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Hugo Niebeling, born in Düsseldorf on 2 February 1931,〔Thommes, Joachim: "In jeden dieser Filme wollte ich Kunst reinbringen, soviel ich nur konnte." Hugo Niebeling, die Mannesmann-Filmproduktion und der bundesdeutsche Wirtschaftsfilm 1947-1987, Norderstedt 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-8257-9, p. 102〕 is a German film-director and producer. He has been particularly noted for his work on industrial and music-films, and is considered one of the most important renewers of these genres in Germany. His style is credited to have influenced and helped create the modern music video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: Overview of Hugo Niebeling retrospecive, with description of his style. )〕 His feature-film documentary Alvorada was nominated for an Academy Award in 1963. ==Biography== Hugo Niebeling was born and raised in Düsseldorf. As a child, he was evacuated to the countryside during World War II. Once the war ended and he returned home, he found his parents' music store destroyed by bombs.〔Thommes 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-8257-9, p. 102〕 Niebeling developed an interested in modern art, classical music and theatre, but was unable to study acting for financial reasons, and therefore enrolled in a business degree at the Mannesmann-AG in Düsseldorf. Parallel to that, he studied acting privately with Otto Ströhlin, an actor at the Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus who had many pupils. Niebeling's role model was Gustaf Gründgens, a famous theatre actor.〔Thommes 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-8257-9, pp. 102-104〕 After working as a theatre actor for a while in Augsburg, Niebeling turned to directing. In 1957 he directed his first film "Stählerne Adern", inspired by the German experimental director Walter Ruttmann. In 1962 he created the Oscar-nominated documentary Alvorada - Brazil's Changing Face, which received numerous awards. Throughout the early 1960s he mostly worked on much-acclaimed industrial and experimental films, frequently collaborating with composer Oskar Sala. His experimental industrial film Petrol was the only West German film screened at Cannes Film Festival 1965, and went on to become one of the most awarded industrial films worldwide.〔Thommes 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-8257-9, pp. 188-189〕 From the late 1960s on, Niebeling turned to directing mostly music- and ballet-films. In 1967, he directed a film on Beethoven's sixth symphony "Pastorale", performed by the Berliner Philharmoniker and conducted by Herbert von Karajan. In this film, he used highly experimental editing-, camera- and lighting-techniques to set the music to images. A film on Beethoven's third symphony "Eroica" that Niebeling directed in 1972 featuring the same performers was recut heavily against Niebeling's wishes on Karajan's initiative to make its style more conventional. Niebeling's director's cut of "Eroica" was released in 2010 to positive reviews.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Historic Museum Official Website: Information Sheet about "Eroica". (PDF) )〕 Both films were considered revolutionary in the way the visuals complement the music, and many filmic techniques pioneered in these films set trends for the following decades. Giselle, Niebeling's first ballet-film featuring Carla Fracci, Erik Bruhn and the American Ballet Theatre, premiered in 1969 at the Lincoln Centre in New York under patronage of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and was praised for its innovative visual style that complements the ballet-performance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=German Historic Museum Official Website: Information Sheet about "Giselle". (PDF) )〕 Since the early 1970s, Niebeling often worked in New York City and directed mostly Ballet films in collaboration with the choreographer George Balanchine. In 1991, Niebeling directed a feature-film in Germany showing the passion of Christ based on Bach's Johannespassion, evoking antique tragedy with its combination of music, language and dance. Niebeling planned it for three decades prior to realizing it, and himself considers it one of his most important works.〔Thommes 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-8257-9, pp. 184-187〕 As of 2014, Hugo Niebeling continues to be active as a director, planning numerous new projects.〔.〕〔Thommes 2008, ISBN 978-3-8370-8257-9, p. 106〕 In 2015, Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival awarded him with its "Award of Excellence" for artistic innovation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival: List of Awards 2015. )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hugo Niebeling」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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