Gunnar Dedio

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Gunnar Dedio (born November 16, 1969, in Rostock, Germany) is a German film producer and media entrepreneur. He is the founder and managing director of the film production company LOOKSfilm.

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Life

In 1995, Gunnar Dedio founded the media production company LOOKSfilm. [1] Parallel to his work as a producer and managing director, he completed executive training at INSEAD, the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), and the MIT Sloan School of Management. At INSEAD he studied with Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries, Roger Lehman and Erik van de Loo and in 2016, he received the Executive Master in Consulting and Coaching for Change (EMCCC Wave 21). [2]

Producer

Dedio became internationally known with the 10-part documentary series Life Behind the Wall (2004), for which he received the Adolf-Grimme-Preis in 2005. [3]

In 2011, Dedio produced the documentary drama series 14 - Diaries of the Great War (2014), developed by him and director Jan Peter. The award-winning series was first aired on ARTE and ARD, followed by other international channels. In the US, 14 - Diaries of the Great War was shown on Netflix. [4]

The Cuba Libre Story (2016), [5] Age of Tanks (2017), [6] and Bobby Kennedy for President (2018) [7] are other productions and co-productions by Dedio, in collaboration with Netflix.

Clash of Futures (2018), the continuation of 14 – Diaries of the Great War, was also developed by Dedio and Jan Peter and produced by LOOKSfilm. The series about the interwar period was created in collaboration with 23 international channels and was aired on ARTE in September 2018. [8] [9]

Since 2010, Dedio has also produced feature films such as the multi-award-winning co-productions Age of Uprising: The Legend of Michael Kohlhaas (2013) [10] with Mads Mikkelsen and Bruno Ganz, Mademoiselle Paradis (2017) [11] with Maria Dragus and Devid Striesow and A Gentle Creature (Krotkaya, 2017) [12] by Sergei Loznitsa.

Social commitment

Together with the AWO Rostock, Prof. Henning Wode and the Institut français, Dedio founded the bilingual kindergarten Rappelkiste in 1995, based on the principle of immersion, with the aim of promoting multilingualism and alternative perspectives from an early age. [13]

From 1998 - 2008 Dedio was involved in development cooperation in cooperation with GTZ and DED. On behalf of the GTZ, Dedio produced a documentary in Peru about solutions in the field of drinking water supply. In cooperation with GTZ in Botswana, Dedio led a multi-year training program for media designers in Gaborone. [14] In cooperation with DED, Dedio conducted a social marketing campaign for HIV awareness in Tanzania using locally produced TV spots. [15]

Filmography

Books

Awards (selection)

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