Frank Beyer
Screenwriter, Film director
1932 – 2006
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Who was Frank Beyer?
Frank Paul Beyer was German film director. In East Germany he was one of the most important film directors, working for the state film monopoly DEFA and directed films that dealt mostly with the Nazi era and contemporary East Germany. His film Trace of Stones was banned for 20 years in 1966 by the ruling SED. His 1975 film Jacob the Liar was the only East German film ever nominated for an Academy Award. After the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 until his death he mostly directed television films.
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- Born
- May 26, 1932
Nobitz - Also known as
- Frank Paul Beyer
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Renate Blume
(1969 - 1975) - Monika Unferferth
(1985 - ) - Karin Kiwus
( - 2006/10/01)
- Renate Blume
- Children
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
- Lived in
- Berlin
- Died
- Oct 1, 2006
Berlin
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on July 23, 2013
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