Walter Bockmayer

Walter " Wally " Bock Mayer ( born July 4, 1948 in Fehrenbach, now Pirmasens ) is a German writer and director. He lives in Cologne.

Life

Growing up is Walter Bockmayer in the village Fehrenbach, now part of Pirmasens. Walter Bock Mayer began an apprenticeship as a wholesale merchant, but he dropped out to work in the U.S. as Kant Tight help. In 1968 he went to Cologne, where he first earned his living as a cloakroom attendant at the Cologne Opera House. There he met his partner and later Mitregisseur Rolf Bührmann know. In 1972 he founded the production company "duck - production ", which was first used for the movie Carmen (1972). Named the film production company after Bock Mayers waddling gait, which is why he was called at home " aal Ent" ( old duck ). In 1975, he opened the local film canister, where he perform on a stage in his productions.

His early work is characterized by films such as Jane is Jane ( Premiere: April 4, 1977 in Cologne), in which the known as Ariel Clementine actress Johanna King plays a nursing home resident who thinks he's Tarzan's widow. He also shot the film Blazing hearts (22 February 1978), in which the bachelor Peter Huber in a contest a trip to New York wins, in the subway picks up a blonde and with this pull to one Oktoberfest copy. There, the couple elected cornflower royal couple will win a live cow and pulls this through Manhattan. The strip was shown at the International Film Festival Berlin (1978). For his film loop - the long road to happiness ( September 17, 1981 at the Toronto Film Festival), he received four federal film awards.

In 1984 he opened in Cologne, the imperial court theater, in which he lists the written by him, frivolous, vulgar and spoken in Kölsch stage plays, and the theater in the film canister. Walter Bock Mayer plays in Helmer of Luetzel Petersburg comedy " In heaven the hell is going on " the role of women summer (premiere on October 31, 1984). The most famous film Bock Mayers is the satire Geierwally (28 January 1988) on Wilhelmine of Hillerns Geierwally. In 2000 the building, which housed the imperial court theater was sold and rebuilt. Last performance was here Wally wild Sixties (2000), in April 2001, he finished a show at the Imperial Theatre. He was with the Cologne Scala Theatre a new home, where as a first stage play I want to Foß noh Koelle jonn (2 October 2003) was performed. The Scala Theatre, where 260 people can be accommodated, new stage plays have been performed on an annual basis from September Bock Mayers. Famous operas such as Carmen (1995 ) and La Traviata (1998), he moved into the milieu from Cologne Klapperhof or in a massage parlor.

Bockmayer considered as the discoverer and promoter of Hella mad, Dirk Bach, Ralph Morgenstern and Veronica Ferres. For regular cast member since 1994 Gigi Lord belongs ( born December 28, 1942), the niece of the late Trude Herr.

Works

• Jane is Jane (1977 )
• Flaming Hearts ( 1977)
• Victor ( 1977) - screen adaptation of the rock opera for ZDF
• Looping - The Long Road to Happiness (1980 )
• In heaven, all hell breaks loose (1984 )
• Neighborhood (1987 )
• The Geierwally (1988 )
• Sissi - bags Years of an Empress (1989 )
• Carmen - The Queen of the Klapperhof (1995 )
• Tarzan ( 1997)
• La Traviata - The binding was their destiny (1998)
• Funzbroichs Ahoy (1999)
• Wally wild Sixties (2000)
• I want to Foß noh Koelle jonn (2 October 2003)
• Bacon for Koelle (24 September 2005)
• Quo va driss (2006)
• Jebütz weed always (6 September 2007)
• Jebohnert op Kölsch (25 September 2008)
• Ming Ding jebohnert (25 September 2009)
• Nubbel Alaaf ju (23 September 2010)
• Trude for dessert (22 September 2011)
• With Winnetunt through the prairie (20 September 2012)