Wieland Speck

Wieland Speck in 2006

Wieland Speck is a German film director, who since 1992 has coordinated "Panorama" at the International Filmfestival Berlin (Berlinale). Panorama showcases new films by established directors, as well as debut works by up-and-coming talents.^[1]

Between 1982 and 1992 Speck worked with the German film director Manfred Salzgeber producing LGBT-themed films and shorts.

Openly gay,^[2] he has lived in Berlin since 1972. Speck studied German, theater and ethnology at the Freie Universität Berlin.

In 1985, he produced his first feature film Westler.^[3]

In 2011 he won the Nino Gennaro Award at the first edition of Sicilia Queer filmfest.

Filmography

Year	Title	Character	Notes
1978	Just a Gigolo	Man	Uncredited
1980	How to Choose a Wife	Cowboy	Short
1982	Rote Liebe - Wassilissa	Spekulant auf der Party
1987	Kismet, Kismet
1988	Die Venusfalle
1988	Sleepless Nights	Schauspieler
1989	The Prisoner of St. Petersburg	Youth in bar
1992	The true Story About Men and Women
2012	Mommy is Coming	Hans Eberhardt

References

↑ Summers, Claude J. (2006), The queer encyclopedia of film & television, Cleis Press, p. 293, ISBN 978-1-57344-209-1
↑ Alice A. Kuzniar (2000). The Queer German Cinema. Stanford University Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-8047-3995-5. Among the gay male directors who merit more attention than space unfortunately allows, Wieland Speck is probably the best known--but more for his feature-length film, Westler, East of the Wall (1985), and for his programming as director of the Panorama section at the Berlin film festival, than for his shorts.
↑ IMDB

External links

Wieland Speck on IMDb
Manfred Hermes (6 March 2003). "Die Wirtschaft verführen". - interview over history and past of LGBT cino

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[Summers2006-1] Summers, Claude J. (2006), The queer encyclopedia of film & television, Cleis Press, p. 293, ISBN 978-1-57344-209-1

[2] Alice A. Kuzniar (2000). The Queer German Cinema. Stanford University Press. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-8047-3995-5. Among the gay male directors who merit more attention than space unfortunately allows, Wieland Speck is probably the best known--but more for his feature-length film, Westler, East of the Wall (1985), and for his programming as director of the Panorama section at the Berlin film festival, than for his shorts.

[3] IMDB