Gero von Boehm
von Boehm in 2016
Born (1954-04-20) 20 April 1954 (age 70)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Director, journalist and television presenter

Gero von Boehm (born 20 April 1954 in Hanover; full name Kurt-Gero von Boehm-Bezing) is a German director, journalist and television presenter.

Life

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Gero von Boehm grew up in Heidelberg[1] and studied law and social studies at the Heidelberg University and in New York City. When he was 20 years old he started writing articles for the weekly paper Die Zeit and others. Later he had been working for the radio station of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, the Südwestfunk and the Deutschlandfunk. He filmed his first documentary for television in 1975. In 1978 he founded the film production company interscience film along with his wife Christiane, who is in charge of finances, production and administration.

In addition to his television projects Gero von Boehm kept interviewing great personalities for his series Wortwechsel for Südwestfunk. From 2002 to 2010 he presented the show Gero von Boehm meets... on German broadcaster 3sat.[2] In 2011 he founded the film production company LUPA Film.

Gero von Boehm has three children and lives in Berlin and France.

Filmography

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More than 100 documentaries for ARD, ZDF, ARTE, France 3, RAI, Sundance Channel (selection):

  1. Kennedy & Agnelli
  2. Rothschild & Spencer
  3. Porsche, Bismarck & Benetton
  1. The Vatican
  2. The Kremlin
  3. The White House
  4. The Elysée Palace
  5. The Buckingham Palace
  1. Loire Valley in France Gero von Boehm
  2. Baden-Württemberg in Germany Jeremy J.P. Fekete
  3. Southern England and The Midlands Gero von Boehm
  4. Piedmont in Italy Jeremy J.P. Fekete
  5. Estremadura in Portugal Jeremy J.P. Fekete

Books

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Awards

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Gero von Boehm is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in New York.

References

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  1. ^ Senta Krasser: Der Kammerspieler. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 19 April 2004
  2. ^ GmbH, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. "Aktuelle Nachrichten online". FAZ.NET. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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