Michael Meert (born 1953 in Bonn, Germany) is a German film author and director. He is the grandson of the Flemish politician and writer Leo Meert and the bohemian violinist Stephanie Prinz.

Life and work

From 1976 to 1981 Michael Meert studied at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), where he met

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, 1988) he worked along the border between documentary and video art and now he devotes his work mainly to TV movies with a highly poetic style for a broader public.

Filmography (selection)

* 2012: Alle Menschen werden Brüder. Die Freimaurer und die Musik * 2010: Die 12 langen Jahre * 2009: Die hängenden Gärten von Cordoba * 2008: Musikalische Reise - Beethoven in Bonn * 2007: Vom schönen leben * 2007: Der junge Beethoven * 2007: Das Geheimnis des Dritten Tores * 2005: Jordi Savall oder wie die Indianer sich in die Barockmusik einschlichen * 2005: Eine Baltische Reise-Gidon Kremer * 2004: Der Flamenco Clan/Herencia Flamenca * 2003: Pablo Casals, ein Musiker verlangt eine bessere Welt * 2000: Bad Boy of Music * 1999: Violin Up!-Isaac Stern * 1996: Iberia - Die Isaac Albéniz Story * 1995:

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. Light and Shade * 1993: Manuel de Falla und Federico García Lorca * 1989: Der Tod des Maurice Ravel * 1987: Krieg der Töne * 1984: Nahtstellen

External links

* http://www.michaelmeert.de official Homepage *
German Film and Television Academy Berlin
* German Wikipedia: Michael Meert * Spanish Wikipedia: Michael Meert

References

* WorldCat
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* This article was created parting from the translation of the article Michael Meert in German under the licence of Creative-Commons-License and GFDL. {{DEFAULTSORT:Meert, Michael German documentary filmmakers Mass media people from Bonn 1953 births Living people Film people from North Rhine-Westphalia