won him several awards, including the German Film Award, the Goldene Kamera, the Bavarian Film Prize, and the Adolf Grimme Award.
From the 1960s until the 1980s, Rohrbach became known as a dedicated sponsor of representatives of the New German Cinema such as Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans W. Geißendörfer, Volker Schlöndorff, Bernhard Sinkel, and Wim Wenders. Furthermore, Rohrbach produced Wolfgang Petersens's "Das Boot" ("The Boat", 1981) and "Die Unendliche Geschichte"("The Neverending Story", 1983).
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*23.10.1928
Neunkirchen (Saar)
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