Dirk Regel Explained

Dirk Regel (born 1968 in Berlin) is a German filmmaker.[1] He worked mainly for comedy films and for television.

Career

After high school Dirk Regel was trained as film editor and assistant director. After that he learned film production. He worked mainly for German TV (e.g. Sat. 1 and ARD) and Austrian TV (e.g. the film Wiener Blut for ORF eins).

He made films of various genres, such as crime films (e.g. for the series Polizeiruf 110, Der Ermittler (The detective), Küstenwache (Coast Guard), and Pfarrer Braun (Priest Braun)). Dirk Regel also made romance films (e.g. Wiedersehen in Verona (Reunion in Verona)), hospital stories (e.g. for the series St. Angela) and family films (e.g. Hilfe, meine Schwester kommt! (Help, my sister comes!)). He made a film adaptation of a tale of Grimm with Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten (The Musicians of Bremen).

He also worked as script-writer with the film Die Unbeugsamen.

In 2002, he received the Deutscher Fernsehpreis (best series) for Edel & Starck (Sat.1, Directors: Dirk Regel, Ulrich Zrenner, Dennis Satin, Jakob Schäuffelen, Matthias Kopp).[2]

Filmography

References

  1. http://search2.d.efg.research-infrastructures.eu/document.do?id=d0976e16-d1d3-42d9-b314-d89bedcef3cc_UmVwb3NpdG9yeVNlcnZpY2VSZXNvdXJjZXMvUmVwb3NpdG9yeVNlcnZpY2VSZXNvdXJjZVR5cGU=::person.filmportal.de/DIF_person_51449A945DF748B89A3DB18C5B332B75 Profile of D. Regel on EFG
  2. See deutscherfernsehpreis.de, page 4.