Milan Bor
Milan Bor ( b. 1936 in Prague, † 14 May 1998 in Munich) was a Czech -born engineer in film and television of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Life and work
Boron began his film career as an 18- year-old in child functions in the domestic Barrandov Studios. Due to the suppression of the Prague Spring in 1968 he fled to West Germany and eventually settled in Munich. His first work was Chief engineer include several operetta adaptations that were made 1974/75 for television ( ZDF). Immediately afterwards boron tied his first contact with young filmmakers circles and cared for the sound of Hans W. Geißendörfer Sternsteinhof.
In the following years, other representatives of the New German Cinema boron picked for their productions, above all, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, and let him make the sound or the sound mix of their work. In winter 1976/77 Milan -designed boron audio to Wim Wenders' The American Friend, 1979, he collaborated with Ingmar Bergman in the drama From the Life of Marionettes. 1980/81 boron was involved in the extensive filming of Wolfgang Petersen's submarine and World War II drama The boat and received for his performance in both the German Film Award and an Academy Award nomination (1983). Also in 1983, secured Petersen Bors Collaboration in the fantasy novel adaptation, and The Neverending Story, another great box office success.
Boron has also worked with such disparate filmmakers as Loriot ( Pappa ante Portas ), Werner Herzog ( Cobra Verde), Margarethe von Trotta ( Rosa Luxembourg ), Michael Verhoeven ( The Nasty Girl ), Gerhard Polt ( One speaks deutsh, sir! ), Peter Zadek ( the wild fifties ), Jean -Jacques Annaud ( the Name of the Rose ), Roland Emmerich ( the Noah's Ark Principle, Joey ) and once even Billy Wilder ( Fedora ) together.
His last major work should be Joseph Vilsmaier Stalingrad movie in winter 1991/92. 1993 boron suffered some hearing and then withdrew into private life. Milan Bor in 1987 awarded for his film performances with the Bavarian Film Prize.
Filmography
Sound or sound mixing in movies, unless otherwise stated