Bastian Clevé

Infobox Writer


imagesize = 150px
name = Bastian Clevé
birthdate = 1 January 1950
birthplace = Munich, Germany
occupation = Filmmaker, Professor, Producer. Author
nationality = German
genre = Film, Experimental Film, Avant-garde Film

Bastian Clevé, born January 1st, 1950 in Munich, is a German filmmaker working in personal as well as in commercial filmmaking. He writes books, does photography and is Professor and Head of the Department of “Film Production and the Business of Entertainment” at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

Biography – life

Clevé grew up in Hamburg. After a two-year stint as sound-assistant at the TV-studios in Munich he studied "Visual Communication" in Hamburg at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (School of Fine Arts) where he continued filmmaking and started winning awards. In 1975/76 he was awarded a one-year scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service "DAAD" to study at the San Francisco Art Institute. He was touring with his experimental short films throughout the continent. After a brief return to Germany he relocated to Los Angeles in 1979 where he worked as a freelance writer, director and producer. In 1991 he returned to Germany to become Professor and Head of the Department for “Film Production and the Business of Entertainment” at the newly established Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, in charge of the training program and the curriculum for motion-picture- and TV-producers. Clevé wrote and edited more than two dozens books on filmmaking and film production. He is married with a daughter.

Work

Clevé started personal filmmaking in 1969 with short-films progressing into feature-lengths works. He sustained his efforts by winning awards and by touring and lecturing extensively throughout the world. Upon moving to Los Angeles he focused on the commercial side of filmmaking by picking up the craft of producing. He continued both his artistic and commercial filmmaking later on throughout his professorship in Germany.

His first DVD entitled "Journeys" contains "Schau ins Land", "Nachtwache", "Lichtblick", "Die Reise", "Empor", "Nach Bluff" and "Fatehpur Sikri".

Personal Filmmaking

The focus of Clevé‘s artistic filmmaking lies in the manipulation of real-live imagery using sophisticated in-camera-editing and optical printing.

elected work

hort films

*1971 "Pariser Traum / Rève Parisien"
*1974 "Götterdämmerung"
*1975 "Schau ins Land":: "Seelig":: "Nachtwache" ::"Lichtblick"
*1977 "Über den Flammenbaum"::"Die Reise" ::"Empor" ::"Nach Bluff"
*1978 "Amerika: Neben anderem: Rodeo" :: "Szenische Übersicht" :: "Parade für die Unabhängigkeit" :: "Am Wegerand"
*1979 "Tollhaus"
*1980 "Raga" :: "Oscar" :: "Sehen ist Glauben" :: "Labyrinth" :: "Fatehpur Sikri" :: "East I":: "East II":: "Transit"
*1981 "Puzzles":: "Zenith" :: "Tollhaus II"
*1982 "Der mystische Augenblick" :: "Kaskaden":: "Echo"
*1983 "Pool" :: "Motion Picture" :: "Descanso" :: "Winterlandschaft"
*1986 "Kyrie"

Feature-length films

*1978 "San Francisco Zephyr" :: "Der Deutschlandfahrer"
*1980 "Exit Sunset Boulevard"
*1981 "Holi"
*1983 "Der Sheriff aus Altona"
*1986 "Das blinde Glück"
*1988 "Die Reise aus dem 23.Jahrhundert"
*1992 "Winterreise im Jahre 1”
*2001 "So weit die Füße tragen (aka As far as my feet will carry me)
*2005 "Klang der Ewigkeit (aka Sound of Eternity)

Commercial filmmaking

Clevé‘s commercial filmmaking as a writer/director/producer has been for TV and as producer/production-manager/line-producer for German and American third party projects ("Bagdad Café"') or other contracted work. He has worked and produced throughout the world.

elected work

*"Lumigraph"
*"Oskar Fischinger – Life and Work"
*"Die Familie Oppermann"
*"Melodie einer Stadt: Caracas"
*"Melodie einer Stadt: Bogota"
*"Melodie einer Stadt: Saõ Paulo"
*"Melodie einer Stadt: Vancouver"
* "Melodie einer Stadt: Quebec City"
*"Die experimentellen Filme des Bastian Clevé"
*"Melodie einer Stadt: Buenos Aires"
*"Melodie einer Stadt: Rio de Janeiro"
*"Out of Rosenheim (aka Bagdad Café)
*"Nightchildren"
*"Die verklärte Nacht"

Honors and awards (selection)

*"Lichtblick" BMI-Award 1976
*"Empor" German Film Award 1978
*"Am Wegerand" German Film Award 1979
*"San Francisco Zephyr" French Film-Critic’s Award, Hyères Filmfestival 78
*"Der Deutschlandfahrer" BMI-Shortfilm-Award 1978
*"Exit Sunset Boulevard" BMI-Screenplay-Award 1978
*"Das blinde Glück" BMI-Screenplay-Award 1985
*"Sound of Eternity" HD Fest DEFFY-Award 2006

Books (selection)

*1989 "The Art of Personal Filmmaking"
*1994 "Film Production Management" :: "Interview: Philipp Glass"
*1997 "1.Akademiekreis Production Value":: "Development/Stoffentwicklung":: "Cashing In – Chancen und Risisken privater Filmfinanzierungsfonds":: "Wege zum Geld" :: "Drehen in Deutschland – Shooting in Germany"
*1998 "Investoren im Visier":: "Von der Idee zum Film"
*1999 "Film Production Management"
*2005 "Gib niemals auf – Filmökonomie in der Praxis"

External links (selection)

* [http://www.filmakademie.de/en/studies/study-programs-and-departments/production/]
* [www.soweitdiefuessetragen.de]
* [www.klangderewigkeit.de]
* [http://www.daad.de/alumni/en/adm/adm_2004_04.html]
* [http://www.casting-network.de/Offener-Bereich/cn-klappe/sehen/9-Interview-Bastian-Clev%E9.html}