Rolf Knie
Rolf Knie ( born August 16, 1949 in Bern ) is a Swiss painter, artist and actor.
He is the son of multiple Swiss champion in tennis and Eispaarlaufen Pierrette Dubois (1921-2013) and Fredy Knie Sr. and brother of Fredy Knie Jr., the artistic director of Circus Knie and cousin of Franco Knie, technical director of the Circus Knie in Rapperswil. Rolf Knie was up in the nineties, especially clown performer and actor, and later was also active as a painter. Its most common motifs are scenes from the circus.
Curriculum vitae
He spent his childhood in the circus and traveled on tour to Switzerland. He had his first appearance with Clown five years. At age six, he learned Karlheinz Böhm know and is still friends with him. In 1956 he starts school in Belp and living with a host family. In 1962, he joined the School in boarding Kaltenbrunn. 1966 to 1967 he attended trade school in Zurich and played in the youth team of FC Zurich. In 1967 he dropped out of business school and got out of the youth team. From autumn 1967 to 1977 he worked in the circus ring.
In 1973, he met Gaston Häni, and began with him a clown career. In the same year he married Erica Brosi. In 1977 he formed together with Gaston Häni and Pipo Sosman a theater group and first appeared on television in the show Cineman on. In the same year he met the Swiss artist Hans Falk know who accompanied five years the Circus Knie. Also in 1977 gave him the comedian Emil Steinberger lesson in perspective drawing. On October 9 this year, he became the father of Gregory knee. In 1981, he was acting in the first film, " Hotel " director Max Sieber. In 1982 he built his own house with a studio in Jonah. In this year, he starred in the film " The Count ", also directed by Max Sieber. In 1984 he finished his Zirukuskarriere, in order to devote his stage program. This year, the divorce from his wife was. On April 14, the premiere of the play was followed by "Making fun " under the baton of Jiří Menzel and with known clown colleagues like Gaston Häni and Pipo Sosman. With Häni and Sosman turned Rolf Knie 1986 comedic film " The chocolate sniffer " (title in Germany: " The murderer with the Tiger 's Claw ") and had the two made an appearance in the American feature film " Adventures in Toyland ." In the same year the theater group Häni, knees and Sosman disbanded.
In 1987 he played in the play Charley's Aunt, which was directed by Eynar Grabowsky, had so until 1989, more than 450 performances in 1987 and made his first acquaintance with Jean Tinguely. In 1988, he took an acting break in Mallorca, where he artistically mainly operated in a studio in Son Servera. In 1989 he published his book, " Rolf Knie. Father, a painter, clown, actor, sculptor ". 1990 learns Rolf Knie the photographer and artist Hannes Schmid know and can be mapped from him. The works are internationally popular and are excellent. 1991 marries Rolf knee for the second time. His wife Anabela Lorador -Rodriguez is a Portuguese artist.
Rolf Knie working exclusively in the years 1991 to 2001 as a creative artist and experimenting with new techniques, such as acid or painting pictures on the fabric of circus tents. He also realized various jobs, such as the figures of the new Prix Walo trophy or 30 animal costumes for the parade at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Since 2002 he has produced with his son Gregory Knie " Salto Natale ". It is a modern circus with similarities to Cirque du Soleil, which takes place in the towns of Vaduz, Zurich, Bern and Lucerne each around Christmas time in succession.