Claus Spahn

Claus Spahn ( born May 15, 1940 in Bottrop ) is a former TV editor of the WDR, presenter, producer and author, who in 2001 was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. He is the brother of television presenter and journalist Thomas Spahn.

Life

Spahn studied theater history, German literature, philosophy and art history at the University of Cologne and was founded in 1969 with a thesis on the theater history of the Ruhr to 1933 Dr. phil. doctorate. From 1969 to 2005 he was editor of the WDR television. He produced numerous broadcast series, portraits, documentaries and programs for culture and cultural policy.

National and International he set with chess programs a name. From 1983 to 2005 he hosted the annual live broadcast of the chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov in, among others, Anatoly Karpov, Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik played a television Cup. Due to his initiative and under his leadership, the West German television brought regular reports on the Dortmund Chess Days.

Program series / movies (selection)

Spahn wrote and produced, among other things, the transmission lines, the parents driving license (1976) and No one should be the next one (1978), for which he received the Medal of the German Cancer Aid of Mildred Scheel. With Lida Winiewicz Spahn wrote the twelve -part television series When the Rumor (1978), with Ruth Maria Kubitschek, among other things, Brigitte Mira, Dirk Dautzenberg and Gudrun Landgrebe in one of her first TV roles.

For the television series to the Federal Data Protection Act Computer can not forget Spahn received the German Industry Film Awards 1978. With the series No Fear of Flying (1979 ) established Spahn with Rainer Pieritz in Germany, the seminars to reduce the fear of flying. In this series, Rudolf Braun castle participated as captain.

In the television series 18 Finally - and now what? - With Thomas Gottschalk - who wrote Spahn with Hansjörg Martin for the WDR, Dietmar Bär had his first television appearance in 1982. Wrote with Hansjörg Martin Spahn and produced the series And the moral of the story, with ao Achim Strietzel. Here the later Linde Street Stars Georg Uecker and Christian Kahrmann had their first television appearances.

With Eckart Hachfeld Spahn wrote the game series The false Fuffzger, with Dieter Hildebrandt, Achim Strietzel, Jutta Kammann, Günther Jerschke uva Director: William Roth bread. Semmel Roth also directed the series of Spahn / Winiewicz being against is always easy with ao Dirk Dautzenberg.

With Thomas Woitkewitsch Spahn wrote the game series ludo but with Elisabeth Volkmann, Helen Vita, Inge Wolff Mountain, Karl Michael Vogler, Gerd Vespermann uva The TV companion book of the same name published Spahn with Rainer Pieritz in Kösel -Verlag. Günter Pfitzmann, Günther Jerschke and Brigitte Mira were the main actors in the multi-part series of games Everyone can do something for themselves, by Spahn / Woitkewitsch. The accompanying book of the same name by Werner Thumshirn appeared in Goldmann Verlag.

Claus Spahn developed and was responsible for 1988/1989 and the WDR television Sunday show WDR Publik; later WDR summer show Hollymünd. In this information - and entertainment show interesting personalities and singer / interior were presented live in Cologne- Bocklemünd front of an audience over the years and was primarily an experimental stage for young talents and moderators.

With his mission Puzzle - A thinking game for 3xKluge conceived and wrote Spahn a whole new kind of game show. Here were three candidates - Brigitte Hamann, Franz Herre and Paul Naredi -Rainer - in three minutes before the studio audience questions about politics, music, literature, humanities, art and painting consult and finally answer. The six questions were demonstrated, making music or played by various artists and in relation to a period of 20 years, such as 1750-1770 or 1910-1930. After an hour, a picture / painting was of the 3xKlugen " erpuzzelt " the twenty-year period.

In the years 1991/1992 Spahn produced with Nina Hagen and Dirk Bach as moderators, the multi-part program series Funny Girls, Funny Boys, where stars like Grethe Weiser, Trude Herr, Evelyn Künneke, Helen Vita, Brigitte Mira, as Harald Juhnke, Theo Lingen, Diether Krebs, Georg Thomalla, Otto, Willy Millowitsch and others were portrayed entertaining. The texts of the moderators wrote Thomas Woitkewitsch.

As a writer and director Spahn produced, among other things about Carl Djerassi, a chemist, author, art collector and "Father of the Pill ", as well as the researcher Otto Erich Schubert German - German directory - two impressive portraits.

Awards

1992 Claus Spahn was awarded the honor dish of the German Chess Federation. Twice he received for his dedication to the sport of chess the German Chess price (1983/2001) of the German Chess Federation, the medal of the European Chess Union (ECU) and the 2002 Gold Merit Award from the FIDE World Chess Organisation.

In 2001 he was honored "for his many years of outstanding journalistic and editorial power " by the Federal President Johannes Rau with the Federal Cross of Merit.

Chess players

Chess - train to train

Chess for everyone. From beginners to tournament players

With the 30 - part television series train to train ... Chess for anyone conceived and produced Claus Spahn 1983 WDR a successful chess learning program with its dolls - to and the chess grandmaster Helmut Pfleger as moderator many viewers Chess Learning - Grandpa, Aunt Bernie, Emil and invited to play chess.

Following its successful participation in the program train to train the peasant diploma, train to train to train to train tower diploma and diploma to the King could and viewers can win " diploma " at the German Chess Federation one. The companion book to the chess programs - train to train the examination task for the diplomas of the German Chess Federation is now the official textbook of the German Chess Federation. The series is broadcast by the various stations of the ARD over again.

Hobby player

Claus Spahn never played chess in a club, but as a good recreational players. His enthusiasm for the game was the basis of his commitment to the sport of chess. Spahn is an honorary member of the Karpov Chess Academy Rhein- Neckar ".

In a free game with Erwin Peters ( Cologne) adjacent position, Matt sat in the Spahn on the train in the latest four trains originated.

Literature and Works (selection)

  • Claus Spahn (ed.): The parents driving license - A course for the education of the young child. The book of the TV series. Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-442-11132-3
  • Jochen Aumüller: No one should be next. The book on personal cancer prevention - After television series of the same name. Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-442-10794-6
  • Rainer -J. Pieritz; Claus Spahn: Partnership Course - When the love falls. After the eponymous television series. Mosaik Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-570-00767-7
  • Rudolf Braun castle and Rainer -Joachim Pieritz: No fear of flying. The book accompanying the eponymous television series. Falk Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3-8068-0463- X
  • Werner Thumshirn: Everyone can do something for themselves. The book on personal cardiovascular screening - After television series of the same name. Wilhelm Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1980, ISBN 3-442-10847-0
  • Joachim S. Hohmann: is his contrast always easy - to overcome the prejudices art. After the eponymous television series. Econ Verlag, Dusseldorf 1981, ISBN 3-430-14757-3
  • Richard Rathgeber: Finally 18 and now? Rights and obligations with the majority. After the eponymous television series. Falken Verlag, 1982, ISBN 3-8068-0646-2
  • Rainer -J. Pieritz; Claus Spahn: speeches you have with each other - contact the key to personal happiness - companion book to the television series. Econ Verlag, Dusseldorf 1982, ISBN 3-430-17478-3
  • Rainer -J. Pieritz; Claus Spahn: Human, Parcheesi yet! Relaxed living with anger, resentment and aggression. After the eponymous television series. Kösel Verlag, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-466-34083-7
  • D 795 or The Beautiful Miller Otto Erich German - A life in music. Film by Claus Spahn, WDR 1983
  • Franz Schubert's new notes The International Schubert Society. Film by Claus Spahn, WDR 1997
  • A German revoked - Hans Mayer 's 90th film by Claus Spahn, WDR 1997.
  • At the beginning of the pill was The Three Lives of Carl Djerassi. Film by Claus Spahn, WDR 2000
  • Not the note, but the Spirit - The Mozart autograph of K. 475 Fantasy back in Salzburg. Film by Claus Spahn, WDR 2001
  • Interview Viswanathan Anand from Claus Spahn ( WMV, 10.8 MB ), Dortmund Chess Festival 2004 (Video by Gerhard Dog)
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