Norbert Busè

Norbert Busè (born 1963) is a German documentary filmmaker, film producer, and director.

Biography

Norbert Busè was raised in Erbach im Odenwald, Germany. Until 1993 he worked as an editor at the German public-service broadcaster ZDF and also appeared on air as the presenter of the consumer-advice programme KONTAKTE. Since 1991 he has been working on film projects and questions of media education. In 1993, he moved to Berlin and directed documentary films alongside his own experimental short films.

Work

Focus points for his work so far have been cultural, with a particular emphasis on music. The first of his films shot for ZDF, Auf Teufel komm raus ome Hell or High Water considers the meaning of music in adolescent development, by example of the New Wave scene.

In 2003 Busè began, in co-operation with UNESCO, ZDF and 3sat, the production of the 12-piece film project Meisterwerke der Menschheit ankind's Masterpieces The films showed the humanity's intangible cultural heritage and the threat under which even music finds itself.

AVA - Die Stimme meiner Mutter VA- The Voice of my Mother a 90-minute music documentary film, was Busè’s first feature-length film about the legacy and potential loss of Russian folk songs. He produced over 30 episodes of the Arte Lounge programme, which at first broadcast classical music from a Berlin club. In 2010 he organised a choral festival in South Africa for the European cultural broadcaster Arte, the culmination of which was a joint performance from all the choirs involved of the freedom song ‘Ukuthula’. Films he produced about musicians such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, John Cage, Elvis Presley, Sergiu Celibidache and Richard Strauss have also attracted international recognition. Additionally, he has been one of few in the industry to bring to television the traditional stage dance of Russia, Bolivia, India, Malaysia and Cuba, preserving their native environment and thereby awakening a deeper understanding of dance. In 2009 he took over as Head of Factual Programming a
Studio TV Film
in Berlin.

Recognition

Norbert Busè has been officially recognised for his work , including internationally. In 1999 he won the audience-choice award in the youth category from the Film Council of Bremen ilmbüro Bremenwith his first short film, Incubus. In 2004 he was awarded the Media Prize of the German Diabetes Foundation eutsche Diabetes-Stiftungfor his documentary on the epidemic of prosperity. In 2011, his production of Arte Lounge was nominated for the Grimme Prize in the entertainment category. In 2011 the four-part series Auf den Spuren von Easy Rider racking Down Easy Riderwas awarded the gold medal for best production in the cultural category at the world's biggest television trade-show, NAB in Las Vegas. In 2014 he was nominated at the International Classical Music Awards for his directing of the film Sergiu Celibidache - Feuerkopf und Philosophy ergiu Celibidache: firebrand and philosopher In 2015 his production Richard Strauss and his Heroines won the ECHO Classical award for best DVD-production of the year, and at the International Classical Music Awards.
''"The former ZDF editor and experienced filmmaker Norbert Busé knows all about the cultural history of the 20th century - which expressly includes popular culture as well as the fine arts. In his extensive film oeuvre he has already portrayed the "greats" such as Stockhausen, John Cage or George Tabori, as well as the stars of the masses: Elvis Presley, the Chinese State Circus or simply the Moving Republic of Germany.''" (Thomas Schneider, Haus des Dokumentarfilms)

Filmography

1990: ''Vor was habt Ihr eigentlich Angst?'' hat are you really afraid of?
1992: ''Auf Teufel komm raus'' ome Hell or High Water
1993: ''Dünne Haut'' hin Skinned
1993: ''Asche im Wind'' shes in the Wind
1994: ''Ich habe die Hölle gesehen'' Have Seen Hell
1995: ''Zwischen Knast und Kindergarten'' etween Prison and Preschool
1996: ''Der Zauberer'' he Sorcerers
1998: ''Schmerz muss sein'' ain Is Unavoidable
1998: ''Das Lied der Stille'' he Song of Silence
1999: ''Shivas Töchter'' (Tanz-Dokumentation) hiva's Daughters: a dance documentary
2000: ''Der Auftrag'' he Assignment
2000: ''Der Spieler'' he Player
2001: ''Der Choreograph Mats Ek'' ats Ek: Choreographer
2002: ''Nullen + Einsen'' eroes + Ones
2002: ''Diamanten in Kinderhand'' iamonds in the Hand of a Child
2003: ''Tänze aus der verbotenen Stadt'' ances from the Forbidden City (in co-operation with Christof Debler)

2003: ''Heinrich der König'' ing Heinrich
2004: ''Wohin gehen wir, wenn wir sterben?'' here do we go when we die?
2005: ''Salsa!''

2005 and 2009: ''Meisterwerke der Menschheit'' ankind's Masterpieces 12 episodes (producer)

2005: ''Waisenkinder – Wenn Eltern zu früh sterben'' rphans: when parents die too soon
2005: ''Diabetes – Die Wohlstandsepidemie'' iabetes: The Epidemic of Prosperity
2006: ''AVA - Die Stimme meiner Mutter'' VA - The Voice of my Mother
2008: ''Mary Wigman – Die Seele des Tanzes'' ary Wigman: The Soul of Dance(in co-operation with Christof Debler)

2008: ''Ich kann Dich nicht riechen'' Can't Smell You(in co-operation with Kathrin Sonderegger)

2009: ''Karlheinz Stockhausen - Musik für eine bessere Welt'' arlheinz Stockhausen - Music for a Better World(in co-operation with Thomas von Steinaecker)

2009: ''I am not alone'' (producer)

2009: ''Die ideale Schule, wie Migration gelingt'' he Ideal School, or, How Migration Succeeds(in co-operation with Kathrin Sonderegger)

2009: '' Ingo Metzmacher – Ein deutscher Dirigent'' ngo Metzmacher: a German conductor(producer)

2010: Elvis in Las Vegas, (producer)

2010: Südafrika singt – Cape Festival der Stimmen Reise zu Tolstoi [Journey to Tolstoy">:de:Reise_zu_Tolstoi.html" ;"title="outh Africa Sings: the Cape Festival of Voices

2010: Reise zu Tolstoi Auf den Spuren von Easy Rider [Tracking Down Easy Rider">:de:Reise zu Tolstoi">Reise zu Tolstoi [Journey to Tolstoy(producer)

2011: :de:Auf den Spuren von Easy Rider">Auf den Spuren von Easy Rider Comedy Mission, 4 episodes (producer)

2012: Sergiu Celibidache – Feuerkopf und Philosoph :de:Sergiu Celibidache – Feuerkopf und Philosoph">Sergiu Celibidache – Feuerkopf und Philosoph Im Bett mit Paula [In Bed with Paula">ergiu Celibidache: firebrand and philosopher
2012: :de:Im Bett mit Paula">Im Bett mit Paula John Cage – Alles ist möglich [John Cage: anything is possible">n Bed with Paula (6 episodes), (producer)

2012: :de:John Cage – Alles ist möglich">John Cage – Alles ist möglich [John Cage: anything is possible (producer)

2013: :de:Der Chinesische Staatszirkus: Mei Li">Der Chinesische Staatszirkus: Mei Li, Dokumentation [The Chinese State Circus: Mei Li, a documentary]

2014: :de:Richard Strauss und seine Heldinnen, Richard Strauss und seine Heldinnen [Richard Strauss and his Heroines], Produzent

2014: :de:Der Spielmacher – George Tabori in Amerika, Der Spielmacher – George Tabori he Playmaker: George Tabori
2014: Bewegte Republik Deutschland Siebzig Jahre Kulturgeschichte he Festive Republic of Germany: 70 years of cultural history (4 episodes), producer

2015: Von Dada bis Gaga, 100 Jahre Performance Kunst rom Dada to Gaga: 100 years of performance art (3 episodes)

2017: Heinrich Böll, Ansichten eines Anarchisten, Dokumentation

2018: Kubas langer Schatten der Erinnerung, Dokumentation

2019: upcoming places, Dokumentation, Israel

2019: Effi Briest oder die Elastizität des Herzens, Deutschland, Dokumentation

2020: Berlin baut ein Schloss, Deutschland, Dokumentation

2021: Heinrich Mann der unbekannte Rebell, Dokumentation

Short films

1998:
Incubus
'

2003: ''Sibirien'' iberia freely adapted from the theatre piece Sibirien by Felix Mitterer

2004: ''Das ist die Sehnsucht'' his is Yearning based on the poem of the same name by Rainer Maria Rilke

2006: ''Dichter unbekannt – Heinrich Heine'' oet Unknown: Heinrich Heine
2007: ''Welcome home''

Television programs

2010: '' NeoMusic by night'', film series, (director, producer)

2010-2013: '' On Tape', (27 episodes), (producer)

2011:
Die Show des Scheiterns
' he Failure Files (8 episodes), (Produzent)

2011–2013:
ZDF Kultur Poetry Slam
' DF Culture: Poetry Slam(producer)

2009–2015:
Arte Lounge
', classical music, 30 episodes (producer)

2012–2018:

' (50 episodes), (producer)

Publications

2008 Matthias Film DVD ''Wohin gehen wir, wenn wir sterben?'' here Do We Go When We Die?
2010 naxos video library ''Great voices of South Africa''

2012 Arthaus DVD ''Sergiu Celibidache Firebrand and Philosopher''

2014 Arthaus DVD ''Richard Strauss and his Heroines''

2014 Arthaus DVD ''Mary Wigman: The soul of dance''

2015 Filmsortiement ''Die ideale Schule - Wie Integration gelingt'' he Ideal School: How Integration Succeeds

References

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1963 births
Living people
People from Erbach im Odenwald
German documentary film directors
Mass media people from Hesse
German artists