Detlef Siebert Explained

Detlef Siebert is a German television writer, director and producer, working in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Biography

Siebert began his career at the BBC as assistant producer of the 1997 documentary series .

He wrote, directed and produced the 2001 Bombing Germany episode of the Timewatch series.^[2]

He also directed the drama sequences in the 2005 series ,^[3] wrote, directed and produced the 2006 drama documentary The Somme - From Defeat to Victory,^[4] and produced the 2006 series , produced the 2011 docudrama .

In his latest programme, the 2014 BBC Two documentary, I Was There: The Great War Interviews,^[5] Siebert used interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War filmed by the BBC in the 1960s. Most of the interview material in the film had never been shown ^[6] and the film garnered critical acclaim.^{[7] [8]}

Filmography

• 1994 Dichter, Tod, und Teufel: Salman Rushdie co-producer/director^[9]
• 1997 assistant producer
• 1999 War of the Century assistant producer
• 2001 Timewatch: Bombing Germany producer, director & writer
• 2001 Timewatch: Himmler, Hitler, and the End of the Reich producer, director & writer
• 2005 drama director
• 2006 The Somme - From Defeat to Victory producer, director & writer
• 2006 series producer
• 2007 Visions of the Future series producer
• 2009 How the Celts Saved Britain executive producer
• 2011 producer
• 2014 I Was There: The Great War Interviews
• 2016 The Man Who Discovered Capitalism (about Joseph Schumpeter)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Detlef Siebert . January 9, 2010 . imdb.com .
2. Web site: BBC - History - World Wars: British Bombing Strategy in World War Two.
3. Web site: BBC - History - World Wars: Historical Accuracy in Drama Documentaries.
4. News: A German redraws the lines of the Somme . London . The Times . July 2, 2006.
5. Web site: BBC Two - I Was There: The Great War Interviews.
6. Web site: I Was There: The Great War Interviews. 14 March 2014.
7. Web site: I Was There: The Great War Interviews, BBC Two, review.
8. Web site: TV review: I Was There shows the sad horror of the Great War.
9. Web site: ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl.