Dietmar Post

Dietmar Post
Dietmar Post (2008)
Born	Dietmar Post (1962-12-26) December 26, 1962 Espelkamp, West Germany
Occupation	Filmmaker
Years active	1996 - present
Website	http://www.playloud.org

Dietmar Post (born December 26, 1962 in West Germany) is a film director, producer and owner of a film and music label.

Biography

Dietmar Post worked as an off set printer before studying Theatre and Film Studies and Spanish Language at Free University in Berlin and at Complutense University in Madrid. In 1995 he obtained his master's degree. Between 1995–2003 he lived and worked in New York. He attended film school at NYU, where he made his first short film, the award-winning Bowl of Oatmeal. His second short film Cloven Hoofed had its premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 1998. Post assisted renowned documentary filmmakers Thomas Schadt (Wall Street), Reiner Holzemer (Walker Evans) and Lutz Dammbeck (The Net). In 1997 he founded with his partner Lucia Palacios the production company Play Loud! Productions, which since 2006 also functions as a film and music label. Their own films, such as, Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film), monks - the transatlantic feedback and Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows have been acclaimed worldwide.

Critics have called Post and Palacios the German counterpart to the American Direct Cinema directors D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.^[1]

In 2008 Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios received the prestigious Adolf-Grimme Awards (The German TV Oscar).

Filmography (as a director)

• 1996 - Bowl of Oatmeal (USA)
• 1998 - Cloven Hoofed (USA, Germany, Spain)
• 2002 - Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film) (USA, Germany, Spain)
• 2006 - monks - the transatlantic feedback (USA, Germany, Spain)
• 2009 - A Summer Evening with Floating di Morel (Germany, Spain, USA)
• 2009 - Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm (Germany, Spain, USA)
• 2009 - Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows (Germany, Spain, USA)
• 2010 - Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival (Germany, Spain, USA)
• 2011 - Gebrueder Teichmann: Live at Maria (Germany, Spain)
• 2013 - Friedman & Liebzeit: Live at Festsaal Kreuzberg (Germany, Spain)
• 2013 - Donna Summer: Hot Stuff (Germany, USA)
• 2013 - Franco's Settlers (Germany, Spain)
• 2014 - Felipe, what happened to the dream? (documentary about Felipe González, in development)

Film & Music Label

2006

• 2006 - (pl-01) (single 7") higgle-dy piggle-dy / monk time - The Fall/Alec Empire
• 2006 - (pl-02) (double CD/DOWNLOAD) silver monk time - a tribute to the monks (compilation)

2007

• 2007 - (pl-03) (CD/LP) monks demo tapes 1965 (w/Munster Records)

2008

• 2008 - (pl-04) (DVD 9) monks - the transatlantic feedback

2009

• 2009 - (pl-05) (single 7") complication / oh, how to do now - The Monks (first official re-issue of the original 1966 Polydor single)
• 2009 - (pl-06) (LP/DOWNLOAD) said my say - Floating di Morel
• 2009 - (pl-07) (LP/DOWNLOAD) schlecht dran / gut drauf - Doc Schoko
• 2009 - (pl-08) (single 7"/DOWNLOAD) drunken maria / monk chant - Gossip / The Raincoats
• 2009 - (pl-09) (DOWNLOAD) more memory than now - Floating di Morel
• 2009 - (pl-10) (DOWNLOAD) takna, pakna, g(k)ram... - Floating di Morel
• 2009 - (pl-11) (DOWNLOAD) real people psych - Floating di Morel
• 2009 - (pl-12) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) A Summer Evening with Floating di Morel, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios
• 2009 - (pl-13) (DOWNLOAD) einen gegen - Doc Schoko
• 2009 - (pl-14) (DOWNLOAD) tränen + wölkchen ep - Doc Schoko
• 2009 - (pl-15) (DOWNLOAD, VIDEO & AUDIO) Doc Schoko: Oktopus im Pentagramm, a film by Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios

2010

• 2010 - (pl-16) (DOWNLOAD) "ø" - Baseline (band)
• 2010 - (pl-17) (DOWNLOAD) estado líquido - Baseline (band)
• 2010 - (pl-18) (DVD 9) Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows together with Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival
• 2010 - (pl-19) (DVD 9/DOWNLOAD) Faust: Live at Klangbad Festival together with Klangbad: Avant-garde in the Meadows
• 2010 - (pl-20) (single 7") so far / it's a bit of pain - Faust (band) (first official re-issue of the original 1972 Polydor single)

2011

• 2011 - (pl-21) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Gebrueder Teichman: Live at Maria

2012

• 2012 - (pl-22) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Christy & Emily: Live at Klangbad Festival
• 2012 - (pl-23) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Camera: Live at HBC
• 2012 - (pl-24-31) (SILK SCREEN PRINTS & T-SHIRTS) Daniel Richter Edition for the documentary film "Franco's Settlers"
• 2012 - (pl-32) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Shadows of the Past: Franco's heritage in Spain
• 2012 - (pl-33) (DVD, VOD) Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping (documentary film)

2013

• 2013 - (pl-34) (LP, DOWNLOAD) Goal Less Play Floating di Morel
• 2013 - (pl-35) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Friedman & Liebezeit: Live at Festsaal Kreuzberg
• 2013 - (pl-36) (VOD) Bowl of Oatmeal
• 2013 - (pl-37) (VOD) Cloven Hoofed
• 2013 - (pl-38) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) FM Einheit & Irmler: Live at Berghain
• 2013 - (pl-39) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Lydia Lunch & Philippe Petit: Live at Volksbühne
• 2013 - (pl-40) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Guru Guru: Live at Lido

2014

• 2014 - (pl-41) (VOD, DOWNLOAD) Mani Neumeier: Kunst ist schön, macht aber viel Arbeit
• 2014 - (pl-42) (LP, DOWNLOAD) Guru Guru: Hinten
• 2014 - (pl-43) (LP, DOWNLOAD) Guru Guru: Ufo
• 2014 - (pl-44) (DOWNLOAD) Guru Guru: Live in Essen 1970
• 2014 - (pl-45) (DOWNLOAD) Guru Guru: Live in Wiesbaden 1972
• 2014 - (pl-46) (DOWNLOAD) Guru Guru: Live in Wiesbaden 1973

Awards

• 1996 - Philadelphia UFVA Film Festival (Best Short Film: Bowl of Oatmeal)
• 1998 - Berlin Interfilm Eject (3rd Audience Award: Bowl of Oatmeal)
• 2003 - Melbourne Underground Film Festival (2nd Best Documentary Film: Reverend Billy)
• 2004 - Tarragona REC Film Festival (Audience Award Best Opera Prima: Reverend Billy)
• 2006 - Leeds Film Festival (Audience Pick: The Transatlantic Feedback)
• 2006 - Hessian Film Award (Nominated for Best Documentary Film: The Transatlantic Feedback)
• 2007 - San Francisco Berlin & Beyond Festival (2nd Audience Award: The Transatlantic Feedback)
• 2007 - Würzburg Film Days (Audience Award Best Documentary Film: The Transatlantic Feedback)
• 2007 - Milan Doc Festival (Best Editing: The Transatlantic Feedback)
• 2008 - Adolf-Grimme Awards (Best Script & Best Direction: The Transatlantic Feedback)
• 2011 - V Ahmed Attia Award for the Dialogue of Cultures (Special Mentioning: Franco's Settlers)
• 2014 - New England Festival of Ibero American Cinema (NEFIAC) (Best Documentary: Franco's Settlers)^[2]

References

External links

• Dietmar Post at IMDb
• play loud! productions Official Website