Hartmann Schmige is a German screenplay, teleplay writer, and film director.[1] He is one of the founding members of the Verband Deutscher Drehbuchautoren (German Writers Guild).

Hartmann Schmige
Occupation(s)Screenwriter, and Film Director
SpouseSanna Alajoki-Schmige
ChildrenMaximilian Schmige
Websitehttp://www.hartmann-schmige.de

Career edit

Hartmann Schmige studied journalism, sociology, and political science in Freiburg, Munich, and Berlin with a masters final thesis in the montage theories by Eisenstein, Kracauer and Bazin.

In the 1980s Hartmann Schmige became renowned for writing the Dieter Hallervorden feature films together with writer Christian Rateuke. Non-Stop Trouble with My Double [de] marks one of Hartmann Schmige's biggest successes. Some of the dialogue lines from the movie have reached cult status.[citation needed]

Hartmann Schmige continues his career as a German Television writer for German crime series and comedies.

Other works edit

Book: Eisenstein, Bazin, Kracauer |1977| About Film Montage Theory

Schmige also wrote the musical Schlemihl in 1987 together with Christian Rateuke. The music was composed by Wilhelm Dieter Siebert. Schmige and Siebert also wrote the opera libretto Der Untergang der Titanic (The Sinking of the Titanic) in 1980.

Filmography (selection) edit

Writing edit

Feature films edit

Television (episodic) edit

Other episodes (since 2000) for popular German crime series such as Sperling, Ein Fall für zwei, Der Ermittler and Tatort.

Television Film edit

Directing edit

References edit

  1. ^ Reimer, Robert C.; Reimer, Carol J. (2010-04-01). The A to Z of German Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. pp. 252–. ISBN 9781461731863. Retrieved 2 March 2013.

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