Hans Jürgen Kiebach
Hans -Jürgen Kiebach ( born August 28, 1930 in Berlin, † May 19, 1995 ) was a German art director and Oscar winner.
Life and work
Kiebach came right after his graduation in January 1949 for the film where made him the architect Gabriel Pellon to his assistant. 1951 Kiebach second architect Pellons, at whose side he worked until 1956 as the co- architect. From 1959 to 1961 Kiebach formed a team with the experienced colleague Otto Erdmann, from 1962 to 1966 with the art teacher and painter Ernst Shomer.
Kiebach paid in the 50s and 60s undemanding entertainment films: War strips, horror thrillers, melodramas, comedies and two less significant Karl May adaptations. Since the mid-60s Kiebach was also used for numerous international, partly shot in Germany, produced in part as co-productions films. In 1971 he built the outdoor decorations for Bob Fosse's Cabaret worldwide success, a performance that was rewarded with an Oscar.
Since then Kiebach was engaged for some central German as foreign productions, among them Volker Schlöndorff's The coup de grace, Heidi genees Grete Minde, Menahem Golan's The Magician, John G. Avildsens The formula and Jacques Rouffios The walker of Sans Souci. After his decorations to Otto Waalkes ' first cinema outing, Otto - The film that ailing Kiebach received hardly more orders.
Hans -Jürgen Kiebach has also designed numerous buildings for TV movies with historical background, including the multi-part films Tadellöser & Wolff, A chapter in itself and August the Strong and the series The Laurents, café and Wernicke A man wants upwards.