About Carsten Diercks
Lived 1921 – 2009 (aged 88). Carsten Diercks was a German cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, filmmaker, television editor, film director and director.
Carsten Diercks (1921 2 November 2009 ) was a German documentary filmmaker.
Diercks started his career after World War II at the radio station of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk. 1952 he became cinematographer with NWDR TV station. In 1953, he participated in the first tests of pilot tone. During his long occupation for the network, he made some 500 documentaries as cinematographer, director or executive producer. He was the driving representative of the so-called Hamburgian school, which aimed to comply the documentary genre with new requirements of television broadcasting.
In 1959, he worked as a consultant for Minister of Information and Broadcasting Indira Gandhi to build up a national TV network in India He was decorated with the Bundesverdienstkreuz.
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Who was Carsten Diercks?
German film director (1921-2009)
When was Carsten Diercks born?
Carsten Diercks was born on 8 August 1921 in Preetz Priory.
When did Carsten Diercks die?
Carsten Diercks died on 2 November 2009 in Hamburg.
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Carsten Diercks was a cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, filmmaker, television editor, film director and director.
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Carsten Diercks was German.
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