Detlef Siebert

German screenwriter

Detlef Siebert is a German television writer, director and producer, working in the United Kingdom.^[1]

Biography

Siebert began his career at the BBC as assistant producer of the 1997 documentary series The Nazis: A Warning from History.

He wrote, directed and produced the 2001 Bombing Germany episode of the Timewatch series.^[2]

He also directed the drama sequences in the 2005 series Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution',^[3] wrote, directed and produced the 2006 drama documentary The Somme - From Defeat to Victory,^[4] and produced the 2006 series Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial, produced the 2011 docudrama Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend.

In his latest programme, the 2014 BBC Two documentary, I Was There: The Great War Interviews,^[5] Siebert used interviews with eyewitnesses of the First World War filmed by the BBC in the 1960s. Most of the interview material in the film had never been shown ^[6] and the film garnered critical acclaim.^[7]^[8]

Filmography

1994 Dichter, Tod, und Teufel: Salman Rushdie co-producer/director^[9]
1997 The Nazis: A Warning from History assistant producer
1999 War of the Century assistant producer
2001 Timewatch: Bombing Germany producer, director & writer
2001 Timewatch: Himmler, Hitler, and the End of the Reich producer, director & writer
2005 Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' drama director
2006 The Somme - From Defeat to Victory producer, director & writer
2006 Nuremberg: Nazis on Trial series producer
2007 Visions of the Future series producer
2009 How the Celts Saved Britain executive producer
2011 Atlantis: End of a World, Birth of a Legend producer
2014 I Was There: The Great War Interviews
2016 The Man Who Discovered Capitalism (about Joseph Schumpeter)

References

^ "Detlef Siebert". imdb.com. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
^ "BBC - History - World Wars: British Bombing Strategy in World War Two".
^ "BBC - History - World Wars: Historical Accuracy in Drama Documentaries".
^ "A German redraws the lines of the Somme". The Times. London. 2 July 2006.
^ "BBC Two - I Was There: The Great War Interviews".
^ "I Was There: The Great War Interviews". 14 March 2014.
^ "I Was There: The Great War Interviews, BBC Two, review".
^ "TV review: I Was There shows the sad horror of the Great War".
^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl".