Walter Bockmayer
Directing
- Born
- July 4, 1948 · Fehrbach, Germany
- Died
- October 7, 2014 (age 66)
Walter Bockmayer (4 July 1948 – 7 October 2014) was a German film director, screenwriter and actor. He directed seven films between 1975 and 1988. His 1978 film Flaming Hearts was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. He found a new home with the Scala Theater in Cologne, where the first stage play Ich möch zu Foß noh Kölle jonn was performed in 2003. Bockmayer's new plays were performed annually in the theater, which had a capacity of 260 people. He relocated famous operas such as Carmen (1995) or La traviata (1998) to the setting of the Klapperhof in Cologne or to a massage parlor. He died of lung cancer in 2014.
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Known for
Behind the camera23
- 2009Jebohnert op Kölsch Director
- 1997Tarzan - Wo die Datteln rappeln Director, Writer
- 1995Carmen - Die Königin vom Klapperhof Director
- 1994Elvira - The Sperm Bank Murderess of Gerolstein Castle Director
- 1991Cleopatra und der Fluch der Tempelhuren Director
- 1989Sissi - Beuteljahre einer Kaiserin Writer, Director
- 1988Geierwally Original Music Composer, Screenplay, Director, Supervising Editor
- 1983Kiez Director, Story
- 1981Looping Director
- 1979