Michael André

Michael André has worked as a commissioning editor for about 17 years in the drama department of WDR in Cologne. In the years between 1997 and 2014 he has collaborated with some of the most famous directors of European film-making. He was the co-producer of Patrice Chéreau's feature films Intimacy (2001) as well as Lars von Triers Dancer in the Dark (2000). In later years he became a helping hand to Ulrich Seidl (the "Paradise" trilogy of 'Larry Love (2012), "Faith" (2012) and 'Hope' (2013) and Michael Haneke 'Cache' (2005) and 'Amour' (2012). Besides he was responsible for a bunch of German TV-dramas. Just to mention a few: 'Die zweite Frau' (2008), 'Neue Vahr Süd' (2010) or 'Grenzgang' (2013). As a skilled newspaper journalist in this younger years he published various articles on topics in theory of film and television and presented them as a lecturer in multiple universities and academies. After this retirement he continued to work as a freelancer in various fields, styling himself as "Kulturarbeiter", which means cultural activist.